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After a year of intensive work on content, structure, and design, HESCOR celebrated the opening of its Virtual Exhibition at the University of Cologne (UoC) on Friday, October 23rd 2026. The event brought together project members, external colleagues, …

The research team, led by Dr. Andreas Maier and Dr. Nikki Vercauteren, provides an early preview to their contribution to the Journal of Quaternary Science.

How might an interdisciplinary database work? HESCOR Project Database Manager, Philipp Schlüter, lays out the technical problems and potential solutions for creating HESCOR's database.

Interdisciplinary research demands extra effort, time, and communication—but it’s worth it! Dr. Isabell Schmidt outlines the challenges involved and explains why such collaboration is essential for answering questions about our deep past.

Researchers at universities rarely work with researchers in other departments - why? Dr. Elena Robakiewicz highlights the difficulties of understanding research and data in other fields and what HESCOR is doing to address data communication issues!