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Christina Hansen Wheat

@chansenwheat.bsky.social

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Assistant professor @liu.se. I study how behavior develops and evolves, often within a domestication framework and mostly in wolves and dogs. Scientific integrity advocate. Florida Man wrangler, husky enthusiast and occasional butterfly catcher.

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jun 7

I evaluate all my relationships, personal and professional, based on the "Two Beers and a Puppy" test.

From Ross McCammon's book "Works Well with Others"

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · 21d

Some days in canid research are just unbearable… 🧪🦊 🐾 🐶

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jul 27

🧪 🌍 #AcademicSky

EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jul 26

Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University

With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (

www.uni-bielefeld.de

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jul 17

“…approximately one in six papers across the natural and life sciences mischaracterize the findings in a paper they cite” 🧪 🌎 #AcademicSky

www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Lazy’ authors? One in six scientific papers mischaracterize work they cite

New study of long-standing problem takes novel approach, asking cited authors to evaluate accuracy

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jul 12

Living in Stockholm, Sweden, and...same!

Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jul 11

JOB ALERT 🚨 Tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics and/or bioinformatics applied to biodiversity monitoring and conservation biology at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Aarhus is super nice y'all. Apply! 🧪 🌍 🧬 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

tech.au.dk/en/about-the...

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University

tech.au.dk

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jul 11

Lot of marmot body shaming in that article. There is nothing wrong with being ready for winter year round, especially in these unpredictable weather times. He is magnificent 😍

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ASAB @asab.org · Jul 4

We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31.

More details:
www.asab.org/opportunities

Opportunities — ASAB

www.asab.org

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thanks for the fix!

Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jun 27

"Should we really set time and space apart for things that distract us from our jobs? Yes we should, because many of the breakthroughs in science were made by people who were distracted." 🌍 🧪

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Apr 17

JOB OPPORTUNITY in the United Nations Environment Programme! The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds is hiring and executive officer. Location: Bonn, Germany.

🌍 🧪 🦉 #ScienceJobs

Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · Apr 17

#JobOpportunity! Are you passionate about migratory waterbirds? And do you have managerial skills?

Join and lead the AEWA Secretariat and contribute to species conservation from an international perspective!

Click to apply by 26 April 2025: careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Mar 19

Permanent job in lovely Aarhus, Denmark, as a special consultant in biodiversity and nature conservation.

www.au.dk/om/stillinge...

🧪 🌍 🦊 #WomenInSTEM #ScienceJobs

Special consultant with expertise in biodiversity and nature conservation - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet

Ledig stilling ved Institut for Ecoscience - Biodiversitet, Aarhus Universitet

www.au.dk

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Mar 9

Great piece by Adam Rutherford on the moral and ethical implications of the current woolly mammoth revival hype. Not to mention the colossal (pun very much intended) waste of money this "endeavor" is 🧪 🌍 🦊

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam Rutherford

At a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerous, says geneticist Adam Rutherford

www.theguardian.com

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jan 28

The bookmark function is what I miss the most. I used that a lot on Twitter.

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jan 26

JOB ALERT!

Associate Professor position in Animal Biology available at Linköping University, Sweden.

Areas of interest include ecology, physiology, evo-devo and genetics.

🧪 🌍 🦊 🐟 🦉 #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM #HigherED #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...

Associate professor in animal biology

liu.se

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jan 23

Important paper on Positive Animal Welfare (PAW) for all researchers and other professionals working with animals 🧪 🌍 🦊 🦇 🦉 🐟 🐾 #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM #HigherED

COST Action - Positive animal welfare (LIFT) @liftcostaction.bsky.social · Jan 23

Excited to share the first paper from our COST Action! 🎉

This PAW definition paper has been a huge collaborative effort that we hope will help shape research directions and inspire scientific progress for the benefit of animals and humans alike. 🐾🌍

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare | Biology Letters

The concept of animal welfare is evolving due to progress in our scientific understanding of animal biology and changing societal expectations. Animal welfare science has been primarily concerned with...

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jan 21

Merlin is only one small evolutionary step away from making that a reality: Opposable thumbs. Once cats have that one figured out we are in real trouble.

Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jan 20

🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM #HigherED #ScienceJobs

Animal Ecology Uppsala @animecol-uu.bsky.social · Dec 11

📣 We are recruiting! Please spread the word!

We look to hire an associate professor in animal ecology, specializing in evolutionary ecology. Apply by Feb 7 2025. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden!

Application page and contact info 🔗👇 #ecology #evolution #job

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Associate Professor in Animal Ecology with specialization in Evolutionary Ecology - Uppsala University

Associate Professor in Animal Ecology with specialization in Evolutionary Ecology , Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University

www.uu.se

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jan 20

More of this, please!

Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jan 11

One shouldn't underestimate how important preprints are for ECRs in applying for grants & jobs. However, it's very problematic that journalists report on preprints. When I declined to comment on a preprint of mine, as it had not been peer-reviewed, they said they were still going to write about it 🤷‍♀️

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jan 10

Maybe do a starter pack and post it with broadly applicable hashtags for visibility?

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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · Jan 7

At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics!

Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.

Please spread the word!

www.su.se/english/sear...

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Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · Dec 22

Researchers spend approximately 45% of their time on administrative activities related to #grants rather than actual #research. The current #competition in research #funding has significant drawbacks; evidence-based improvements of the funding system are required: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds | PNAS

Research funding systems fundamentally influence how science operates. This paper aims to analyze the allocation of competitive research funding fr...

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Jan 3

🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #EcoEvoECRcareer

WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · Jan 3

Applications are closing on 8th January for two doctoral research opportunities in wildlife conservation.

Both projects are part of the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme which supports conservation of this rare and threatened canid.

👉 bit.ly/4h198zq

@oxfordbiology.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

A man is sitting on a rock in the Ethiopian highlands looking across the landscape with binoculars. There is a photo in the foreground of two Ethiopian wolves.

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · Dec 21

This is a catastrophe. While Finland has downgraded the MDPI and Frontiers journals to level 0 (meaning these publications are not recognized for research evaluation purposes), Germany has signed an agreement to promote publications in MDPI journals.

Graham Kendall @grahamkendall.bsky.social · Dec 21

Over 100 German Universities Partner with #MDPI in New National Agreement

Over 100 German Universities Partner with MDPI in New National Agreement

More than 100 German universities and research institutions have entered into a national agreement with MDPI. The publication agreement negotiated...

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