The ERC Synergy Grant project EUROpest combines history, machine learning, and natural sciences into an interdisciplinary understanding of how socio-ecological systems shaped epidemics in the past and may influence those in the future.

The EUROpest project is funded by an ERC Synergy Grant awarded in 2024.

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EUROpest combines multiple methods in the humanistic and natural sciences to understand how context influences not only regional outbreaks but also the short- and long-term outcomes of pandemic episodes.

The project is backed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers including historians, bioarchaeologists, statisticians, and environmental scientists.