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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

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PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.

**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**

Details below! Please RT

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 20

Less than 2 weeks left to apply for this! Come join us in @crab-exeter.bsky.social and as part of team MacaqueNet, to do some comparative social network and life-history research 🤩

Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 2

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · May 19

Don't miss the satellite on Game Theory on Complex Systems at #CCS2025, with Sergey Gavrilets and Katerina Stankova already confirmed as invited speakers!

Join in Siena, Italy, and submit your abstract for a contributed talk this week to be part of it! 📬

AMETHYST CCS @amethystccs.bsky.social · May 19

⏳ Two days left!

Submit your abstract for the AMETHYST satellite at #CSS2025 by May 21!

If you want to present your work on game theory in complex systems this September in Siena 🇮🇹, send us your 1–2 page abstract:
📧 [email protected]

More info on:
🔗 amethystsatellite.weebly.com

AMETHYST

The fourth edition of the leading satellite on game theory at CCS, following three successful events at CCS 2021 in Lyon, France, CCS 2022 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and CCS 2024 in Exeter, United...

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Josefine Bohr Brask @jbbrask.bsky.social · May 13

The 'Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour' conference symposium (satellite) will be back at CCS this year!

A great place for complex systems researchers and animal behaviour researchers to connect.

Abstract submission is open!

sites.google.com/view/crab202...

CRAB2025

Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour Satellite @ CCS 2025 - Siena, 3 September 2025 Animal groups can be considered as complex systems of interacting entities (the individuals). The collective beha...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 2

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Elva Robinson @elvarobinson.bsky.social · Apr 22

What happens when a wood ant network is disrupted? New Open Access research shows that it depends on the resource. Networks are resilient to the loss of random resources, but a targetted removal of a key resource changes network structure 1/2 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

The stump of a felled pine tree is partially covered by a mound of wood ant nest material. The area around is grassy with thistles and reeds. The wood ant nest comprises a well-maintained thatch, with grass encroaching up the sides a little.

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Apr 1

Using the BISoN R package to analyse your social networks? Have a question? Post in our new bisonR github, in the Discussions section.
github.com/bison-team/b...

bison-team bisonR · Discussions

Explore the GitHub Discussions forum for bison-team bisonR. Discuss code, ask questions & collaborate with the developer community.

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Jonas L Juul @jonassjuul.bsky.social · Mar 24

I am hiring PhD students and Postdocs to join me in beautiful Copenhagen. Together, we will develop data science methods to improve epidemic preparedness.

Copenhagen is amazing, salary is good, we have plenty of funding, and a great community.

Read more..: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Ph.D. and postdoc positions in Data Science for epidemic preparedness at the NERDS research group

The NERDS (NEtwoRks, Data, and Society) team at the IT University of Copenhagen welcomes applications from aspiring PhD students and postdocs in the areas of Da

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Josefine Bohr Brask @jbbrask.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Josefine Bohr Brask @jbbrask.bsky.social · Mar 4

Reposting this starter pack for new users.

If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know.

If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks!

go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ

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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · Feb 15

Apparently the doi doesn't work for some people, so here's the full link: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... ☺️

Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · Feb 12

So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩

Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...

Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/

MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration

We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...

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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · Feb 12

So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩

Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...

Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/

MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration

We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Josefine Bohr Brask @jbbrask.bsky.social · Feb 6

You are already there :)

Josefine Bohr Brask @jbbrask.bsky.social · Feb 5

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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · Feb 3

Comparative research in animal social behaviour—where are we at, and what’s next?

In our symposium at #Behaviour2025 (S20) we explore the power & pitfalls of comparative approaches—and how to unlock their full potential.

Join us to brainstorm, share ideas, and push the field forward together!

Behaviour 2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social · Feb 1

Exciting News! 🎉 Behaviour 2025 symposia are finalized! 🌍🐾

Join thought-provoking discussions on behaviour variation, evolution, neuroethology, comparative research & AI.

Visit our website for details & plan your trip to Kolkata for an unforgettable experience! ✨

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jan 27

Recruiting a #PhD student to work on collective behaviour in real and artificial systems. Oct 2025 start. Working with @shoalgroup.bsky.social, Rob Heathcote, @willallennz.bsky.social, @joefresna.bsky.social, @marinapapap.bsky.social Advert: www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline: 24.02

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Jari Saramäki @jsaramak.bsky.social · Jan 20

We're organizing a NetSci'25 satellite workshop on Directed Acyclic Graphs — if you're working on, e.g., citation graphs, pedigrees, causality, temporal-network event graphs, network representations of spacetime, or any other areas where DAGs play a role, please contribute! www.dagshop.xyz

DAGSHOP’25 — A WORKSHOP ON DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPHS - Dagshop — a NetSci'25 satellite

DAGSHOP — A Workshop on directed acyclic graphs Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) appear in many contexts in network science, from citation networks and pedigrees to temporal-network event graphs and rep...

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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · Jan 16

For those interdisciplinary students/scholars who are having identity crisis, this is for you (from 2018):
"How to survive as an interdisciplinary being"
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ho...
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