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Ercenur Ünal @ercenurunal.bsky.social · 3d

Know someone whose excellence in research and contributions to the CogSci community should be recognized? Nominate them to be a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society!

Deadline: Nov 1
More info: cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/

Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 11d

The CogSci Society is accepting nominations for 🌟Fellows of the Society🌟

Fellows are individuals whose research has exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the #CogSci community.

Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/ and submit your nomination until November 1st!

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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 23d

@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!

It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐

Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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HBES2026 @hbes2026.bsky.social · 19d

We’re delighted to share that the 37th annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society conference (HBES2026) website is now live!

#HBES2026

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Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre @durhamdcerc.bsky.social · 17d

Congratulations again to @emilymljeffries.bsky.social and all the other @ehbea.bsky.social award winners!

Emily Jeffries @emilymljeffries.bsky.social · 17d

Back in April, I was lucky enough to win the Best Student Long Talk award at EHBEA 2025 @ehbea.bsky.social @peerj.bsky.social have a new blog up all about the conference awardees, which features a little bit about me. A big well done to all the other awardees. peerj.com/blog/post/11...

PeerJ Award Winners at EHBEA 2025 | PeerJ Blog

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Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre @durhamdcerc.bsky.social · 17d

🚨New paper!🚨 (And don't forget, it's not too late to apply for a PhD supervised by Lynda www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...)

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 19d

Come and work with us!
Assistant Professor in Psychology (Fixed Term, Maternity Cover)
Please share!

jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/c54c4570...

Assistant Professor in Psychology Ref: 40866 (Fixed Term, Maternity Cover) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

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Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre @durhamdcerc.bsky.social · 19d

Abstract submissions are open for CES 2026! The deadline is 16th November. Make sure to follow @ces2026.bsky.social for updates.

ces2026 @ces2026.bsky.social · 22d

📌 Submission formats include:

• Standard talks (15–20 minutes)
• Lightning talks (around 5 minutes)
• Poster presentations
• Thematic sessions (3–4 related presentations on a common theme)

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Jorge Peña @jorgeapenas.bsky.social · 19d

📢 Apply to our (2-year) research fellowships at @iast.fr

Join a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and indisciplinary group of scholars in Toulouse, walkable/cyclable pink city of chocolatines in the South of France.

Deadline: November 15, 2025.

www.iast.fr/research-fel...

Research Fellowships

Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23d

⏳4 weeks left! Submissions for the CogSci Mind Challenge close Oct 17!

Make a 5-min video answering: “How do different minds (i.e. different groups of humans, animals, artificial systems) learn language, if at all?”

💰Prizes up to $1000!

Learn more at cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mind-...

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Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann @fhillemann.bsky.social · 26d

👇 interview on collaborative (research 🧪) cultures

Thanks to @humboldt-foundation.de for funding my work on cooperative subsistence across cultures, w/ @sheinalew.bsky.social, and my network at @durhamdcerc.bsky.social: @mandolinguist.bsky.social @amandinevisine.bsky.social @chimpanzeve.bsky.social

Seven people standing outside Durham University's Department of Psychology, smiling for a group photo. Lab PI Sheina is on the right in wearing a mint green jumper; I am third from the left wearing a burgundy jumper

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 28d

The count down starts for #CESRabat! Follow @ces2026.bsky.social and join us May 11-13 next year for an exciting meeting in Rabat, Morocco.

Massive thanks to the #CESRabat organising committee:
Sarah Alami (co-chair)
Mathieu Charbonneau (co-chair)
Zachary Garfield
Edmond Seabright

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Sep 10

💡 Explore how practices from distributed, open-source software can make science more professional, open, and collaborative! Attend the “Science as amateur software development” lecture by Prof. Dr. @rmcelreath.bsky.social on Wed 17 Sept, 9:00.
👉 Register here: www.pretix.osc.lmu.de/lmu-osc/OSSS...

Promotional poster for the LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025 Public Lecture. The poster features a photo of speaker Prof. Dr. Richard McElreath. The text states the lecture focuses on science as amateur software development, time and date of lecture being 9:00-10:00 CEST on Wednesday September 17 2025, and instructions to register online. Logos of LMU Open Science Center, LMU, and Universitätsbibliothek München are displayed at the bottom.

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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · Sep 10

PhD post! 2 students sought to join the BIRES project, taking a body image intervention developed in Nicaragua and Colombia and examining how (and if!) It can be adapted in other LatAm and African youth.
Please share with your students.

#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Title of Project: Examining school-based body image interventions in Africa and/or Latin America

Start Date: January, April or October 2026

Application Deadline: 20th October 2025

For more information including how to apply please see: PhD advert BIRES studentship

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Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre @durhamdcerc.bsky.social · Sep 11

Apply now to study at Durham! Not only would you be working with Sheina or Lynda, both fantastic scholars, but you'd be part of a department with a thriving PGR community, and a member of DCERC!

Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · Sep 11

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!

3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution

2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.

Please share and apply!

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Fees and Funding - Durham University

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Zanna Clay @zannaclay.bsky.social · Sep 10

Woo new paper! Cross-cultural investigation into maternal responses to infant distress

How babies are soothed may be more important than how quickly, which vary cross-culturally

w/Carlo Vreden & team in #DevelopmentalPsychology!
Open-access link + thread 👇
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre @durhamdcerc.bsky.social · Sep 9

Finally, don't forget to register to be a member of CES here: culturalevolutionsociety.org/membership/, and keep an eye out for announcements on the next conference, which will be in Rabat Morocco, provisionally 11-13 May 2026! We hope to see you there! @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

Membership - Cultural Evolution Society

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Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre @durhamdcerc.bsky.social · Sep 9

While you're there, why not check out the library for the @cultevolfunding Capstone Conference, which took place immediately after the CES 2024 Conference - link here: underline.io/events/457/l... 3/4

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Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre @durhamdcerc.bsky.social · Sep 9

If you missed out, or just want to reminisce, you can watch the talks and view the posters for free via Underline's library here: underline.io/events/456/l... 2/4

Watch lectures from the best researchers.

On-demand video platform giving you access to lectures from conferences worldwide.

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Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre @durhamdcerc.bsky.social · Sep 9

Can't believe it's already been a whole year since we hosted the CES 2024 Conference here at Durham! Such a fantastic week hearing about diverse and fascinating research @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social 1/4

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...

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wennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Wenner-Gren Foundation is now accepting proposals for our Spring 2027 symposium.
Deadline: October 10, 2025.
wennergren.org/article/call...

Call for Proposals, Wenner-Gren Symposium 2027

The Wenner-Gren Foundation is now accepting proposals for our Spring 2027 symposium.

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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · Aug 21

🧠 Want to integrate cultural evolution into your course using award winning materials created by the field's experts, and get paid $2000 to do it? 💵

🚨 The Cultural Evolution Society is seeking applications for the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards.

🔖 Apply here: vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Georgia Tuohy (she/her) @georgiamt.bsky.social · Aug 21

Excited to share our new paper investigating Ugandan mothers' experience of gender roles and how it impacts their children's socio-emotional development! dx.doi.org/10.1002/icd....

@drboothroyd.bsky.social @zannaclay.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social

The Impact of Maternal Experience of Gender Roles on Children's Socio‐Emotional Development in Uganda: A Qualitative Study

Cultural learning environments and gender roles play a key role in shaping children's development, particularly regarding their social and emotional skills. However, most work on this topic relies on...

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Jeremy Kendal @jeremykendal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution hard copy

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 New paper led by ‪@asatsa.bsky.social‬! We show that participation in Luhya mourning rituals overall increases well-being and cooperation among the bereaved, yet qualitative findings show they can also be perceived negatively by some community members

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Mourning ritual participation, subjective well-being and prosocial behaviour among the Luhya people of Kenya | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

This study explores the relationship between participation in mourning rituals, well-being and prosociality within the Luhya community of western Kenya. Cooperation, essential for human success, is of...

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