Data Management

DATA MANAGEMENT & WEBSITE

Website as a Central Hub

The project’s website acts as the primary platform for sharing information. It introduces team members, details the objectives and goals of the HESCOR project, and presents both interim and final research results. This online presence is essential for keeping both the scientific community and the public informed about the project’s progress and findings.

Dissemination of Research Findings

We aim to leverage various communication channels, including blog posts and social media, to publish and spread research findings.
This approach not only informs a broader audience but also fosters engagement with the project’s developments.

Data Mangement

A significant aspect of our team is the development and maintenance of a comprehensive database. This database consolidates diverse data types from multiple disciplines involved in the HESCOR project. It serves as a repository for research findings, programming codes, and other relevant materials, ensuring accessibility and reproducibility of scientific work.

Version Control and Software Development

The HESCOR project includes the development of specialized software and program codes to support the research activities. These codes are managed through version control systems, ensuring that updates and modifications are systematically recorded and maintained.

Educational and Collaborative Focus

A key component of this project part is facilitating cross-disciplinary collaboration and providing training in new tools and programming languages. This educational aspect ensures that all team members can effectively contribute to and utilize the project’s resources.

Philipp Schlüter
Philipp Schlüter

Data Manager

Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology

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HESCOR WORK PACKAGES
Work Package 1

HESCOR THEORY & FRAMEWORK

The first subproject of the HESCOR initiative focuses on advancing the theoretical, conceptual, and strategic aspects of Human and Earth System Coupled Research.
Work Package 2

HUMAN SYSTEM MODEL DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN LEARNING

This subproject in the HESCOR initiative is dedicated to integrating key terms from human system analyses into the broader context of human and Earth system coupling.
Work Package 3

HUMAN SYSTEM MODEL - EARTH SYSTEM MODEL COUPLING

This subproject within the HESCOR initiative centers on reconstructing paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate data from 45-15 ka BP using Earth System Modeling.
Work Package 4

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FOR DISPERSAL ON POPULATION NETWORKS

This project in the HESCOR initiative focuses on modeling human dispersal across population networks using partial differential equations (PDEs) and numerical simulations.
Work Package 5

GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL CULTURAL DATABASE

This project within the HESCOR initiative explores paleoclimate tipping points and their impact on cultural evolution.
Work Package 6

MACHINE LEARNING & CULTURE CLUSTERS

HESCOR WP6 focuses on cultural clustering and machine learning to study cultural evolution in the context of climate change.
Work Package 7

MULTIREGIONAL CULTURAL EVOLUTION IN AFRICA

This project aims to model multiregional scenarios of human culture evolution in Africa during the last 300 millennia against the backdrop of changing environmental conditions.
Work Package 8

EARLY EXPANSION & POPULATION DYNAMICS

This project focuses on modeling human expansion and population dynamics during the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods, particularly examining the Out-of-Africa scenario and the spread of farming societies over Europe.
Work Package 9

ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION THROUGH TIME

This project involves reviewing and analyzing research from various fields, including landscape archaeology, environmental history, anthropology, and literary studies, to understand how cultural perceptions have shaped human responses to past climatic changes.
Work Package 10

CLIMATE CHANGE & PUNCTUATED PRESENCE

Climatic fluctuations in the past impacted the presence and cultural development of early modern humans in Europe.
Coordination

COORDINATION

The coordination office is dedicated to the scientific coordination and management of the HESCOR project.
CONTACT
Universität zu Köln
Weyertal 125
50931 Köln
Germany
Dr. Isabell Schmidt
Coordination
Phone: +49 221 470-3385
isabell.schmidt@uni-koeln.de
Mo.-Fr.: 9–15 Uhr
University of cologne