Introduction to Systematic Synthesis in Archaeology and Anthropology

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In-Person
Date: October29,2025
Location: University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, Portugal
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Introduction to Systematic Synthesis in Archaeology and Anthropology – Learn by Doing, is a new, original course at HEIRS from 29 to 31 October 2025 at the University of Algarve. The training introduces synthesis concepts, tools, and open-science principles, focusing on qualitative data with foundations for future quantitative work. Participants will begin a systematic review or database project in small groups or individually under instructor guidance. Registration is limited and closes 8 September 2025.

Participants & Organizers

HEIRS(Organizer)

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HEIRS is the hub for Human Evolution Research Synthesis, a unit of the research environment of ICArEHB – the Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour, hosted at the University of Algarve.

(Instructor)

Dr. Christian Ristok is a postdoc in Experimental Interaction Ecology at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig and University Leipzig, Germany. He obtained his PhD on “Biodiversity effects on plant metabolomes in different environmental contexts” and is involved in (inter-)national and interdisciplinary research synthesis projects. Since 2016, he is a lecturer for statistics, research synthesis, and ecological research methodologies. From 2021 to 2024, he co-led the first extensive synthesis of all available biodiversity information for Germany.

(Instructor)

Dr. Stephan Kambach is a postdoc at the Institute for Geobotany/Botanical Garden at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). He obtained his PhD on “Meta-analysis in forest biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research”. He is involved in international and interdisciplinary research projects and is a lecturer for statics and research synthesis since 2016. In 2017, he supervised a two-week summer school meta-analysis course that resulted in a joint publication for all participants.