ECTS credits: 5 ECTS

Course parameters:
Language: English
Level of course: PhD (Masters and young researchers with strong interest are also welcomed)
No. of contact hours/hours in total incl. preparation, assignment(s) or the like: 120 hours in total, including lectures, exercises, lab and field trips, and assignments, as well as one week of preparatory reading
Capacity limits: 20

Objectives of the course:
The course aims to provide participants with:

• Understand the relationship between wetlands and climate change,
• updated knowledge of wetland soil characterization and mapping,
• assessment of hydrological dynamics under wetland restoration and rewetting,
• monitoring greenhouse gases emission and biomass utilization,
• biogeochemical processes in natural, restored, and treatment wetlands,
• performance overview of wetlands for application in the agricultural catchment,
• overview of wetland ecosystems, their applicability, and their limitations,
• discussion on incentives and policy initiatives to restore wetlands/peatlands

Learning outcomes and competencies:

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

• have a better awareness of the ecological functionality of wetlands and their role in mitigating climate change
• have an overall of the current wetland mapping technology
• describe wetland soil and hydrology characteristics
• understand interactions of biogeochemical processes in wetlands,
• describe the impact of wetlands on nutrient cycling in agricultural catchments,
• understand different wetland systems, their applicability, and limitations,
• use different methods to measure greenhouse gas fluxes,
• discuss peatland trade-offs and controversies, and policy initiatives.

Name of lecturers:

• Shubiao Wu, Associate Professor. Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University.

Responsible for wetland biogeochemical processes

• Mogens H. Greve, Senior Scientist. Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University. Responsible for wetland soil characterization and digital mapping
• Bo V. Iversen, Associate Professor. Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University. Responsible for hydrology in wetlands
• Poul Erik Lærke, Senior Researcher, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University. Responsible for wetland GHGs emissions and biomass production
• Lorenzo Pugliese, Academic employee, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University. Responsible for nutrient transport and modeling in wetland soil. He will also supervise lab tracer experiments and field trips
• Johannes W.M. (Jeroen) Pullens, Researcher, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University. Responsible for different methods to measure greenhouse gas fluxes.
• Claudia Nielsen, Postdoc, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University. Responsible for peatland trade-offs and controversies.
• A few international experts will be invited.

Type of course/teaching methods:
Lectures, exercises, group work, lab and field trip, final assignment

Course assessment:
Classwork - satisfactory participation in the course; Group work and oral presentation. Prior to the course, each participant should prepare one slide PPT to introduce their research.


Provider:
Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, Postboks 50, DK-8830 Tjele

 

Special comments on this course:

The course fee is 600 Euro.

 

Time:

4-9 September 2023
 

Place:

Meeting room #2, AU, Campus Foulum, and the agricultural catchment wetlands of Denmark

 

Registration:

The deadline for registration is 30 May 2023. Admission information will be sent out no later than 30 June 2023.

 

For registration:

Use this link for registration and payment https://events.au.dk/wetlands2023/signup.

If you have any questions, please contact Shubiao Wu, e-mail: wushubiao@agro.au.dk