Communinty. Exchange. Research
The German Quaternary Association (Deutsche Quartärvereinigung, DEUQUA e.V.) is the official union of German speaking Quaternary scientists. The aim of the Association is to support Quaternary science, to present it to the public, to intensify contacts to the applied sciences, and to provide advice to public and political authorities on issues related to Quaternary science. Furthermore, the Association supports networking among Quaternary scientists and related organizations worldwide.
E&G Quaternary Science Journal
DEUQUA publishes the peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary open-access journal E&G Quaternary Science Journal twice per year.
EGQSJ publishes peer-reviewed articles and express reports, as well as thesis abstracts related to Quaternary geology,
paleo-environments, paleo-ecology, soil science, paleo-climatology, geomorphology, geochronology, archaeology, and geoarchaeology focussing on, but not limited to, research from central
Europe.
New funding schemes online
DEUQUA has revised and expanded its funding programs for young scientists. DEUQUA promotes early career researchers (ECR) through programs that support the organisation of and participation in conferences, excursions and summer schools. The term ECR includes Bachelor's and Master's students, doctoral candidates, and postdocs whose dissertation defense dates back no more than four years at the time of submitting their application.
All details can be found here: https://www.deuqua.org/deuqua-english-englisch-1/deuqua/funding-schemes/
DEUQUA-Excursion, 2nd and 3rd October 2025
Learning from the past to protect the coast and Wadden Sea in the future
The DEUQUA Excursion 2025 is focussing on the overarching theme of current and future coastal development in the North Sea. Reference will be made to two recently launched joint projects,
CoastAdapt - Sustainable Coastal Protection for Lower Saxony (https://nihk.de/aktuelles/coastadapt) and WADWAD - Action Plan for Ecosystem-based Land-Sea Transition Zones (https://nihk.de/aktuelles/wadwad), in which the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research (NIhK, www.nihk.de) is involved. Both projects deal with the increasing pressure on our coast due to the climate crisis and the development
of strategies to protect both the coast and the Wadden Sea. The NIhK will contribute to integrative solution discussions through knowledge of climate-coast-human interactions from the past and
will in particular work on the resilience of the coast against sea level rise and storm events for the time before human intervention. With this in mind, we will look at various coastal
areas.
There are still places available and registration is still possible until 15 July 2025.
You can find more information here (in German): https://www.deuqua.org/deuqua-deutsch-german/deuqua-exkursion-2025/
Stellenausschreibung Geopark Muskauer Faltenbogen
Für den Aufbau der geowissenschaftlichen Ausstellung im zukünftigen Besucher- und Bildungszentrum im Kavalierhaus suchen wir eine engagierte Persönlichkeit mit geowissenschaftlichem Hintergrund. Das Zentrum entsteht im Herzen zweier überlagernder deutsch-polnischer UNESCO-Kulturlandschaften – dem Muskauer Park und dem Geopark Muskauer Faltenbogen – und veranschaulicht eindrucksvoll das Zusammenspiel von Mensch, Klima und Natur.
Bewerbungsfrist: 17.08.2025
Alle Details zur Stellenausschreibung finden Sie unter https://www.muskauer-faltenbogen.de/jetzt-bewerben/
PhD position at Physical Geography, Greifswald
As part of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), several hundred
meters of sediment were recently extracted from Lake Nam Co in Tibet. These cores will be
analyzed over the coming years as part of several international research projects, in
collaboration with colleagues from China, Switzerland, and the UK. The working groups at the
University of Greifswald will focus on micropaleontological and paleomagnetic investigations.
The physical geography working group is seeking a doctoral candidate with a research interest
in paleomagnetism.
Application deadline: 20 July 2025
Please find all details in the PDF files for download below (german and english).
Three PhD positions in Gdańsk
Two positions are related to cosmogenic nuclides studies of erratic boulders deposited around LGM extent in Poland and Germany (PhD call 1) and of last glacial till erosion rates in Poland (PhD
call 2).
The third position is related to geochemical studies of last glacial till weathering (PhD call 3).
All details are available from the PDF files below.
Stellenausschreibung am LBEG Niedersachsen
Gesucht wird eine Person für das Aufgabengebiet Quartärbasis Niedersachsen im Referat L2.4 „Geologische Grundlagen“.
Aufgaben:
- Auswertung und Interpretation geologischer Daten unter Verwendung von digitalen und analogen Datenbeständen (Bohrdatenbank Niedersachsen, Kohlenwasserstoff-Datenbank, Archiv des LBEG, NIBIS-Daten)
- Datenmanagement und Prüfung von Plausibilitäten geologischer Daten
- Integration vorhandener Eingangsdaten in geologische 3D-Modellkacheln und Datenharmonisierung mit der Software Aspen SKUA® (GOCAD)
- Erstellung von wissenschaftlichen Auswertungen in Form von Karten und Abbildungen mit QGIS und ArcGIS Pro
- Erstellung von wissenschaftlichen Berichten
- Geologische 3D-Modellierung unter Verwendung von Bohrdaten und geophysikalischen Daten (Seismik)
Bewerbungsschluss ist bereits der 26.06.2025. Alle Details finden Sie im PDF unter diesem Text.