Discovering the Archaeologists of Europe 2014 (DISCO) was a transnational project examining archaeological employment and barriers to transnational mobility within archaeology across 23 organizations from 21 European countries. It was a continuation of the Discovering the Archaeologists of Europe which ran from 2006-2008.
The project aimed to obtain a profile of the archaeological profession and labour marked among the participatory countries. The condition of archaeology with regard to employment, growth of the sector, nature of the workforce, qualifications, salaries, nature of the work, skills and training needs, trends and developments was approached in each country participated in the project.
The obtained data allowed to draw several conclusions concerning archaeology after the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008. The main ways that the archaeological sector has changed are that the number of jobs has decreased and the proportion of women working in the sector has increased. Furthermore, jobs are more likely to be part-time and for shorter contractual periods; archaeologists are more highly qualified, but are less well-paid in comparison with other sectors.
DISCO was selected and co-funded by the European Commission as part of the Lifelong Learning Programme. It was carried out between 2012 and 2014.