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Early Career Research

Supporting researchers in the early stages of their careers is a central task of the Institute of Archaeological Studies. This includes offering both doctoral and postdoctoral researchers the best possible conditions to achieve their qualification goals and thus the next stage of their career development.

This is reflected not only in the large number and broad spectrum of doctoral and postdoctoral projects that are based or supervised at the Institute, but also in the graduate and post-graduate programmes offered, which are designed to promote both networking and independent research and work in cooperation with other partners.

Particularly noteworthy are the projects ‘Raw Materials, Innovation and Technology of Ancient Cultures’ (RITaK - Leibniz Graduate School), ‘Resources in Societies’ (ReSoc - Leibniz Postdoc School) and ReForm Scholars (open space for early career researchers as part of the Leibniz ScienceCampus ReForm (Resources in Transformation)), which is funded by the Leibniz Association:


RITaK - Leibniz Graduate School

Between January 2011 and December 2014, the Leibniz Graduate School ‘Raw Materials, Innovation and Technology of Ancient Cultures’ offered eleven researchers the opportunity to successfully complete their doctoral projects at the Institute of Archaeological Studies in close cooperation with the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum.

Their aim was to conduct interdisciplinary research into the extraction, processing and utilisation of raw materials.

ReSoc - Leibniz Postdoc School

Between June 2017 and September 2020, the Leibniz Postdoc School ‘Resources in Societies’ set itself the goal of researching changes in the human use of resources and the resulting effects on societies.

This cooperation between the Institute and the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum comprised five postdoctoral projects that explored a wide range of questions relating to this complex of topics within the framework of three research fields.

© Harald Zepp, RUB

ReForm Scholars - ReForm's Early Career Programme

Since 2022, the ReForm Scholars format has offered a space that transcends disciplinary boundaries and specific research agendas.

The programme is part of the Leibniz ScienceCampus ReForm and is aimed at all scientists in early career stages who are researching the potential for change in resources for human societies around the world in the past, present and future.

Current and Completed PhD Projects



Current and Completed Postdoc Projects



Further information on doctoral studies at the Institute of Archaeological Studies