Tips and Tricks for Organizing a Summer School—A Case Study Based on the “Nexus of Organic Matter Analytical Developments” School
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2026
In June 2025 we organized and ran the first “Nexus of Organic Matter Analytical Developments” (NOMAD) Summer School at the Tjärnö Marine Laboratory in Sweden. In this article, we describe its development and implementation, with the aim of offering practical insights into the planning process, a generalizable framework for future summer schools, and key recommendations for organizers. We describe how we conceptualized the summer school and justify why it was needed, and recount our processes to acquire funding, recruit teachers, advertise the program, and select students. Additionally, we discuss how we designed the educational and social program to strike a balance between formal and informal educational and social content. Finally, we include comments directly from students to provide useful context and counterpoints from participants at such events.
Författare
Alexander J. Craig
Uppsala universitet
Alina Mostovaya
Aarhus Universitet
Juliana D'Andrilli
University of North Texas
Angela Douglass
University of Minnesota
Niamh Gurrin
University of Edinburgh
Sarah Messenger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ava McIlvaine
University of California
Gabriel Gustavo Monteiro
Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP)
Penghui Li
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)
Amir Reza Shahabinia
Université du Québec
Brett Walker
University of California
Makayla Ward
University of California
Margot E. White
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Urban Wünsch
Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Vatten Miljö Teknik
Jeffrey A. Hawkes
Uppsala universitet
Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
1539-607X (ISSN) 1539-6088 (eISSN)
Vol. In PressÄmneskategorier (SSIF 2025)
Pedagogiskt arbete
Pedagogik
Socialt arbete
Didaktik
Sociologi
DOI
10.1002/lob.70040