6 March 2025 | This year, you have a unique opportunity to join E4C’s Summer School on “Environmental Data Collection and Analysis for the Social Sciences.” Develop essential skills through lectures by leading researchers and real-world applications of data.
E4C covers all expenses (accommodation and meals); participants only need to cover their travel costs.
The weeklong programme is designed for PhD students, research-oriented Master’s students, and graduate students in economics, social sciences, environmental science, public policy, and related fields.
Programme Details:
- Dates: 2 to 6 June 2025
- Location: SIRTA, École Polytechnique de Paris – Palaiseau, France Application
- Deadline: 25 April 2025

What You Will Learn:
- Utilise data to understand the complex interactions between environmental factors, the economy, and social dynamics while exchanging ideas with fellow researchers.
- Practice methods and applications related to climate change, biodiversity, mobility, and societal impacts.
- Learn how to visualise, analyse, and extract meaningful insights from large environmental datasets using computer science and machine learning tools etc.
- Better understand urgent issues such as carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, public health impacts, and inequalities through quantitative methods.
- Gain hands-on experience with data collection methods in applied research, including remote sensing, experiments, and sensor-based monitoring.
E4C (Energy4Climate) is an interdisciplinary centre of Institut Polytechnique de Paris. The Summer School is co-organized by the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST), a joint research unit of CNRS, École Polytechnique, GENES, and Institut Polytechnique de Paris.
For more information and registration click below: