ProjectEUROpest – A Novel Understanding of Pandemic Disease in Preindustrial Europe
Basic data
Acronym:
EUROpest
Title:
A Novel Understanding of Pandemic Disease in Preindustrial Europe
Duration:
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2030
Abstract / short description:
The objective of the project is to find the answer to the question of why the same pathogens, depending on the context, bring about different biological, ecological, social, economic and cultural effects. WThis will be address by studying more than 50 different epidemics in European history, from the Black Death to the age of industrialization, over some 500 years, looking at them from possible angles, including climate, genetics and ecology.
Involved staff
Managers
Institute of Archaeological Sciences Research Areas (UFG)
Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science
Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science
Local organizational units
Institute for Archaeological Sciences (INA)
Interfaculty Institutes
University of Tübingen
University of Tübingen
Funders
Toruń, Poland