International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS)

The IMPRS-ESM is committed to promoting young researchers of the Earth System Sciences and to supporting interdisciplinary doctoral studies as well as international co-operations. The IMPRS-ESM is based on the partnership between the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the Universität Hamburg. The IMPRS-ESM offers interdisciplinary PhD studies in the comprehensive field of Earth System Modelling, with emphasis on the interactions between the natural and the human systems. The scientific subject is the development, application and evaluation of a hierarchy of Earth system models on different temporal and spatial scales to answer key questions of global change. Doctoral candidates of the IMPRS-ESM contribute to the development and application of Earth system models and/or model components. They apply mathematical models to answer specific research questions, analysing dynamics and processes in the natural system and its interaction with the anthroposphere. The school comprises institutions and scientists from the broad field of Earth Sciences as well as from Economics and Social Sciences.