Individualisation Symposium 2027

11–12 March 2027

Urbanisation rapidly changes habitats and living environments – through fragmentation, soil sealing, creation of heat islands, and noise and light pollution. Adapting to these changes poses major challenges for both humans and animals. The consequences of such urbanisation processes have so far largely been studied within individual disciplines. This raises questions about which factors shape individual adaptive responses, how these responses differ between species, and which common patterns can be identified.

To foster exchange across disciplinary boundaries, the Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment (JICE) is organising the Individualisation Symposium 2027 as an interdisciplinary platform. The event will take place from 11 to 12 March 2027 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld University. Researchers from various disciplines – including geography, biology, psychology, sociology, public health, and medicine – are invited to share connect their perspectives. The symposium will focus on how urbanisation shapes individual adaptive processes across species and which mechanisms are shared or different between species and individuals.

Participants will have the opportunity to present their research in the form of a talk or poster and discuss it with other researchers. Titles and abstracts can be submitted as part of the registration process.
 

Speaker

Çağlar Akçay
Anglia Ruskin University
Behavioural Ecology
Website of Çağlar Akçay

Zahra Alinam
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Urban Design & Architecture
Website of Zahra Alinam

Oded Berger-Tal
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Conservation Biology
Website of Oded Berger-Tal

Michela Corsini
Eurac Research
Wildlife Biology
Website of Michela Corsini

Jana A. Eccard
University of Potsdam
Animal Ecology
Website of Jana A. Eccard

Moritz Föllmer
University of Amsterdam
Modern History
Website of Moritz Föllmer

Timothy McCall
Bielefeld University
Sustainable Environmental Health Sciences
Website of Timothy McCall

Shannon Murphy
University of Denver
Evolutionary Ecology
Website of Shannon Murphy