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The Collective Behaviour Field Course is hosted by the Kalahari Research Centre (KRC) in the Kuruman River Reserve, Norther Cape, South Africa. The KRC is a non-profit organization owned by the Kalahari Research Trust, which promotes research on the biology and conservation of Kalahari wildlife. Here, a range of international institutions and universities conduct their research on a variety of local flora and fauna, leading to a vibrant scientific community on site.
This course is jointly organized by members of the KRC and the Cluster of Excellence Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB). The CASCB creates a global hotspot for the integrated study of collective behaviour across a wide range of species and across scales of organization. The CASCB is a Cluster of Excellence within the framework of the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments of Germany. As a collaboration between the University of Konstanz and the co-located Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB), the CASCB reaches out to the global scientific community to create a synergistic, interdisciplinary environment for the study of collective behaviour that will be unmatched by any institution around the world.
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The second course will take place between 3 – 17 June 2024 at the KRC. Students from any South African university are elegible to apply.
Over two weeks, students will receive an introduction to on-site research activities, training in field biology practices, overview of the recent methodological and conceptual advances in behavioural ecology, animal communication and collective behaviour. The students will be introduced to study topics of the CASCB and will have the opportunity to discuss and plan potential research projects using the tools they have been exposed to. They will be given an overview of the possibilities of initiating and funding collaborative studies as well as of the expertise and the infrastructure that can be available at CASCB, University of Konstanz, and Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.