The Bochum Urban Lab is excited to announce that the Bochum Summer School on Urban Climate Informatics (BUCSS) will take place from 14 to 18 September 2026 in Bochum.

BUCSS is designed for Master’s & PhD students and early-career researchers who want to explore the nexus of urban climate informatics, data, sensors, crowdsourcing, and artificial intelligence / machine learning. Through a mix of lectures, workshops, and interactive sessions, the school aims to foster interdisciplinary exchange and hands-on learning.

Participants can expect:

• To meet renowned speakers on urban climatology
• To meet the founders and junior experts of the advancing field of Urban Climate Infomatics
• Hands-on work with urban climate data from different sources
• Machine learning / AI applications in urban climate contexts
• Collaborative exercises, poster sessions, and networking
• Excursions or off-campus activities to ground the research in real urban settings
• A joint conference dinner

Interested? Save the date in your calendar. Detailed information, application instructions, and a finalized program will follow in the coming months.

We look forward to welcoming you to Bochum for a week of learning, collaboration, and discovery!