HESCOR is pleased to announce a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Quaternary Science entitled “Humans in the Earth System: Perspectives and Case-Studies on Population Dynamics and Cultural Evolution During the Pleistocene and Holocene.”
The special issue is guest edited by HESCOR project leads Prof. Andreas Maier and Prof. Nikki Vercauteren. It brings together research at the interface of Earth system science, archaeology, human system modelling, and the humanities – precisely the interdisciplinary space in which HESCOR works.
Several HESCOR subprojects are preparing papers for the issue, contributing perspectives on human existence potential, population dynamics, cultural evolution, archaeological networks, environmental change, and the methodological challenges of connecting humanities and natural-science data. The call for the special issue invites broader contributions on topics such as Human Earth System Agency, macro-archaeology, the Palaeo-Technosphere, proxy- and model-based vegetation reconstructions, and interdisciplinary data interpretation.
The special issue is not limited to HESCOR members. External researchers are invited to submit manuscripts that address human-environment interactions, population and network dynamics, cultural change, and methodological innovation in Quaternary research.
The submission deadline is 30 June 2026.
More information and submission details are available through the official Wiley call for papers:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/10991417/call-for-papers/si-2025-001433
