Young Researchers in Archaeometry 2025

YRA2025 Key dates

April 1st – Abstract submission opens
May 31st – Deadline for abstract submission
June 15th – EXTENDED Deadline for abstract submission
July 1st – Announcement of abstracts decisions
July 1st – Registration opens
Aug 15th – Registration closes for presenters
Sept 1st – Preliminary program available
Sept 15th – Registration closes for participants
Oct 1st – Meeting details and final program available
Oct 14th–17th – YRA2025 in Budapest
Oct 31st – Certificates sent to participants
Jan 31st – Submission deadline for the Proceedings.

General information

Organised by:

 

Hosted at: Eötvös Loránd University
 

Sponsored by:

Subcommittee on Archaeometry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Supported by: Hungarian Society for Archaeology and Art History
 

Organised by:
Viktória Mozgai
Rebeka Gergácz
Andrea Mészáros
Eszter Solnay
Enikő Somogyvári-Lajtár
Thomas Rose

We are happy to announce that the 8th Workshop Young Researchers in Archaeometry will be held at the Eötvös Loránd University, in Budapest, Hungary. The conference will be held in person from October 14th to 17th, 2025 and will welcome early career researchers (masters, PhD, post-docs up to six years after their PhD) in archaeological sciences and cultural heritage studies.

With this workshop, we aim to offer a relaxed atmosphere to encourage interdisciplinary exchange between early career researchers. We are pleased to invite you for oral and poster contributions in all fields of natural sciences about archaeological and anthropological topics. In particular, early career researchers in archaeology, art history, anthropology, biological anthropology, environmental archaeology, chemistry, conservation, cultural heritage, earth science, and material science are welcome to submit an abstract for an oral presentation or poster.

Registration

Please register through this form. Registration is possible for everyone, also if you are not presenting. Workshop fees are 30 €. SAS members receive a 5 € discount; you can join SAS before 15 September to benefit from the discount.

Programme and social events

You can convert to your local time zone with, e.g., timeanddate.com.

Oral presentations will be 20 minutes with time for discussion included. Posters should have size A0 in portrait format (width: 841 mm, height: 1189 mm).

All times are given in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

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09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:50 Welcome
09:50 – 10:20 Keynote
10:20 – 11:20 Presentations
11:20 – 11:40 Coffee break
11:40 – 13:00 Presentations
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:40 Presentations
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 18:00 Guided tour in the Hungarian National Museum
09:00 – 11:30 Visit at the Budapest Neutron Centre or HUN-REN RCH Institute of Archaeogenomics (with 30 minutes lectures)
11:30 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:40 Presentations
14:40 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 Poster Session
16:00 – 17:40 Presentations
20:00 Conference dinner (self-paid)
09:00 – 10:40 Presentations
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:40 Presentations
12:40 – 13:40 Lunch break
13:40 – 14:10 Keynote
14:10 – 15:30 Presentations
15:30 – 16:00 Closing

SAS Travel Award

The Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS) sponsors a single travel award of USD 250 to support one student/ECR from low and middle income countries and/or with financial need.

Proceedings

YRA2025 teamed up with the editorial board of Archeometriai Műhely to publish the workshop proceedings as full-length peer-reviewed articles. Archeometriai Műhely is a diamond open access journal, meaning that publication and access to its articles are free of charge. More information will follow soon. Submission deadline for the proceedings is 31st January 2026.

How to get to the venue

Venue

The conference is hosted by the Faculty of Humanities at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) (open location in GoogleMaps). It is easily accessible by public transport:

  • Metro lines M2 (Astoria stop), M4 (Kálvin Square stop), M1 and M3 (Deák Ferenc Square stop),
  • Buses lines 5, 7, 8, 107, 110, 112, 133, 178, 233, and 239 (Astoria stop).

The conference will be held at Building A of the campus.

Travel to Budapest

  • By plane: Liszt Ferenc International Airport connects Budapest with most of the major European cities. Budapest is easily accessible from the airport by both public transport and taxi. The 100E bus takes the passengers directly to the city centre and conference venue, stopping at Astoria stop. It departs to the airport from Deák Ferenc Square and Kálvin Square stops.
  • By train: Budapest is directly accessible by train from many major European cities via both state-owned and private railway companies, see for example https://jegy.mav.hu/. Most of the international lines arrive at Keleti Railway Station or Kelenföld Railway Station, both of which are easily accessible by metro.
  • By bus: International coach services such as Flixbus connect Budapest with the larger cities of several neighbouring countries. Most of the bus terminals are easily accessible by metro.
  • By car: Budapest can be easily reached via numerous public highways, for which a highway vignette is required. Please look up the fares and how to purchase a vignette at https://toll-charge.hu/en. Please keep in mind that the parking is paid in most parts of the city, including the venue of the conference.