Profile
Abstract
Julian Laabs is Junior Professor for Digital Archaeology of Central Europe at the University of Leipzig since 2023. From 2008 to 2014, he studied Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology and Geography at Kiel University. He conducted his PhD studies at the Institute of Archaeological Sciences and the Graduate School of Climate Sciences at Bern University from 2015 to 2020. The title of his doctoral thesis was "Population and land use modelling of Neolithic and Bronze Age western Switzerland". From 2020-2023, he was employed as a postdoc on various DFG-funded research projects.
Education
- 06/2015 - 02/2020
Doctoral Studies at Bern University, thesis title: "Population and land use modelling of the Neolithic andBronze Age Western Switzerland" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Albert Hafner, Prof. Dr. Oliver Nakoinz, Dr. Carsten Lemmen) - 04/2012 - 12/2014
University studies, Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology (major) and Geography (minor) at Kiel University, degree: Master of Science - 10/2008 - 04/2012
University studies, Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology (major) and Geography (minor) at Kiel University, degree: Bachelor of Science
Basically, I see myself as a quantitative-theoretical archaeologist, with interest in and competence in:
- Settlement archaeology
- Archaeology of burial and death
- Archaeodemography
- Social archaeology
- Socio-ecological systems
- Quantitative methods in archaeology
- (Agent-based) simulation modelling