Benjamin Rosenbaum
@benrosenbaum.bsky.social
Quantitative ecology | Statistics | Species interactions | Population dynamics
iDiv Leipzig, Germany
https://www.idiv.de/staff/benjamin-rosenbaum/
iDiv Leipzig, Germany
https://www.idiv.de/staff/benjamin-rosenbaum/
I have just signed a new contract with iDiv. They will pay me for another year to do what I enjoy doing most: writing tiny lines of code on my tiny computer to analyze and understand tiny and not-so-tiny ecological datasets, and teaching others how to do that
University administration sent me an email yesterday, inviting me to come to the office today to finalize everything. Now they just cancelled the appointment and told me they can't employ me anymore. Who treats people like this?? #IchBinHanna
2 weeks left in my contract and still no news. Don't know if I'm on vacation or effectively unemployed. Does this mean I have to act serious now and hang out on LinkedIn?
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I have just signed a new contract with iDiv. They will pay me for another year to do what I enjoy doing most: writing tiny lines of code on my tiny computer to analyze and understand tiny and not-so-tiny ecological datasets, and teaching others how to do that
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DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung.
Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.
Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.
Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung
www.dfg.de
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 AM
DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung.
Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.
Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.
All I want for Christmas is the BSS01 console
(Just kidding I'm totally powering through KCD2 these holidays)
(Just kidding I'm totally powering through KCD2 these holidays)
The Hunt for the Lost Communist Console
YouTube video by fern
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December 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
All I want for Christmas is the BSS01 console
(Just kidding I'm totally powering through KCD2 these holidays)
(Just kidding I'm totally powering through KCD2 these holidays)
University administration sent me an email yesterday, inviting me to come to the office today to finalize everything. Now they just cancelled the appointment and told me they can't employ me anymore. Who treats people like this?? #IchBinHanna
2 weeks left in my contract and still no news. Don't know if I'm on vacation or effectively unemployed. Does this mean I have to act serious now and hang out on LinkedIn?
#IchBinHanna: If you still don't know whether today will be your last day at work before the holidays or your last day in academia for good 🤷♂️
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
University administration sent me an email yesterday, inviting me to come to the office today to finalize everything. Now they just cancelled the appointment and told me they can't employ me anymore. Who treats people like this?? #IchBinHanna
2 weeks left in my contract and still no news. Don't know if I'm on vacation or effectively unemployed. Does this mean I have to act serious now and hang out on LinkedIn?
#IchBinHanna: If you still don't know whether today will be your last day at work before the holidays or your last day in academia for good 🤷♂️
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
2 weeks left in my contract and still no news. Don't know if I'm on vacation or effectively unemployed. Does this mean I have to act serious now and hang out on LinkedIn?
New paper by Laurie Wojcik et al. where we show that response to a pulse perturbation has a hump-shaped relationship with top-down control
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Top-down control and species composition influence nonlinearly the short-term response of experimental food webs to a nutrient pulse perturbation
Abstract. Extreme weather events intensify with global change and frequently disturb aquatic ecosystems via, e.g. nutrient pulses through surface runoff. W
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
New paper by Laurie Wojcik et al. where we show that response to a pulse perturbation has a hump-shaped relationship with top-down control
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
#IchBinHanna: If you still don't know whether today will be your last day at work before the holidays or your last day in academia for good 🤷♂️
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
#IchBinHanna: If you still don't know whether today will be your last day at work before the holidays or your last day in academia for good 🤷♂️
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Tarifrunde Länder: TdL legt kein Angebot vor! Wir fordern 7 % (mind. 300 €) für 2,6 Mio. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen. Beim Fachkräftemangel muss das Gehalt stimmen! Nächste Runde: 15./16.01. 💪 #GEW #Tarifrunde #Bildung #MEHR
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tarifrunde Länder: TdL legt kein Angebot vor! Wir fordern 7 % (mind. 300 €) für 2,6 Mio. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen. Beim Fachkräftemangel muss das Gehalt stimmen! Nächste Runde: 15./16.01. 💪 #GEW #Tarifrunde #Bildung #MEHR
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German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna
How to stop the revolving door of German academia
Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna
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Check out our new preprint, led by @melinaleite.bsky.social “Dispersion tests in generalised linear mixed-effects models - a methods comparison and practical guide” ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Check out our new preprint, led by @melinaleite.bsky.social “Dispersion tests in generalised linear mixed-effects models - a methods comparison and practical guide” ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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Our second 🍱 Lunchbox Models 🍱 seminar takes place next Wednesday (26 November), at 12 CET with guest speaker Vasilis Dakos from CNRS & Uni Montpellier!
Find the talk abstract and zoom link here: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
See you at lunch! 🦊
#ecology #seminar #online #lunch #modelling #fish
Find the talk abstract and zoom link here: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
See you at lunch! 🦊
#ecology #seminar #online #lunch #modelling #fish
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our second 🍱 Lunchbox Models 🍱 seminar takes place next Wednesday (26 November), at 12 CET with guest speaker Vasilis Dakos from CNRS & Uni Montpellier!
Find the talk abstract and zoom link here: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
See you at lunch! 🦊
#ecology #seminar #online #lunch #modelling #fish
Find the talk abstract and zoom link here: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
See you at lunch! 🦊
#ecology #seminar #online #lunch #modelling #fish
They took Holling's disc experiment to another level and LARPed predator-prey interactions in the field 🤯
Impersonating predators and prey to study trophic interactions through real‐life simulations
Predator–prey interactions are a fundamental aspect of ecology that has generated sustained research interests. Progress in the field stems from a diverse range of approaches, from highly controll...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
They took Holling's disc experiment to another level and LARPed predator-prey interactions in the field 🤯
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Es geht wieder los mit der Reform des #WissZeitVG! Der letzte Versuch ist geplatzt, weil die 🚦 auseinandergeflogen ist. Aber: Seitdem liegen aussichtsreiche Lösungen für das Kernproblem Postdoc-Phase auf dem Tisch! Wie lassen sich Befristungen in dieser Phase eindämmen? 5 Instrumente: ⬇️ #IchBinHanna
Wird Zeit fürs WissZeitVG: Auf ein Neues!
Die Reform-Debatte nimmt wieder an Fahrt auf -- Grund genug, uns aussichtsreiche Lösungen für die Kernproblematik der Postdoc-Phase ins Gedächtnis zu rufen!
steady.page
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Es geht wieder los mit der Reform des #WissZeitVG! Der letzte Versuch ist geplatzt, weil die 🚦 auseinandergeflogen ist. Aber: Seitdem liegen aussichtsreiche Lösungen für das Kernproblem Postdoc-Phase auf dem Tisch! Wie lassen sich Befristungen in dieser Phase eindämmen? 5 Instrumente: ⬇️ #IchBinHanna
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7% mehr Gehalt, mind. 300€! 💪
Unsere Forderung für die Tarifrunde öffentlicher Dienst Länder steht. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen arbeiten am Limit – da muss das Gehalt stimmen!
Start: 3.12. in Berlin. Wir sind bereit! ✊
#ProfisbrauchenMEHR #Tarifrunde2025 #BildungIstMehrWert
Unsere Forderung für die Tarifrunde öffentlicher Dienst Länder steht. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen arbeiten am Limit – da muss das Gehalt stimmen!
Start: 3.12. in Berlin. Wir sind bereit! ✊
#ProfisbrauchenMEHR #Tarifrunde2025 #BildungIstMehrWert
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
7% mehr Gehalt, mind. 300€! 💪
Unsere Forderung für die Tarifrunde öffentlicher Dienst Länder steht. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen arbeiten am Limit – da muss das Gehalt stimmen!
Start: 3.12. in Berlin. Wir sind bereit! ✊
#ProfisbrauchenMEHR #Tarifrunde2025 #BildungIstMehrWert
Unsere Forderung für die Tarifrunde öffentlicher Dienst Länder steht. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen arbeiten am Limit – da muss das Gehalt stimmen!
Start: 3.12. in Berlin. Wir sind bereit! ✊
#ProfisbrauchenMEHR #Tarifrunde2025 #BildungIstMehrWert
You can now find a recording of my course "Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in R & brms" on youtube.
Slides & code available here: github.com/benjamin-ros...
#Rstats
Slides & code available here: github.com/benjamin-ros...
#Rstats
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in R & brms - YouTube
The course offers a straightforward and practical approach to applied statistics using Bayesian inference for ecologists.
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You can now find a recording of my course "Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in R & brms" on youtube.
Slides & code available here: github.com/benjamin-ros...
#Rstats
Slides & code available here: github.com/benjamin-ros...
#Rstats
Going to run some of these bad boys on microbiome datasets next week
Damn - this is really good. Modeling plant communities with Dirichlet regression. I use beta and ordered beta (thanks, @rmkubinec.bsky.social!) a lot, but this is very cool. Something I'd normally use gllvm for, but maybe... ecogambler.netlify.app/blog/plant-c...
Compositional modeling of plant communities with Dirichlet regression | GAMbler
Compositional data appears everywhere in scientific research, yet many analysts fall back on problematic approaches that ignore fundamental mathematical constraints. I demonstrate how Dirichlet regres...
ecogambler.netlify.app
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Going to run some of these bad boys on microbiome datasets next week
Die neue Tarifrunde steht an!
⏰ NUR NOCH 3 TAGE! ⏰
Mit Deiner Stimme machst Du uns stark für die Tarifrunde der Länder! Sag uns jetzt, wofür Du Dich gemeinsam mit den Kolleg:innen einsetzen willst! Befragung starten ➡️ https://verdi.uzbonn.de/TRLaender
#ZusammenGehtMehr
Mit Deiner Stimme machst Du uns stark für die Tarifrunde der Länder! Sag uns jetzt, wofür Du Dich gemeinsam mit den Kolleg:innen einsetzen willst! Befragung starten ➡️ https://verdi.uzbonn.de/TRLaender
#ZusammenGehtMehr
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Die neue Tarifrunde steht an!
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Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
Rigorous validation of ecological models against empirical time series - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Validating theoretical models against empirical data presents challenges. Here the authors present an assumption-light method to validate ecological models against time series data, along with a dedic...
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
You can always calibrate your statistical test to focus on a hypothesis about what YOU deem as a practically significant effect… if you so dare. #statssky #hypothesistesting #sciencesky
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You can always calibrate your statistical test to focus on a hypothesis about what YOU deem as a practically significant effect… if you so dare. #statssky #hypothesistesting #sciencesky
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Announcing 🍱 Lunchbox Models 🍱
– an online seminar series all about ecological modelling & career insights, hosted by the @gfoesoc.bsky.social AKs Computational Ecology and YoMos 🦊
Find the topics and details as well as access to Zoom on our webpage: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
Please share!
– an online seminar series all about ecological modelling & career insights, hosted by the @gfoesoc.bsky.social AKs Computational Ecology and YoMos 🦊
Find the topics and details as well as access to Zoom on our webpage: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
Please share!
October 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Announcing 🍱 Lunchbox Models 🍱
– an online seminar series all about ecological modelling & career insights, hosted by the @gfoesoc.bsky.social AKs Computational Ecology and YoMos 🦊
Find the topics and details as well as access to Zoom on our webpage: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
Please share!
– an online seminar series all about ecological modelling & career insights, hosted by the @gfoesoc.bsky.social AKs Computational Ecology and YoMos 🦊
Find the topics and details as well as access to Zoom on our webpage: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
Please share!
Solidarität mit dem @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social
Sowohl für Romane wie auch für Gesellschaftskritik mein Favorit seit Jahr und Tag
Sowohl für Romane wie auch für Gesellschaftskritik mein Favorit seit Jahr und Tag
Seit kurzem bekämpfen ein paar rechte Schreiber linke Verlage, die den Deutsche Verlagspreis erhalten, nun fokussiert man sich auf uns. Wir verlinken nicht. Schön aber, dass behauptet wird, wir seien in Sachen Verlagspreis Bayern München, weil Rekordgewinner.
Zu unseren Büchern: verbrecherei.de
Zu unseren Büchern: verbrecherei.de
October 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Solidarität mit dem @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social
Sowohl für Romane wie auch für Gesellschaftskritik mein Favorit seit Jahr und Tag
Sowohl für Romane wie auch für Gesellschaftskritik mein Favorit seit Jahr und Tag