This two-year position is part of the six-year international research project, namely “Climate Cooling from Volcanic Super-eruptions and European Epidemics during Preindustrial Times”, involving researchers in Sweden and France. The project will investigate how abrupt climate changes associated with major volcanic eruptions may have influenced epidemics and pandemics, with particular focus on the Plague of Justinian, which followed the major volcanic eruptions of AD 536 and 540. The project brings together expertise in meteorology, climate modelling, geology, archaeology, history, medicine, biology and mathematical modelling. A central aim is to develop a new modelling framework in which an epidemiological/ecological model is driven by climate simulations and evaluated against historical and archaeological evidence. The overarching objective of the project is to advance understanding of how epidemics depend on climate-sensitive ecology and demographics, thereby improving our ability to anticipate and respond to future epidemics arising from a wide range of causes.

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