Michaela Ecker
@isotopesrule.bsky.social
Past Environments & Human Evolution. Emmy Noether Research Group Leader of "Kgalagadi Human Origins" Project (@khoproject.bsky.social) at @uni-kiel.de. She/her. Views my own.
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Michaela Ecker
@isotopesrule.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello new followers! I am a researcher based at Kiel University, Germany, interested in stable isotopes, palaeoecology, Palaeolithic archaeology & arid environments. PI of @khoproject.bsky.social (follow us!), leading fieldwork in the Kalahari. Very excited to see so many making the move from X 😃
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Further job announcements! As part of the FORAGER project, (1) a PDRA position is open at the University of Montana apply.interfolio.com/180545, (2) a PDRA position at the University of Cambridge www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54411/ and (3) a Research Project Manager jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Further job announcements! As part of the FORAGER project, (1) a PDRA position is open at the University of Montana apply.interfolio.com/180545, (2) a PDRA position at the University of Cambridge www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54411/ and (3) a Research Project Manager jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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Keen on excavating some Neanderthal sites in Spain?
Well, today is your lucky day!
Call for participants at Roca dels Bous site just opened. Excavations on this unique Neanderthal site will run 1-20th August (both inclusive). For further information and details, contact me!
Well, today is your lucky day!
Call for participants at Roca dels Bous site just opened. Excavations on this unique Neanderthal site will run 1-20th August (both inclusive). For further information and details, contact me!
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Keen on excavating some Neanderthal sites in Spain?
Well, today is your lucky day!
Call for participants at Roca dels Bous site just opened. Excavations on this unique Neanderthal site will run 1-20th August (both inclusive). For further information and details, contact me!
Well, today is your lucky day!
Call for participants at Roca dels Bous site just opened. Excavations on this unique Neanderthal site will run 1-20th August (both inclusive). For further information and details, contact me!
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Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Unravelling the Palaeolithic
Welcome to the website for the Unravelling the Palaeolithic conference 2026!
Unravelling the Palaeolithic is an ECR and student-led conference with a history of showcasing excellence in research in P...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
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Several exciting PhD opportunities here in the University of Vienna STEM-call. In our department fully funded positions in biomolecular zooarch, Pleistocene felid diversity and admixture, sedaDNA and popgen, and archsci and AMS 14C dating.
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
careers.univie.ac.at
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Several exciting PhD opportunities here in the University of Vienna STEM-call. In our department fully funded positions in biomolecular zooarch, Pleistocene felid diversity and admixture, sedaDNA and popgen, and archsci and AMS 14C dating.
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
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Now Open: SSH Doctoral Recruitment Call 2026
40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
(Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026)
Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects!
palaeo.univie.ac.at
40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
(Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026)
Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects!
palaeo.univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Now Open: SSH Doctoral Recruitment Call 2026
40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
(Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026)
Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects!
palaeo.univie.ac.at
40+ fully funded 4yr PhD positions @univie.ac.at
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
(Application Deadline 2 Mar 2026)
Contact me for #Palaeolithic projects!
palaeo.univie.ac.at
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Interested in Meso-Neolithic population history through dental morphology?
Join #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fellowships-2026
Join #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fellowships-2026
February 4, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Interested in Meso-Neolithic population history through dental morphology?
Join #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fellowships-2026
Join #ICArEHB through the #FCT #PhD #Fellowships 2026.
www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fellowships-2026
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Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology at UCL
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
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We are looking for a research project manager for the upcoming FORAGER ERC Synergy Project. Based at the University of York, this is an exciting opportunity to work in a team of 37 researchers from the UK, the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Japan. Join us!
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 AM
We are looking for a research project manager for the upcoming FORAGER ERC Synergy Project. Based at the University of York, this is an exciting opportunity to work in a team of 37 researchers from the UK, the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Japan. Join us!
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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📢 PhD position in Geoarchaeology (4y) – Ghent University within the ERC project FROST.
The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026
The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026
Doctoraatsbursaal
www.ugent.be
January 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
📢 PhD position in Geoarchaeology (4y) – Ghent University within the ERC project FROST.
The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026
The PhD combines archaeological dating methods with geoarchaeological analyses of sediments to investigate Late Glacial human–environment interactions.
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Deadline: 23 February 2026
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📣 Work with us! 📣
The McDonald Institute invites applications for the eighth Renfrew Fellowship in archaeology. Named in honour of the Institute's founding Director, Professor Colin Renfrew.
📅 Closing date: 27 February 2026
👉 More info here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/renfrew...
The McDonald Institute invites applications for the eighth Renfrew Fellowship in archaeology. Named in honour of the Institute's founding Director, Professor Colin Renfrew.
📅 Closing date: 27 February 2026
👉 More info here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/renfrew...
Renfrew Fellow (Fixed Term)
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance. The McDonald Institute invites applications for the eighth Renfrew Fellowship in archaeology. Named in honour of
www.cam.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 1:26 PM
📣 Work with us! 📣
The McDonald Institute invites applications for the eighth Renfrew Fellowship in archaeology. Named in honour of the Institute's founding Director, Professor Colin Renfrew.
📅 Closing date: 27 February 2026
👉 More info here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/renfrew...
The McDonald Institute invites applications for the eighth Renfrew Fellowship in archaeology. Named in honour of the Institute's founding Director, Professor Colin Renfrew.
📅 Closing date: 27 February 2026
👉 More info here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/renfrew...
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Second Circular- Radiocarbon and Diet & CLARa (Santiago - July 2026).
Deadline submission: 15th of March 2026.
See you in Chile this winter !
@lorenabecval.bsky.social @ramiro-arqueo.bsky.social @14cjournal.bsky.social
Deadline submission: 15th of March 2026.
See you in Chile this winter !
@lorenabecval.bsky.social @ramiro-arqueo.bsky.social @14cjournal.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Second Circular- Radiocarbon and Diet & CLARa (Santiago - July 2026).
Deadline submission: 15th of March 2026.
See you in Chile this winter !
@lorenabecval.bsky.social @ramiro-arqueo.bsky.social @14cjournal.bsky.social
Deadline submission: 15th of March 2026.
See you in Chile this winter !
@lorenabecval.bsky.social @ramiro-arqueo.bsky.social @14cjournal.bsky.social
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🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
So excited to be a volunteer judge at the #FIRSTLEGOLeague competition at HAW Kiel this weekend. And the topic is "Unearthed" - this archaeology degree finally pays off 😅
January 28, 2026 at 9:18 AM
So excited to be a volunteer judge at the #FIRSTLEGOLeague competition at HAW Kiel this weekend. And the topic is "Unearthed" - this archaeology degree finally pays off 😅
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🏺📝Stellenausschreibung (50%, 2 Jahre) in #WissKomm für unser Projekt "Zeig mir die Hauptstadt der Hethiter!". Aufgabe: Entwicklung von Smartphone-Touren für Boğazköy-Ḫattuša. Bewerbung bis 22.2.2026. #academic #job
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
January 22, 2026 at 10:09 AM
🏺📝Stellenausschreibung (50%, 2 Jahre) in #WissKomm für unser Projekt "Zeig mir die Hauptstadt der Hethiter!". Aufgabe: Entwicklung von Smartphone-Touren für Boğazköy-Ḫattuša. Bewerbung bis 22.2.2026. #academic #job
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
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Wowee. Even older ages for rock art in Sulawesi. This time pushing into that period beyond 50ka, where there are tantalising glimpses into human activities through this region and into Sahul. Congratulations to the authors of this paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi - Nature
A hand stencil painted on a cave wall on a small island off the coast of Sulawesi more than 67,800 years ago suggests a very early occupation of Wallacea.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Wowee. Even older ages for rock art in Sulawesi. This time pushing into that period beyond 50ka, where there are tantalising glimpses into human activities through this region and into Sahul. Congratulations to the authors of this paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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📢Job alert! Come & work with us as the Project Administrator for Dr Anke Hein's exciting new project China-TRACER (Technological Processes and Social Organisation in Early Northern China). Deadline for applications: 6 Feb. For full details: www.arch.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies
Job Vacancies
www.arch.ox.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
📢Job alert! Come & work with us as the Project Administrator for Dr Anke Hein's exciting new project China-TRACER (Technological Processes and Social Organisation in Early Northern China). Deadline for applications: 6 Feb. For full details: www.arch.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies
Our first @khoproject.bsky.social PhD student has finished! Congratulations 🎉 #proudsupervisor
Congratulations to Inèz Faul for successfully defending her PhD thesis "Geoarchaeology in semi-arid landscapes: A case study from the Kgalagadi" yesterday @uni-kiel.de 👩🎓🎉We wish her all the best for her future adventures 🥂
January 20, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Our first @khoproject.bsky.social PhD student has finished! Congratulations 🎉 #proudsupervisor
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Es handelt sich tatsächlich um meine (Noch-)Stelle, daher stehe ich für Fragen gern zur Verfügung.
Darf gern geteilt werden!
Darf gern geteilt werden!
January 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Es handelt sich tatsächlich um meine (Noch-)Stelle, daher stehe ich für Fragen gern zur Verfügung.
Darf gern geteilt werden!
Darf gern geteilt werden!
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Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
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Join us this summer at @au.dk!
@vivikathrine.bsky.social and I will be running our summer course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change, including bioscience, economy, consumer behavior, agroecology, public health and more!
☀️Apply by March 17th to join us from July 27th - August 9th☀️
@vivikathrine.bsky.social and I will be running our summer course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change, including bioscience, economy, consumer behavior, agroecology, public health and more!
☀️Apply by March 17th to join us from July 27th - August 9th☀️
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change
international.au.dk
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Join us this summer at @au.dk!
@vivikathrine.bsky.social and I will be running our summer course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change, including bioscience, economy, consumer behavior, agroecology, public health and more!
☀️Apply by March 17th to join us from July 27th - August 9th☀️
@vivikathrine.bsky.social and I will be running our summer course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change, including bioscience, economy, consumer behavior, agroecology, public health and more!
☀️Apply by March 17th to join us from July 27th - August 9th☀️
Makes me wish I could just be a student again and hang out at the pool in Florisbad... please share this opportunity for students based in sub-Saharan Africa to join the fully funded field school at Florisbad this year - a unique opportunity! 👇
We are accepting applications for the "James Brink Field School in Pleistocene Archaeology and Palaeontology", to be held at the Florisbad Quaternary Research Station (National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa) from 22 June to 3 July 2026. Deadline: 6 February 2026. #archaeology #palaeontology
January 15, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Makes me wish I could just be a student again and hang out at the pool in Florisbad... please share this opportunity for students based in sub-Saharan Africa to join the fully funded field school at Florisbad this year - a unique opportunity! 👇
It is 10 years to this day that I handed in my PhD at @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social 👩🎓- and on Monday my first PhD student will defend their thesis at @uni-kiel.de. Coming full (academic) circle 🔄 #academiclife #proudsupervisor
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 AM
It is 10 years to this day that I handed in my PhD at @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social 👩🎓- and on Monday my first PhD student will defend their thesis at @uni-kiel.de. Coming full (academic) circle 🔄 #academiclife #proudsupervisor
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🎓 FCT PhD Fellowships 2026
ICArEHB invites inquisitive and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology or Primatology through the national FCT Program.
📍See our poster & details: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...
#PhD #Archaeology #FCT #ICArEHB
ICArEHB invites inquisitive and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology or Primatology through the national FCT Program.
📍See our poster & details: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...
#PhD #Archaeology #FCT #ICArEHB
January 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
🎓 FCT PhD Fellowships 2026
ICArEHB invites inquisitive and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology or Primatology through the national FCT Program.
📍See our poster & details: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...
#PhD #Archaeology #FCT #ICArEHB
ICArEHB invites inquisitive and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology or Primatology through the national FCT Program.
📍See our poster & details: www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...
#PhD #Archaeology #FCT #ICArEHB
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My lab has a PhD position open! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Geochemistry (293027) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship in Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Geochemistry (293027), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 1, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
January 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
My lab has a PhD position open! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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✨I have a vacant 3-yr postdoc position in biogeochemical Earth system model development. If you're interested in geochemical isotopes and their use as paleoceanographic proxies, please consider applying. For any questions on the position, just get in touch✨
ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Uni Bern: Postdoc position: Earth system model development
(3 years)
ohws.prospective.ch
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 AM
✨I have a vacant 3-yr postdoc position in biogeochemical Earth system model development. If you're interested in geochemical isotopes and their use as paleoceanographic proxies, please consider applying. For any questions on the position, just get in touch✨
ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...