Latest developments

  • INQUA 2027 Talk Series
    INQUA 2027 Talk Series

    The next session of the INQUA 2027 Talk Series will feature Prof. Lewis A. Owen from NC State University. The talk, titled Quaternary Glaciation of the Himalaya and Tibet, will take place on 1st February…

  • Quaternary Perspectives December 2024 Issue is now out!
    Quaternary Perspectives December 2024 Issue is now out!

    The Quaternary Perspectives December 2024, Issue 37, was just released.

  • OnSea at EGU
    OnSea at EGU

    An EGU25 thematic session will be organized in the framework of ONSEA activities: Insights into Paleo-Seascape Evolution and reconstruction: Coastal and Submarine Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology in a Changing World Convener: Gaia Mattei | Co-conveners: Aucelli…

  • GLOCOPH-PHADMA International Conference
    GLOCOPH-PHADMA International Conference

    PaleoHydrology: Ancient Disasters, Modern Applications (GLOCOPH-PHADMA) International Conference You are all kindly invited to our mid-term general conference between 9-14th June 2025 at the University of Bonn, Germany. There will be two full days of…

General information

General information

INQUA Foundation (Stichting International Union for Quaternary Research)

For reasons that are of major importance to society, the object of the foundation is to gain profound knowledge of the global developments in the geological period referred to as the Quaternary, to improve and promote research into this geological period and to disseminate the results of such research, all this in the broadest sense.

Policy plan:

The foundation attempts to achieve its object by:

  • promoting research into the Quaternary geological period, or causing such research to be promoted;
  • either directly or indirectly promoting communication and international collaboration in experimental and applied aspects of Quaternary research;
  • organising non-specialist and scientific conferences and meetings, or causing these to be organised;
  • supporting and promoting the activities of the association for scientific research by the name of The International Union for Quaternary Research;
  • raising and obtaining contributions, funds, gifts and donations;

and all that is related to the above or may be conducive thereto, all this in the broadest sense and to the extent that it contributes towards the object of the foundation.

Board member payments:

The board members receive no remuneration, neither directly nor indirectly. Payment of a reasonable amount to cover the expenses incurred for the benefit of the foundation, as well as non-excessive attendance fees, shall not be regarded as remuneration. All payments made to the board members will as such be included and accounted for in the annual accounts.