Tyler Bonnell
@tylerbonnell.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Calgary: evolution and development of social animals, statistics, ML/AI.
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Excited to introduce the Latent Layers Framework – now out in @behavecol.bsky.social – to help think through when and why network differences confound inference in (comparative) social network analysis! 🧵
tinyurl.com/3k3yahwy
tinyurl.com/3k3yahwy
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Excited to introduce the Latent Layers Framework – now out in @behavecol.bsky.social – to help think through when and why network differences confound inference in (comparative) social network analysis! 🧵
tinyurl.com/3k3yahwy
tinyurl.com/3k3yahwy
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PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
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I'm on the job market! I graduate with my PhD in network science this April, seeking a postdoc in Atlanta or remote. I work on theoretical and data-driven problems under Albert-László Barabási. I love being the "math guy" on interdisciplinary teams. Want help studying networks? Please reach out!
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I'm on the job market! I graduate with my PhD in network science this April, seeking a postdoc in Atlanta or remote. I work on theoretical and data-driven problems under Albert-László Barabási. I love being the "math guy" on interdisciplinary teams. Want help studying networks? Please reach out!
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Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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New paper!
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New paper!
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE
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I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...
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For what seems like forever, I've wanted to know what benefits we get from our friends - or in other words, why these relationships evolved.
tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
Quality, quantity, and the adaptive function of social relationships
Affiliative social relationships have clear links to fitness in many species, yet
exactly why that is the case remains elusive. We unify theory from socioecology and
network science to set forth testa...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
For what seems like forever, I've wanted to know what benefits we get from our friends - or in other words, why these relationships evolved.
tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
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#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com
@behavecol.bsky.social
@behavecol.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com
@behavecol.bsky.social
@behavecol.bsky.social
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Are you studying animal sociality?
My (now published) first PhD chapter proposes a Bayesian + causal framework to infer the factors shaping the social relationships that animals form with one another.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
My (now published) first PhD chapter proposes a Bayesian + causal framework to infer the factors shaping the social relationships that animals form with one another.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
A causal framework for the drivers of animal social network structure
Author summary Behavioural ecologists ask mechanistic questions about behaviour—causal questions. When studying animal societies, these questions often concern the drivers of social network structure....
journals.plos.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Are you studying animal sociality?
My (now published) first PhD chapter proposes a Bayesian + causal framework to infer the factors shaping the social relationships that animals form with one another.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
My (now published) first PhD chapter proposes a Bayesian + causal framework to infer the factors shaping the social relationships that animals form with one another.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
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We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
September 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
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Postdoc job alert! We are hiring a NYU-based postdoc to work on our project on the social and environmental determinants of aging. The 3 year post will be based in James Higham's lab and will focus on endocrine, immune, and inflammatory aspects of aging. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/173938
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September 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Postdoc job alert! We are hiring a NYU-based postdoc to work on our project on the social and environmental determinants of aging. The 3 year post will be based in James Higham's lab and will focus on endocrine, immune, and inflammatory aspects of aging. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/173938
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🚨 PhD Opportunity – Primate Social Behavior
We’re looking for a PhD student to analyze 20+ years of #SpiderMonkey behavioral data
🗓 Apply ASAP
💬 DM me for questions!
We’re looking for a PhD student to analyze 20+ years of #SpiderMonkey behavioral data
🗓 Apply ASAP
💬 DM me for questions!
September 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🚨 PhD Opportunity – Primate Social Behavior
We’re looking for a PhD student to analyze 20+ years of #SpiderMonkey behavioral data
🗓 Apply ASAP
💬 DM me for questions!
We’re looking for a PhD student to analyze 20+ years of #SpiderMonkey behavioral data
🗓 Apply ASAP
💬 DM me for questions!
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Seeking a PhD in landscape ecology & applied conservation?
Funded PhD project at @forestry.ubc.ca w/ Dr. Matthew Mitchell:
* Stipend $32k/yr + benefits x 4 yrs
* Start Jan or May 2026
* Collaborate w NCC & Metro Vancouver
* Open until filled
mgemitchell.weebly.com/opportunitie...
Funded PhD project at @forestry.ubc.ca w/ Dr. Matthew Mitchell:
* Stipend $32k/yr + benefits x 4 yrs
* Start Jan or May 2026
* Collaborate w NCC & Metro Vancouver
* Open until filled
mgemitchell.weebly.com/opportunitie...
Opportunities
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher Positions There are currently two open graduate student position in the lab, please see details below! PhD Position : We are currently seeking a...
mgemitchell.weebly.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Seeking a PhD in landscape ecology & applied conservation?
Funded PhD project at @forestry.ubc.ca w/ Dr. Matthew Mitchell:
* Stipend $32k/yr + benefits x 4 yrs
* Start Jan or May 2026
* Collaborate w NCC & Metro Vancouver
* Open until filled
mgemitchell.weebly.com/opportunitie...
Funded PhD project at @forestry.ubc.ca w/ Dr. Matthew Mitchell:
* Stipend $32k/yr + benefits x 4 yrs
* Start Jan or May 2026
* Collaborate w NCC & Metro Vancouver
* Open until filled
mgemitchell.weebly.com/opportunitie...
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🐒🕸️ New preprint! Confused about how to model animal social networks?
ASNA can be confusing—but also full of opportunity. We break down 5 common misunderstandings in animal social network analysis and share solutions from behavioural ecology, anthro, stats, & network science. Hope it helps!
A 🧵
ASNA can be confusing—but also full of opportunity. We break down 5 common misunderstandings in animal social network analysis and share solutions from behavioural ecology, anthro, stats, & network science. Hope it helps!
A 🧵
Five misunderstandings in animal social network analysis
ecoevorxiv.org
August 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🐒🕸️ New preprint! Confused about how to model animal social networks?
ASNA can be confusing—but also full of opportunity. We break down 5 common misunderstandings in animal social network analysis and share solutions from behavioural ecology, anthro, stats, & network science. Hope it helps!
A 🧵
ASNA can be confusing—but also full of opportunity. We break down 5 common misunderstandings in animal social network analysis and share solutions from behavioural ecology, anthro, stats, & network science. Hope it helps!
A 🧵
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Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻
July 31, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻
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Looks like a fascinating volume of Phil. Trans.
"Traditionally, attempts to understand animal cognition have often focused on existence of basic elements of human abilities in other species. [But]..."
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
"Traditionally, attempts to understand animal cognition have often focused on existence of basic elements of human abilities in other species. [But]..."
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929
royalsocietypublishing.org
June 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Looks like a fascinating volume of Phil. Trans.
"Traditionally, attempts to understand animal cognition have often focused on existence of basic elements of human abilities in other species. [But]..."
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
"Traditionally, attempts to understand animal cognition have often focused on existence of basic elements of human abilities in other species. [But]..."
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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💫 PLEASE SHARE 💫
I’m hiring a short-term program manager:
* Flexible location in 🇨🇦
* Start date ASAP
* Apply by Fri June 20
* Must already be legally allowed to work in 🇨🇦
* www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
#ConservationJobs
I’m hiring a short-term program manager:
* Flexible location in 🇨🇦
* Start date ASAP
* Apply by Fri June 20
* Must already be legally allowed to work in 🇨🇦
* www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
#ConservationJobs
June 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
💫 PLEASE SHARE 💫
I’m hiring a short-term program manager:
* Flexible location in 🇨🇦
* Start date ASAP
* Apply by Fri June 20
* Must already be legally allowed to work in 🇨🇦
* www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
#ConservationJobs
I’m hiring a short-term program manager:
* Flexible location in 🇨🇦
* Start date ASAP
* Apply by Fri June 20
* Must already be legally allowed to work in 🇨🇦
* www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
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been a long time coming, there's now a preprint along with Will Hoppitt describing our new R package for creating, fitting and interpreting bayesian NBDA models (STBayes). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Documentation is here michaelchimento.github.io/STbayes/inde...
June 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
been a long time coming, there's now a preprint along with Will Hoppitt describing our new R package for creating, fitting and interpreting bayesian NBDA models (STBayes). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Documentation is here michaelchimento.github.io/STbayes/inde...
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Exited about our first dynamic map of Adelaide's warblers' dawn chorus! Males sing many song types (colors & numbers) from the tops of tall trees in their territories. Here, you can see how they match one anothers' song types, causing songs 8, 3, 9, 21, and 5 to spread around the neighbourhood.
June 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Exited about our first dynamic map of Adelaide's warblers' dawn chorus! Males sing many song types (colors & numbers) from the tops of tall trees in their territories. Here, you can see how they match one anothers' song types, causing songs 8, 3, 9, 21, and 5 to spread around the neighbourhood.
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this paper about measuring dyadic paper in the context of causal inference which makes me weep with joy by @benkawam.bsky.social and is an example of what all should strive for doi.org/10.1101/2024...
A causal framework for the drivers of animal social network structure
A major goal of behavioural ecology is to explain how phenotypic and ecological factors shape the networks of social relationships that animals form with one another. This inferential task is notoriou...
doi.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
this paper about measuring dyadic paper in the context of causal inference which makes me weep with joy by @benkawam.bsky.social and is an example of what all should strive for doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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Marie Curie Fellowships are open (tinyurl.com/bdewf876) - if interested in studying how wild Barbary macaques are adjusting to human impacts (tinyurl.com/5n6hxwwz), please get in touch! We're particularly keen for someone to work with all the metagenomic data we have!
May 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Marie Curie Fellowships are open (tinyurl.com/bdewf876) - if interested in studying how wild Barbary macaques are adjusting to human impacts (tinyurl.com/5n6hxwwz), please get in touch! We're particularly keen for someone to work with all the metagenomic data we have!
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My PhD student Sanjay Prasher will be giving his dissertation defense talk this week! Anyone interested is welcome to join! Thursday, 1:00pm eastern. Visit link tinyurl.com/mr2rfpwj -- click “Join this meeting” to join the Zoom. More info: tinyurl.com/38tbska9
May 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My PhD student Sanjay Prasher will be giving his dissertation defense talk this week! Anyone interested is welcome to join! Thursday, 1:00pm eastern. Visit link tinyurl.com/mr2rfpwj -- click “Join this meeting” to join the Zoom. More info: tinyurl.com/38tbska9
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May 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM