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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our PhD student, Anna Sydänheimo, is conducting a study into how dog owners perceive routine husbandry procedures (e.g. nail clipping) on their 🐶 .
If you are a dog owner from the 🇬🇧 or 🇫🇮, please consider contributing by filling out this questionnaire. Thank you!

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job

More details: www.asab.org/opportunities

PLEASE share widely.

Opportunities — ASAB

www.asab.org

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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · Jun 24

Excellent talks, nice chats, great city! #CSF2025 #Hamburg

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Monkeywire @monkeywire.bsky.social · Jun 3

Donations to Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary (needed in part due to shuttered USAID) can be made at www.tacugama.com

Famous chimpanzee sanctuary faces existential threat from illegal land grab

Tacugama has grown to become Sierra Leone's most popular tourist attraction over the last three decades. But in a stand against the fast-approaching illegal encroachment, the sanctuary has closed its ...

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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · May 13

Get in touch if you are interested in projects on ToM in 🐶 or chimpanzees, dog-human communication, or any other topic in the area of social cognition with dogs or chimpanzees!

Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology @uop-ccep.bsky.social · May 13

📢 The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call is now open!
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.

We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses

🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA

Postdoctoral Fellowships call: 6 steps to prepare your application

These tips and tricks will help you find the best host organisation and prepare a successful proposal.

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu

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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · May 20

It’s #worldbeeday. Give them space and they will come! 🐝🐝🐝

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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · May 13

Get in touch if you are interested in projects on ToM in 🐶 or chimpanzees, dog-human communication, or any other topic in the area of social cognition with dogs or chimpanzees!

Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology @uop-ccep.bsky.social · May 13

📢 The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call is now open!
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.

We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses

🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA

Postdoctoral Fellowships call: 6 steps to prepare your application

These tips and tricks will help you find the best host organisation and prepare a successful proposal.

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu

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Manuel Bohn @elmanubohn.bsky.social · Apr 10

I'm looking for a PhD Student at the intersection of Machine Learning and Developmental Psychology.

We study everyday experiences in children from 🇰🇪🇩🇪🇹🇷 and use ML models to quantify interactions.

4 years, fully funded, great team, beautiful location. Please share and apply!

tinyurl.com/2mafdyh4

Research Associate (m/f/d) Applying Machine Learning to Developmental Psychology

www.leuphana.de

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Jacob C. Dunn @jacobcdunn.bsky.social · Apr 11

A reminder that we have a full PhD scholarship open at ARU in Cambridge, UK, open to candidates of any nationality. The project is on "the comparative anatomy of the mammalian larynx" and links to bioacoustics, evobio, anatomy, socioecology, etc. Please r/t and reach out with questions.

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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · Mar 26

theconversation.com/humans-are-b...

Humans are bad at reading dogs’ emotions – but we can do learn to do better

Even experts get dog body language wrong at times.

theconversation.com

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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · Mar 19

It was a book about Kanzi that sparked my interest in comparative psychology. 😔

www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...

Remembering Kanzi — Ape Initiative

www.apeinitiative.org

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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · Jan 30

Interested in #comparativecognition? Keen to work with #dogs? Interested in applying for a Newton International Fellowship? Get in touch! royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society

This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

royalsociety.org

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · Jan 10

A group of over 60 German universities have left Twitter/X. These include the major Berlin universities:

nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/10/h...

Hochschulen und Forschungsinstitutionen verlassen Plattform X - Gemeinsam für Vielfalt, Freiheit und Wissenschaft

nachrichten.idw-online.de

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · Jan 7

🌟JOB ALERT🌟
We're hiring lecturers/senior lecturers @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’
That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour

Deadline: 24th Jan 2025

bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Martin Haspelmath @haspelmath.bsky.social · Jan 7

RIP Julia Cissewski (1973-2025), Department Administrator of MPI-EVA's linguistics department (1998-2015). Every linguist who was at MPI-EVA during Bernard Comrie's tenure remembers her well (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sclp...). Julia is survived by her partner, linguist Greville Corbett.

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · Dec 16

Thank you Finland! 👏👏👏⬇️⬇️⬇️ #mdpi #Frontiers

Tanja Pyhäjärvi @pyhatanja.bsky.social · Dec 16

Big news from Finnish publication forum. Almost all MDPI and Frontiers journals will be downgraded to level 0 and thus are not considered as properly peer reviewed trustworthy scientific journals.
julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...

Changes to the classification

julkaisufoorumi.fi

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Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology @uop-ccep.bsky.social · Dec 13

Congratulations to @louiseloyant.bsky.social, winner of the @primatesocietygb.bsky.social 2024 Napier Medal for her PhD work on inhibitory control across macaque species. What an achievement 🥳💪🥇

primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Dec 13

Congratulations to our winner of the 2024 Napier Medal: Dr Louise Loyant - a fantastic talk on her PhD research investigating inhibitory control across macaque species. #PSGBBristol

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · Dec 12

📣Senior position announcement: We are searching for an ~Academic Director~ for the Duke Lemur Center. If you or someone you know are qualified, we welcome applications!
See description at link below. Msg me if any Qs. Pls repost! #lemurs #primatology

interdisciplinary.duke.edu/opportunitie...

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Dec 11

We are so excited for our annual winter meeting tomorrow in Bristol! The programme for the event can be found on our website: www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee... Don't forget to tag your posts with #PSGBBristol

Meetings | Primate Society of Great Britain

www.psgb.org

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teresa-romero.bsky.social @teresa-romero.bsky.social · Dec 10

Looking for a PhD candidate for our project on uncertainty in communicative interactions as indicators of affective valence. Supervised by Dr Jérôme Micheletta (@jmicheletta.bsky.social), Prof Bridget Waller and me. Get in touch if interested. See details here:

Validating quantitative measures of uncertainty in communicative interaction as indicators of affective valence in wild animals at University of Portsmouth on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Validating quantitative measures of uncertainty in communicative interaction as indicators of affective valence in wild animals at University of Portsmouth, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Sophie Milward @sophiemilward.bsky.social · Dec 5

Advertising for 2 fully funded PhD projects on cooperation in children, apes and across cultures. Co-supervised by Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social and Esther Herrmann. See below for links. Message me if interested!

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Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology @uop-ccep.bsky.social · Dec 3

We are now on Bluesky 🥳

We are passionate about understanding what makes us and other animals tick. 🐒🐕🫏🐘🕷️

Follow us for research highlights, collaborations, and a peek into the fascinating world of comparative psychology, welfare and conservation!

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Nov 20

New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance with me, @mdekauwe.bsky.social, and others. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC
Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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Dr Kirsty Graham @kirstyegraham.bsky.social · Nov 20

Applications are now open for an Assistant Professorship in Animal Behavior & Conservation, Psychology at Hunter College, CUNY 🐿️ Come join our fabulous faculty!! 🐘 Find more information and apply here: bit.ly/abcjob

Now hiring! Hunter College CUNY - Assistant Professor in Psychology, Animal Behavior & Conservation. bit.ly/abcjob

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IMPRS-QBEE @imprs-qbee.bsky.social · Nov 14

📢 JOB ALERT ‼️
Interested in animal behaviour and ecology?🔎🦗🐛🐒🐝
👉 Then check out our webpage imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current 👀 for exciting PhD positions 👨‍🎓
Application deadline is Nov 24th, 2024 📨

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