International Conference

Models in Population Dynamics, Ecology, and Evolution - MPDEE'26 (Leicester, UK, April 20-24, 2026):

"Ecosystems under Global Climate Change"

Organisers: Andrew Morozov, Sergei Petrovskii

The meeting continues the annual conference series (MPDE/MPDEE) which started in 2007. It will consider applications of

mathematical modelling to explore processes and mechanisms in various biological systems ranging from a cell to the human society.

A special focus will be on the interplay between ecology and evolution across time and space, in particular under the effect of

climate change. MPDEE’26 is also expected to explore similarities between modelling techniques traditionally applied in ecology

and evolution and those used in other life sciences with the purpose to enhance interdisciplinary approaches and to stimulate

further advances in population dynamics, ecology and evolution. It will be an open forum for interaction between theoreticians and

empirical biologists with the main goal of enhancing communication between the two groups to better link theories with empirical

realities.

Honorary Speaker: Robert Costanza (University College London, UK)

Confirmed plenary speakers (in alphabetical order):

Bernd Blasius (Oldenburg, Germany)

Vasilis Dakos (Montpellier, France)

Sebastian Diehl (Umea, Sweden)

Alan Hastings (UC Davis, USA)

Henrik Jensen (Imperial College London, UK)

Sylvie Méléard (Ecole Polytechnique, France)

Natalia Petrovskaya (Birmingham, UK)

Inna Senina (Toulouse, Occitanie, France)

Cinzia Soresina (Trento, Italy)

Nico Stollenwerk (Bilbao, Spain)

Arne Traulsen (Max Planck Institute, Germany)

The scope of the conference is outlined by (but not restricted to) the following topics:

* population dynamics and ecological complexity

* tipping points and regime shifts

* uncertainty and predictability in ecology

* collective dynamics and ecological pattern formation

* ecosystem management and agroecology

* social dynamics, evolution of culture and human behavior

* epidemiology and eco-epidemiology

* evolutionary population ecology

* animal movement and dispersal

* biological invasions

* models in behavioral ecology

* population and quantitative genetics

* evolutionary game theory

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS EXTENDED UNTIL JANUARY 20.

For more details, including important deadlines and registration fees, please visit the conference website at

https://dbearup.github.io/mpdee26/

For any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the conference organisers directly at am379@le.ac.uk (Andrew Morozov)

and/or sp237@le.ac.uk (Sergei Petrovskii).