ESPIDAM, the European Summer Program in Infectious Disease Analysis and Modelling

Welcome to the 3rd ESPIDAM, a summer program held in June 2026 for PhD students, Post Docs, Public Health scientists and others interested, supported by Stockholm University and the Nordic Research Council NordForsk.

Venue: Stockholm University, Sweden
Time: June 22-26, 2026
Registration: Opens late January. Early bird registration (reduced fees) ends March 31, and all registration ends May 31.

The summer program consists of the 8 courses below (participants can only take one course each half week).

More details about the 3rd ESPIDAM, the European Summer Program in Infectious Disease Analysis and Modelling, can be found below. Further down on the page you can also find information and photos from earlier years.

Courses 2026

June 22-24

Stochastic epidemic models with inference: Tom Britton and Lorenzo Pellis

Modelling and AI for infectious disease control: Niel Hens and Pieter Libin

Nowcasting and forecasting infectious disease dynamics: Sebastian Funk, Sam Abbott and Katharine Sheratt

Pathogene evolution, genomic epidemiology & phylodynamics: Erik Volz and Louis du Plessis

June 24-26

Infectious disease data analysis: Simon Cauchemez and Marc Baguelin

Networks and contact patterns in infectious disease models: Mirjam Kretzschmar and Vittoria Colizza

Within host modelling of infectious diseases: Mélanie Prague and Jérémie Guedj

Health economics of infectious disease prevention and control: Philippe Beutels and Willen Lander

Registration and general information 2026

Aims and structure

Registration details and venue

Group photo from ESPIDAM 2025. Photo: Tom Britton

Archive

ESPIDAM, the European Summer Program in Infectious Disease Analysis and Modelling, was first held in 2024. Below, you can find information about ESPIDAM 2024 and ESPIDAM 2025.

ESPIDAM 2025: general information and courses

The summer program ESPIDAM 2025, supported by Stockholm University and the Nordic Research Council NordForsk, took place at Stockholm University 23-27 June 2025.

Registration for ESPIDAM 2025 opened in late January, with early bird deadline 31 March and final deadline 31 May.

Aims and structure

Registration details and venue

Courses June 23-25, 2025

Stochastic epidemic models with inference: Tom Britton and Lorenzo Pellis

Modelling and AI for infectious disease control: Niel Hens and Pieter Libin

Nowcasting and forecasting infectious disease dynamics: Sebastian Funk, Sam Abbott and Katharine Sheratt

Courses June 25-27, 2025

Infectious disease data analysis: Simon Cauchemez and Marc Baguelin

Networks and contact patterns in infectious disease models: Mirjam Kretzschmar and Vittoria Colizza

Within host modelling of infectious diseases: Mélanie Prague and Jérémie Guedj

Health economics of infectious disease prevention and control: Philippe Beutels and Joke Bilcke

Photos from ESPIDAM 2025

Indoor scene from above, people standing and talking in groups

Corridor, people looking at scientific posters.

ESPIDAM 2024: general information and courses

ESPIDAM 2024 was a Marcus Wallenberg summer program for PhD students, Post Docs, Public Health scientists and others interested, also supported by Stockholm University, Stockholm Mathematics Centre and ESMTB. It took place at Stockholm University 24-28 June 2024.

Registration for ESPIDAM 2024 opened in early March 2024 and closed April 30, late registrations were possible until May 17.

Aims and structure

Registration details and venue

The summer program consisted of the 6 courses below (participants could only take one course each half week).