INQUA vice-president, Maria Fernanda Sanchez-Goni, Professor of Paleoclimatology, was invited to ISC Dinstinguished Lecture Series where she talked about “From the Theory of Ice Ages to IPCC climate projections”.
International Union for Quaternary Research
International Union for Quaternary Research
Collaboration through networking and financial support
INQUA fosters international collaboration in Quaternary Science and aims to enhance communication and cooperation through networking. To achieve this primary goal, INQUA offers financial support for developing International Research Networks and International Skill Activities. Additionally, it provides funding for individual researchers through its Fellowship Program.
3rd INQUA-PAGES ECR workshop: TROPQUA 2024
The 3rd International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) and Past Global Changes (PAGES) joint Early Career Researcher (ECR) workshop took place between 3-7 November 2024 in Goa, India.
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Webinar: From the Theory of Ice Ages to IPCC climate projectionsINQUA vice-president, Maria Fernanda Sanchez-Goni, Professor of Paleoclimatology, was invited to ISC Dinstinguished Lecture Series where she talked about “From the Theory of Ice Ages to IPCC climate projections”.
ISC Distinguished Lecture SeriesThe new online lecture series hosted by the International Science Council (ISC) explores how Basic Sciences are essential in fostering the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
AGU Fall Meeting 2024The AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting is the most influential event in the world dedicated to the advancement of Earth and space sciences. Every year, AGU Fall Meeting convenes >25,000 attendees from 100+ countries…
7th PAGES Open Science Meeting & 5th Young Scientists MeetingThe 7th OSM and 5th YSM will take place in Shanghai, China, and online from 19–24 May 2025.
6th PalaeoArc ConferenceThe 6th (and final) PalaeoArc Conference will be held in Tromsø, Norway, 3 to 5 June 2025.
INQUA 2027 Talk SeriesThe INQUA 2027 Congress organizing team has launched a bi-monthly lecture series and a podcast in preparation for the upcoming congress, which will take place in India in 2027.
PaleoHome ECR lecture seriesThe PaleoHome ECR team – Palaeolithic Hominins and Habitats: Out of Africa to India – an INQUA-HABCOM project, organizes an online lecture series for ECRs.
HABCOM PodcastNew podcast launched by HABCOM commission.
Call for applications IUBS-INQUA conferenceA joint IUBS-INQUA conference will be organized in China in November 2025.
INQUA Congress
INQUA 2027 Congress
India will host the next INQUA Congress in February 2027 at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) in Lucknow. The focal theme of the Congress is “Quaternary Science as Societal Services”. Through this conference, Indian colleagues offer a glimpse of the Quaternary sites of their country with the fond hope that it would entice the International fraternity to come to India and explore its Quaternary history, wonders and processes.
Scientific Journals
INQUA serves the Quaternary Research community by supporting the publication of two scientific journals published by Elsevier
• Quaternary International (QI), a hybrid Journal launched in 1989
• Quaternary Environments and Humans (QEH), a full Open Access Journal launched in 2023
