Human Past Interdisciplinary Retreat – Impressions


The primary purpose of the retreat was to strengthen collaboration between geneticists, archaeologists and linguists in exploring the last 10,000 years of human history. The retreat, networking and team-building event at Sigtuna Stiftelsen offered an opportunity to learn about each other’s research through presentations and discussions and to lay the groundwork for future joint projects.
The day plan included short talks, ample time for discussion in between, and group work on designing joint interdisciplinary projects.

The registered participants were tasked to deliver research questions they were interested in but could not answer without input from other disciplines. These questions provided a starting point for the discussions and group work.

Thank you all for attending!


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