Continuing Education
The Ecotox Centre is engaged in practice-oriented continuing education and training in the field of ecotoxicology with the goal of passing on expert knowledge and thus imparting professional skills. Selected courses are held in collaboration with the new Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT).
The further education courses are primarily intended for experts from administration, practice, research and industry. Every year, the Ecotox Centre usually offers a basic course on ecotoxicology and an application course and/or course on the impact on natural systems. Moreover, ad hoc workshops are held where the results of completed projects are presented and current topics are discussed.
In addition, the Ecotox Centre participates in education courses at university level and contributes its expertise in the field of applied ecotoxicology wherever needed. Teaching is done in close collaboration with ETH Zurich, EPF Lausanne, universities and technical colleges.
Course programme 2025
One Health - the link between human and animal health and the state of the environment in regulation and implementation
30. September 2025, in German and French, in Dübendorf or Basel, course fee: CHF 370
Course management:
Alexandra Kroll
, Lothar Aicher
The ‘One Health’ concept is a holistic approach to improve and sustainably protect the health of humans, animals and the environment. It recognises that the health of humans, animals and the environment are closely linked. Antibiotic resistance management, zoonoses and pandemic preparedness, climate change and environmental health are just a few examples that show how changes in one area can have a direct or indirect impact on the others. In this course, we present policy drivers for the implementation of the ‘One Health’ approach, such as the legal frameworks and guidelines in Switzerland, the EU and the US, especially in the areas of food safety, animal health and environmental protection. We present case studies from interdisciplinary research initiatives that support the ‘One Health’ approach, discuss the scientific challenges in implementing the concept and introduce new approaches to risk assessment of biological and chemical stressors.
Introduction à l'écotoxicologie
17./18. November 2025, in French, in Lausanne, course fee: 650 CHF
Course management:
Rébecca Beauvais
The course teaches the basics of ecotoxicology, from the sources and fate of pollutants in the environment to risk assessment. The necessary concepts (legislation, derivation of quality criteria) and methods (bioassays, biomarkers, bioindicators) for the ecotoxicological assessment of water, sediment and soil are presented. Exercises and case studies are used for illustration.
Emissions and impact of tire particles in the environment
04. December 2025, in German and French, in Dübendorf
Course management:
see Eawag Peakkurs B36/25: see course
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