Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change 2026

The complexity school feature lectures, tutorials, and panel discussions by researchers, policymakers, representatives of NGOs, activists, and others. The primary focus of the workshop is for participants to collaboratively tackle challenges related to climate change. These can span the entire range from highly abstract modeling to solving a concrete problem such as designing a specific intervention or campaign. Project ideas are proposed on the first day by both researchers and non-academic stakeholders. The participants will work collaboratively on these projects throughout the week. While the most typical output of these projects will be research papers, we also encourage other forms of output, such as strategy papers, campaigns, or communication tools.

Venue

Situated at the canal-front in Amsterdam’s beautiful city center, the workshop takes place at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). Its two buildings, constructed during the 17th century in the classical Amsterdam style, are easily reached by foot and public transport from the accommodation and make a perfect starting point for exploring central Amsterdam. The IAS offers several cozy working rooms that are perfect for the team work at the workshop. In addition, the IAS offers a stimulating intellectual environment for our event with its many affiliated researchers across many disciplines, working to address fundamental and societal questions from a complexity perspetive.

Accomodation

You will stay in 4-bed dorms including breakfast at the Generator Hostel which is located in the beautiful Oosterpark. The workshop venue at the Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) can be reached from the hostel walking (30min) or with tram 14 (15min). If you live in Amsterdam or close to it and would prefer to stay at home, that is perfectly possible of course. However, the registration fee for the school remains the same. This allows us to give out more waivers for participants who cannot afford the school.

Application

To attend the workshop, we ask all interested individuals to fill out this application form. Bear in mind the following dates:

• Opening of Application: November 3rd, 2025
• Closing of Application: January 19th, 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: February 5th, 2026

We aim for an inclusive event where a set of diverse and highly motivated young researchers and other climate change stakeholders can come together. We accept 40 participants. The participation fee of 500EUR includes:

• Accommodation from Sunday to Friday (5 nights)
• Breakfast at the accommodation
• Lunch and coffee breaks at the workshop location
• Social dinner on Wednesday

The workshop will exclusively be an onsite event.

Source and more information at https://acscc.nl/