
ECR Community
Early Career Scientists
INQUA defines early-career researchers as graduate students and postgraduates within eight years of receiving their last degree. This period of eight years does not consider time taken not working as an academic or due to family responsibilities.
Our mission is:
- To increase the dissemination of information between INQUA, its Commissions and its young members through both ECR networks and social media.
- To reciprocally represent the views and increase the flow of information from the ECR community to the INQUA Executive Committee.
- To support early-career Quaternary scientists from developing countries and engage them in INQUA activities.
- To promote innovative research, scientific leadership, and community outreach among INQUA ECRs.
What are we doing?
Providing and sharing information about upcoming meetings, projects, jobs, opportunities, etc., and also about INQUA and its commissions. Helping to provide mentorship from experienced academics to the next generation of Quaternary scientists through the organisation of meetings and workshops. Promoting INQUA activities through outreach and social media.
Publications
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 that publishes 36 volumes/year, Quaternary Environments and Humans (QEH),…

- 16th International Geochronology Summer School 2025
The 16th International Geochronology Summer School 2025 – Dating Techniques in Environmental Research will be held between 31 August to 4 September 2025 in Morteratsch (Pontresina, Engadine, Switzerland). For more details visit the website.
- Paleopedology Newsletter Issue 35 is now out!
The Paleopedology Newsletter is a collaborative initiative of the IUSS Commission 1.6 – Paleopedology and the INQUA Paleopedology Working Group. Stay updated on the latest events, research advances, and upcoming opportunities in paleopedology. For…
- INQUA-SEQS Meeting
Quaternary stratigraphy and Quaternary maps as a base to understand the environment of mankind.
- Workshop on Palaeosoil Analysis in Late Glacial Sandy Terrains Across Europe
The multidisciplinary international team of the INQUA Project PAST invites you to participate in a workshop focused on Late Glacial palaeosoils in sandy terrains across Europe.
- International Master in Quaternary and Prehistory (IMQP)
The Università degli Studi di Ferrara, under the framework of the IMQP partnership agreement, invites applications for the International Master in Quaternary and Prehistory (IMQP) for the academic year 2024/25.
- 2025 INTIMATE General Meeting
The next INTIMATE-INQUA General Meeting, which will take place from 9-11 September 2025 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.