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Long announced - finally the time has come. The call for applications opened on December 23, 2021, and will close February 28, 2022. Admission decisions will be made in March 2022. Visit Analytical Paleobiology Workshops for the details Download flyer

We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to our project this year for their support. A year full of challenges lies behind us, we say goodbye to 2021 and look ahead with hope.  🎄Merry Christmas 🎄 & a  🎉 Happy New Year 🎉. .. ...and here is the Christmas Newsletter 🎄!

The recordings are available to the public now. We have created an own YouTube channel that includes recordings of the presentations of all our speakers. You can find the videos directly on YouTube or by clicking here.  

We are happy to finally present details about our "Summer Science School"! On the one hand, we prepared a downloadable flyer for you but you can also find all details on our homepage - or you use both :) The key information: The course will take place from August 22nd to Septemb...

The "Diversity Dynamics and Crises" workshop focused on identifying ways to improve the current practices in paleontology, to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the field. The speakers series attracted over 200 participants, who watched the talks synchronously or asynchronously. Over the...

The final talk of the series! Dr Jansen Smith PaleoSynthesis PostDoc, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany will report his "Preliminary observations on a global effort to identify research priorities in paleontology " Jansen will be presenting on Fri Dec 7th / 11:00 UTC Also s...

Dr Luisa Fernanda Echeverría King International Educator, Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA) will contribute to the DDCP Speaker Series on Fri Dec 3rd / 16:00 UTC. The topic of her presentation is: "Cooperation or competition? Towards meaningful scientific proje...

On Fri Nov 30th / 11:00 UTC Dr Estelle Raveloaritiana Incoming Postdoctoral researcher at Sustainability, Agriculture & Technology Lab, Westlake University, China. Affiliated with Dept. of Plant Biology and Ecology, Univ. of Antananarivo, Madagascar, and Agroecology, Dept...

With Dr Aline Ghilardi Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) we are presenting our fourth speaker. The talk is: "Scientific colonialism in palaeontology: Case studies from Brazil" You are welcome to join on Fri Nov 26nd / 16:00 UTC Also see overv...

Dr Devapriya Chattopadhyay Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune, India is our third speaker. Her talk is on "Paleontological research in India: the colonial past shapes the present and dictates the future" The presentation is taking p...