2027 UKUDLA Summer School in Mpumalanga, South Africa: Building Resilient Food Systems through Data Science [23.09.26]
The African-German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science (UKUDLA) is inviting applications for a summer school funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with support from the German Federal Foreign Office. The summer school will take place from 6 to 18 March 2027 in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The Summer School brings together MSc students from Germany, Malawi, and South Africa to explore how data science can contribute to building more sustainable and resilient food systems under climate change.
Summer Schools are a key component of UKUDLA’s capacity-building activities, providing an immersive and interdisciplinary learning environment. The programme is designed to strengthen participants’ understanding of the intersections between food systems and data science, while fostering collaboration, innovation, and exchange across disciplines and regions.
Participants will take part in a diverse programme including hands-on training, excursions, and collaborative group work. Activities are designed to connect theory with practice and to develop transferable skills in systems thinking, stakeholder engagement, and interdisciplinary research.
