WilDrone Summer School

Organisation

The WildDrone summer school is organized by the WildDrone network, an international training network funded by the EU’s Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions to research and develop the use of drones for wildlife conservation. We work to revolutionize wildlife conservation practices by using autonomous drone technology as a unifying platform to monitor wildlife populations, track their movements, and manage human-wildlife conflicts. 

The summer school is hosted by the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Insitute of Animal Behavior. The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior works closely with the University of Konstanz to gain new insights into the behaviour of animal collectives and global animal movements. It is part of a top-level research hub that also includes the Cluster of Excellence “Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour” at the University of Konstanz. Together, they are a leading research cooperation in the area of “Collective Behaviour” that uses data-based and cutting-edge technologies to study the behaviour of both animal and other collectives. 

The WildDrone Summer School is organised by

Blair Costelloe
Blair Costelloe Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Blair Costello is a behavioral ecologist at MPIAB who is using drones and image-based methods to explore the collective and antipredator behavior of African ungulate species.
Andrea Flack
Andrea Flack Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Andrea Flack is research group leader at the MPIAB. We explore the elements that shape migratory decisions by exploring decision-making processes, their underlying behavioral mechanisms, and their long-term ecological and evolutionary implications using various experimental and observational approaches.
Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist
Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist University of Southern Denmark
WildDrone Coordinator
Steve Bullock
Steve Bullock University of Bristol

Program committee

Andrea Flack
Andrea Flack Research group leader, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Clément Berthelot
Clément Berthelot Doctoral Candidate, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Anders Christensen
Anders Christensen Professor, University of Southern Denmark
Edouard Rolland
Edouard Rolland Doctoral Candiate, University of Southern Denmark
Fabio Remondino
Fabio Remondino Professor, Bruno Kessler Foundation
Vandita Shukla
Vandita Shukla Doctoral Candidate, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
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