Ruperto Carola Ringvorlesung AI, Climate Change and Infectious diseases

In the talk I will discuss how global challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are intertwined and how models, data science offer opportunities to understanding how this impacts and potentially will impact health of populations. I will discuss the use of different types of models for different tasks, and how how technology offers new solutions for filling critical data gaps.

Press Release

Professor Joacim Rocklöv is an Alexander von Humboldt Professor and a leading expert in artificial intelligence and modelling of climate-sensitive infectious diseases. He heads the Heidelberg Planetary Health Hub, which is dedicated to developing and applying innovative methods to understand, model, and predict how climate change influences infectious disease dynamics.

Under his leadership, the Hub conducts interdisciplinary research on how climate and climate change interact with biodiversity loss, pollution, and social and behavioural factors to drive disease patterns. The team is also at the forefront of developing AI-powered surveillance tools to enhance integrated monitoring and early detection of emerging health threats.

Professor Rocklöv’s work bridges climate science, epidemiology, and data-driven innovation, advancing global capacity to anticipate and respond to the health impacts of a changing planet.