Project details
| Reference (ArCHe-Doctoral candidate no.) | DC 1 |
| Title of the project | Vulnerable Coastal Stone Age: Current environmental threats, challenges and prospects for the preservation of archaeological locations |
| Recruiting institution and place of work | Fundacion Instituto de Hidraulica Ambiental de Cantabria (FIHAC), Spain |
| Expected start date | September 2024 |
| Length of the project | 36 months |
| Salary | 3.104,2 EUR/37.250,4 EUR per month/year (gross amount, including compulsory deductions under national law, such as employer and employee social security contributions and direct taxes) |
| Family allowance |
If applicable. (Only if eligible to these conditions: “Family” means persons linked to the researcher by marriage (or a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the legislation of the country where this relationship was formalized) or dependent children who are actually maintained by the researcher) |
Project description
Objectives
- To identify and analyze the diverse threats of Stone Age (STA) hunter-fisher-gatherer (HFG) locations due to climate change in different environments, and to discuss and propose potential adaptation measures for their preservation. The analysis will include a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective across Europe. The situation along the Spanish coast, where many STA are/will be threatened by extreme events on met-ocean conditions (wave and wind action) and sea level rise, and of STA coastal sites in Norway, which today are placed in the inland/woods due to elevation processes are compared. Methods involve: coastal processes modelling and existing databases, digital geological and archaeological mapping, shoreline reconstruction.
- To explore the environmental threats caused by climate change (sea-level rise, coastal flooding, increased seawater temperatures, modified chemical composition of oceans, geohazards) on STA sites in the coastal zone of Atlantic Europe and Norway (types of threats, impact on coastal heritage, adaptation measures).
- Promote the initial set-off of a network specifically addressing the impact of climate change on coastal cultural locations. Liaising with other disciplines, selected academic and non-academic institutions to maximize the knowledge available, identify gaps and mobilize EU and non-EU relevant actors.
Expected results
- New knowledge on environmental threats due to climate change and their consequences specific to STA sites in Atlantic Europe.
- Highly increased basis for decision making in cultural resource management of coastal STA sites in Atlantic Europe based on innovative comparative case studies (e.g Spain, Norway).
- Increase awareness on safeguarding endangered maritime and coastal cultural heritage.
- Alignment /synergies with coastal cultural heritage under threat projects, to reinforce the EU’s socio-cultural identity.
- Acknowledge the need to involve other disciplines (archaeology, cultural heritage studies, social anthropology) in order to broaden the scope and achieve a more integral approach.
Academic secondments
- At University of Oslo (UiO) / Norway for 3 months
- The aim of the academic secondment at UiO is to study the comparative situation in SE-Norway
- Supervised by Steinar Solheim
Non-academic secondments
- At Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) / Norway for 1 month
- The aim of the non-academic secondment at NGU is to learn on the practical relevance of connections between topography, environment and marine biological aspects for present, future and past societies (preservation, destruction)
- Supervised by Anders Romundset
Supervisors
- Main supervisor: Javier L. Lara (FIHAC: Fundacion Instituto de Hidraulica Ambiental de Cantabria - Spain)
- Co-supervisor: Steinar Solheim (UiO: University of Oslo - Norway)
Eligibility criteria
The recruitment process for all Doctoral candidates in the HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN ArCHe follows a common recruitment strategy, which is based on the European Commission’s Code of Conduct of Recruitment
MSCA-eligibility criteria
- MSCA Mobility Rule: researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their date of recruitment
- All researchers recruited in a DN must be doctoral candidates (i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment)
Necessary local eligibility criteria (specific for the host institution/beneficiary)
- The possession of an official Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, and a Master’s degree, or equivalent.
- For more information, see Artículo 6. "Requisitos de acceso al doctorado" from RR99/2011, de 28 de enero, Royal Decree regulating official doctoral studies and Título II. Preinscripción y Admisión, punto 2. "Requisitos de acceso" from Normativa de Doctorado de la Universidad de Cantabria.
Enrolment in local PhD-programme
IH2O – PhD Program in Coastal Engineering, Hydrobiology and Management of Aquatic Systems, Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Cantabria (EDUC).
Appropriate academic knowledge and skills for position DC1
- Background-disciplines which are relevant for the PhD-project: Civil engineering, environmental engineering, geography, marine science, landscape engineering, geology.
- Skills: Critical thinking, communication & public speaking, group work, research & writing skills, computing and data management, planning.
- Basic knowledge/Interest in archaeology and/or anthropology is an advantage.
The call is now closed.