Table 1.

Characteristics of participants in four courses

Course	Year	Participants	Participants’ origin	Academic background	Institutional background
Heidelberg	2014	28	Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Rwanda, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, USA, Zambia	17 master student, 11 PhD and post-doctoral students	N/A
Jogjakarta	2014	15	Indonesia, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Colombia	Master's and PhD	Faculty members and researchers
Jogjakarta	2015	15	Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal	Master's and PhD	Faculty members and researchers
Almaty	2015	13	Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	Master's and PhD	Faculty members, researchers, and ethics committees
Total in four courses		71