The acute theme of global climate change and its impact on organisms and ecosystems requires a new generation of scientists. We provide theoretical concepts of macroecology and macroevolution, as well as statistical techniques and scientific programming in palaeobiology. The second pillar of this specialisation is the reconstruction of fossil environments and their local and global controls. We focus on carbonate systems, which are the result of the metabolic activity of organisms and thus reflect the interplay of the biosphere and the earth-system at large.

Career perspectives in palaeobiology Universities and research institutions Research funding, policy and administration Museums and geoparks Conservation biology Scientific publishing houses, editorial offices, media Extractive industry and geological surveys Science popularisation