Emerging Researchers’ Network
The School of Archaeology has its own very dynamic network for emerging scholars.
Some of the ERN’ers.
The UCPH School of Archaeology’s (SoA) Emerging Researchers’ Network (ERN) connects early career researchers (currently around 40 members) working within archaeology in the broadest definition at the University of Copenhagen.
We use ERN as a space to come together to transcend the disciplinary silos which have been institutionally or historically defined. Our first ERN collaboration was to organize an event representing UCPH SoA at the Golden Days Festival in September 2023, themed “På Landet”/”In the countryside”. We presented a wealth of insights into past agriculture to the public, including animal husbandry and domestication, food/subsistence, migration, and language over the first 5000 years of farming in Denmark from disciplines of zooarchaeology, proteomics, DNA, material studies, technology, archaeobotany, Indo-European linguistics, and more.
Valeska Becker and Aleksandra Pach (and Mocha) on Animals in the Stone Age.
Flint knapping by Johan Villemoes.
Looking ahead, we plan to organise workshops, seminars, and courses with the aim of sharing knowledge across disciplines. We also intend to provide mutual support and guidance on career strategies for early career researchers, facilitating collaborative efforts in applying for interdisciplinary projects.,
Our collective endeavours, including social activities, will be an important factor in fostering future collaborations across disciplines, institutes, and faculties.
If you are interested in joining the network, contact Marie Yoshida.