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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · 1d

Vote for your favourite t-shirt design for PSGB! Winning designs will be sold to raise money for the charitable work of PSGB! @primatesocietygb.bsky.social

primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 2d

Voting is open for our t-shirt design contest!! 🎨 Cast your votes, and we will print the winning design on t-shirts in our online shop. All proceeds help us to conduct vital work in primate research, conservation, and captive care. Cast your vote by the 20th of October: forms.gle/HTyHN46spfYD...

Vote for Your Favourite T-Shirt Design!

Welcome to the PSGB T-Shirt Design Contest! 🎨👕 Each person can vote once for their favourite design, so make it count! Voting closes soon winners will be announced on October 20th. Thanks for supporti...

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 6d

It is with profound sadness that the Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) acknowledges the passing of Dame Jane Goodall, who died on 1 October 2025 at the age of 91.

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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · 7d

Very sad to hear about Jane Goodall’s passing. 🌿 An inspiration whose legacy in primatology will live on. @primatesocietygb.bsky.social #JaneGoodall

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Ivo Jacobs @ivojacobs.bsky.social · 11d

APA is offering paid editorial fellowships for early-career researchers. 🧪

I was the editorial fellow at Journal of Comparative Psychology last year and I can highly recommend it!

www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 17d

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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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · Sep 8

Interested in creative design AND supporting primates? Enter our competition to have your primate design featured on PSGB t-shirts! @primatesocietygb.bsky.social

primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Jul 22

Calling all artists! 🧑‍🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Sep 8

Do you have a passion for primates and a precise editorial eye? We’re looking for a new editor for the PSGB Primate Eye Newsletter. 🦧 📝 Curate Issues; highlight members’ achievements, and act as a critical mouthpiece for PSGB. 📧 [email protected] for more information about how to apply.

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are delighted to announce that our 2025 Winter Meeting will be hosted at the National Museum in Cardiff, Wales (27th & 28th Nov).

Proposals for workshops are now open! Submit a workshop proposal in any area of primate research, conservation or captive care. www.psgb.org/pages/104-ps...

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November

www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!

@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social

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Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you doing research on impression formation, face perception, personality judgment, or related topics?

Then you might be interested in joining our collaborative study!

Follow the link for more information: tilburgss.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky

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Cécile Sarabian @csarabian.bsky.social · Aug 22

🧠 What?! A meeting just on disgust?! Yes!!
📍 @iast.fr, France | 🗓 Dec 4–5, 2025
💥 Keynotes by Paul Rozin @upenn.edu, @cr-amo.bsky.social, Philip Powell @sheffielduni.bsky.social & Cindy Kam
🌍 From Psychology to Politics, Biology & beyond
🎓 Abstract submissions until Aug 31: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...

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Dr Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · Aug 11

Last day to apply! 📣
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 5

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method

PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...

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Megan Elizabeth - Artist @meganelizabethart.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Association of Animal Artists Charity Auction is now underway - currently standing at £1900 with every penny being donated to Wild Welfare!

There are over 90 original artworks. Lots start from just £5 so do go and support this wonderful cause!

www.jumblebee.co.uk/charityaucti...

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Jul 22

Calling all artists! 🧑‍🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Jul 17

We need your help to raise money for our Field Skills Workshop! 🤝 Our workshop provides critical training for emerging primatologists who otherwise would not have opportunities to gain field experience. Consider donating to support this goal via the 🔗: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £1000 to Support the PSGB Field Skills Workshop 2025 – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to Support the PSGB Field Skills Workshop 2025. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · Jul 15

See below links for auctioned art work to support PSGB - thank you Trentham Monkey Forest!

primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Jul 15

Trentham Monkey Forest is turning 20 years old! 🐒 To celebrate, they are running an auction for some amazing artwork of their iconic Barbary macaques (🎨 by the award winning creative, Becca Barron). All proceeds are going to PSGB to support our vital work - want to take part? Follow the link below:

Conservation Auction for Drawing Made in Monkey Forest by Award Winning Wildlife Artist

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Jul 15

Trentham Monkey Forest is turning 20 years old! 🐒 To celebrate, they are running an auction for some amazing artwork of their iconic Barbary macaques (🎨 by the award winning creative, Becca Barron). All proceeds are going to PSGB to support our vital work - want to take part? Follow the link below:

Conservation Auction for Drawing Made in Monkey Forest by Award Winning Wildlife Artist

monkey-forest.com

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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · Jul 10

📣Our July issue is live!

Cover: Facial expression production & perception in non-human primates

Also in this issue:
👉Suicide & self-harm in older adults
👉Social interaction & abstract concept formation
👉Adaptive compression & episodic and semantic memory

Read more: go.nature.com/3TspAiq

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Jul 4

the journal Animal Behaviour, which is run by @asab.org, is looking to hire a new Managing Editor. Please share advert with folks with a Life Sciences degree (ideally postgrad) who might be interested www.asab.org/opportunities

Opportunities — ASAB

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Cat Hobaiter @nakedprimate.bsky.social · Jul 2

📣 Join the K/Creative Ape Team 🤓 2 PhDs on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees & Bonobos; w myself & the v awesome @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social

@snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪

two 4-year PhD positions in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich, and the Wild Minds Lab of the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews, to study wild chimpanzees and bonobos.
The PhD candidates will work within the Creative Ape Project. The overall goal of the project is to enhance our understanding of the evolution of creativity, and to shed light on whether humans are a uniquely 'creative ape'. To do so we will apply a comparative approach, quantifying the creative capacities of wild non-human apes to investigate the underlying drivers that shape creative expression across species. The project explores four interconnected topics: i) Making mavericks, ii) Funny guys and arty-types, iii) Lone ape geniuses, and iv) Creative ape economies. We employ a comprehensive approach that leverages long-term datasets, new field data, detailed manual video-coding, bespoke automated deep-learning models, and advanced modelling, to extract rich information on the ways in which apes solve problems in their daily lives.

Excellent collaborative, independent working and time management skills are essential. Previous field experience (incl. behavioural data collection) is required, and experience working in remote places under difficult living conditions is highly recommended. The project will require strong data management and data analysis skills, and 12-18 months of field work split into 2-3 periods.

Please submit your application in a single PDF to kathelijne.koops@iea.uzh.ch and clh42@st-andrews.ac.uk – by 4th of August 2025. Feel free to get in touch if you have any inquiries about the positions. Applications should include: 1) cover letter stating your motivation and how your expertise fits the project (max. 1 page), 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) copy of the highest degree obtained, 4) names and contact details of two referees, and 5) reprints of 1-2 selected publications

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Elli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social · Jun 26

Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds: our special issue of @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B on the diverse evolutionary processes underlying cognitive evolution is out today. Thanks to all our contributors! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929

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Gwen Wirobski @gwenwiro.bsky.social · Jun 23

We're hiring📢📢📢
To complement our team we're currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in animal communication and behaviour, ideally canids but not a must! Position is based in Vienna, Austria, and available for 4 years. Please check the attachment for details 🐺🐶😊

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · Jun 21

Genius

Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Jun 21

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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · Jun 18

Fab review forcing us to think differently about facial expression in conversation

Trends in Cognitive Sciences @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social · Jun 18

Facial clues to conversational intentions

Review by Judith Holler
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