Lunchbox Models

"All models are wrong,
but some are delicious!"

new online seminar series on ecological modelling & academia
hosted by the GfÖ working groups Computational Ecology & YoMos

Let's create a space to explore ecological models, discuss academic life and build community - and all of that during lunch break!

The concept:

The working groups Computational Ecology and Young Modellers in Ecology (YoMos) of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) are very happy to invite you to the new “Lunchbox Models” online seminar series. Every last Wednesday of the month, we make use of the lunch break and explore the latest research in ecological modelling with an invited guest speaker, following our motto “All models are wrong but some are delicious!”. Just take your lunch, open our Zoom link, enjoy the talk and the scientific discussion - and if you are a junior researcher, stay online for our meet-the-speaker session to discuss challenges in academia and career - focusing on a different topic every seminar! With this seminar series, we want to provide a platform for connection and exchange between scientists in the field of ecological modelling at various career stages in the GfÖ and beyond!

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Schedule 2025/2026: Wednesday, 12 AM - 2 PM CET

29.10.25

Hanna Meyer

Münster University

Scientific Talk:

Remote sensing and machine learning for spatial mapping of the environment

Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

26.11.25

Vasilis Dakos

CNRS, University of Montpellier

Scientific Talk:

Detecting fisheries productivity trajectories at-risk to abrupt shifts

Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

28.01.26

Elisa Thébault

Sorbonne Université,

iEES Paris

Scientific Talk:

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Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

25.02.26

Boris Schröder-Esselbach

TU Berlin

Scientific Talk:

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Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

25.03.26

Nicolas Loeuille

Sorbonne Université,

iEES Paris

Scientific Talk:

Effects of spatial heterogeneity on eco-evolutionary dynamics (and its implications from a management point of view)

Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

29.04.26

Christian Hof

Würzburg University

Scientific Talk:

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Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

27.05.26

Meike Wittmann

Bielefeld University

Scientific Talk:

Quantifying the ecological importance of individual variation

Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

24.06.26

Frank Hilker

Osnabrück University

Scientific Talk:

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Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

29.07.26

Thomas Hickler

Senckenberg Centre for Biodiversity and Climate Research

Scientific Talk:

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Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

26.08.26

Damaris Zurell

Potsdam University

Scientific Talk:

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Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

30.09.26

Jelena Pantel

Univsité Marie et Louis Pasteur, Besançon

Scientific Talk:

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Meet the Speaker:

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This talk will have an abstract. It will focus on all the important aspects of the presentation. How great! But it takes up lots of space, so we decided to put it in a collapsable item.

Lunchbox Models

"All models are wrong, but some are delicious!"

new online seminar series on ecological modelling & academia hosted by the GfÖ working groups Computational Ecology & YoMos

Let's create a space to explore ecological models, discuss academic life and build community - and all of that during lunch break!

Schedule 2025/2026: Wednesday, 12 AM - 2 PM CET

29.10.25

26.11.25

28.01.26

25.02.26

25.03.26

29.04.26

27.05.26

24.06.26

29.07.26

26.08.26

30.09.26

"All models are wrong,
but some are delicious!"

new online seminar series on ecological modelling & academia
hosted by the GfÖ working groups Computational Ecology & YoMos