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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 6d

📣✨ New ESLR logo? Join our logo competition! Include ESLR, but get creative with fonts, colours, and style. Feel free to add imagery inspired by behaviour, culture, or learning. Send designs to [email protected]
by December 1st. 🌍 If selected, you’ll get full credit as the logo’s creator!

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 6d

📢🚀 Are you an early-career researcher working on anything related to culture, behaviour or learning? 🧠🌍 Join ESLR, an interdisciplinary research community! We have a NEW website and our membership is now FREE. 👉 Sign up here to get updates and become a member: www.eslrsociety.com/membership

ESLR | Membership

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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · Aug 13

📣 Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... 🧪

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · Aug 18

ESLR is currently undergoing a transition, and a new committee (@alexschakowski.bsky.social, @ahnisnaahsi.bsky.social, @katebonner.bsky.social, @lucahahn.bsky.social, @mariapykala.bsky.social) is working on reinstating its presence and shaping its future. Please feel free to get in touch!

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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · Jun 9

New 2 year post-doc position on cultural adaptation in complex environmental management.

Post-Doctoral Position on Cultural Adaptation in Forest Management

The University of Maine seeks a post-doctoral researcher for a two-year project on human cultural adaptation in forest management, requiring a strong quantitative background and experience in modeling.

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Roope Kaaronen @roopekaaronen.net · May 20

My friend Andrea Bender is looking for a PhD researcher in Cultural and Cognitive Evolution.

Sounds like a dream job — you'd get to work on the topic of mushrooms & cognition with excellent people like Andrea at the beautiful city of Bergen, Norway.

Please share!

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD position in Cultural and Cognitive Evolution at the Department of Psychosocial Science (280431) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD position in Cultural and Cognitive Evolution at the Department of Psychosocial Science (280431), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, June 8, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Nina Rønsted @ninaronsted.bsky.social · May 2

We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology.

Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.

Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg

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HaDi MaBouDi @maboudi.bsky.social · Apr 22

Announcing the ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop:
Nature of Intelligence – Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence
📍 University of Sheffield, UK
📅 4–5 September 2025
📝 Abstracts due: 1 July
🔗 Register & learn more: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
#AnimalIntelligence #NeuroAI #BioRobotics
@asab.org

Nature of Intelligence

NIBAI-2025: Nature of Intelligence, Bridging Animal and Artificial Intelligence Workshop Dates: 📅 Date: 4–5 September 2025 📍 Venue: The Diamond Building, University of Sheffield, UK 📝 Registration De...

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Wataru Toyokawa @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social · Apr 21

We still have 5 more days to the deadline!! Submit a brief cover letter, cv, and one reference letter! #COSMOSTOKYO2025

Wataru Toyokawa @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social · Mar 12

🚀COSMOS is BACK!!!💫 The Computational School on Modeling Social and collective behavior (COSMOS) will take place in RIKEN, Tokyo, between 29 Sept - 3 Oct, organised by me and fantastic @thecharleywu.bsky.social ! Application deadline: 25th April. For more details see 👉️ cosmossummerschool.github.io

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The Computational Summer school on Modeling Social and collective behavior (COSMOS)

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Charley Wu | hiring PhDs/Postdocs @thecharleywu.bsky.social · Apr 22

Interested in learning how to apply computational models to social and collective behavior? Apply for COSMOS Tokyo 🇯🇵 by APRIL 25TH 🚀 👉 cosmossummerschool.github.io As always, it's free to attend, we provide housing, & with the support of @eslr.bsky.social we will offer a number of travel stipends

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Eleanor Power @eapower.bsky.social · Apr 21

Two more weeks to apply! Spread the word and reach out with any questions.

Eleanor Power @eapower.bsky.social · Apr 1

🚨Job alert! Two-year postdoc to join the Rep2SI project at @lsemethodology.bsky.social! We're looking for a modeller to join our team of ethnographers & experimentalists studying the role of reputation and reputational concern in perpetuating social inequality.
Apply by 4 May: tinyurl.com/yjccd3vv

Rep2SI: Reputation & the Reproduction of Social Inequality. A Leverhulme-funded project based at the LSE, combining ethnography, economic games, and modelling. We're looking for a modeller to join our core team as a two-year postdoctoral research officer.

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Björn Lindström @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social · Apr 7

Postdoc opening in beautiful Stockholm 🇸🇪!
Join us at Karolinska Institutet to explore how interdependent traits shape social learning and cultural evolution.
🧠 Behavioral + computational work
🤝 Work w/ labs in Amsterdam @lucasmolleman.bsky.social & Leuven

Details: shorturl.at/Wzy9o

Postdoctoral Researcher in psychology/cognitive science with focus on social learning and cultural evolution

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at the Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) in Stockholm, Sweden is seeking a highly qualified

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Wataru Toyokawa @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social · Mar 12

And check out the lineup of world-leading guest lecturers! We are really excited and thrilled to welcome our new “COSMOnauts” in Tokyo! 🚀🌕

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Wataru Toyokawa @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social · Mar 12

🚀COSMOS is BACK!!!💫 The Computational School on Modeling Social and collective behavior (COSMOS) will take place in RIKEN, Tokyo, between 29 Sept - 3 Oct, organised by me and fantastic @thecharleywu.bsky.social ! Application deadline: 25th April. For more details see 👉️ cosmossummerschool.github.io

COSMOS

The Computational Summer school on Modeling Social and collective behavior (COSMOS)

cosmossummerschool.github.io

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Will Gervais @willgervais.com · Mar 11

This is the MSc programme I wish I could’ve taken after undergrad.

Top notch culture and evolution content, building highly marketable research skills, amazingly cool and smart staff.

Spread the word, come join us!

Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · Mar 11

1/ 🌟📢 Applications for our MSc in Psychology, Culture & Evolution at @brunelpsy.bsky.social @brunelgradschool.bsky.social are OPEN for 2025/26 🎓 📢

Ever wondered how culture 🌍 and evolution 🧬 shape human behaviour? 🤔 This interdisciplinary program might be for you 🧵

Psychology, Culture and Evolution MSc | Brunel University of London

A research-intensive psychology master's course, allowing you to understand how culture and evolution can influence human behaviour.

www.brunel.ac.uk

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · Mar 7

⭐Schedule Update⭐

📆 We regularly update the #EHBEA2025 draft programme as changes come in. Check back often - we update it weekly!

Access here: tinyurl.com/385xh6ar

Key points? 🔑
- Pre-conference: 2pm, Mon 14 Apr
- Conference start: 3:30pm
- End: Thu 17 Apr (w dinner!)

@ehbea.bsky.social

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ALT: a cat peeking over a brick wall with the words what 's going on written on it

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · Mar 6

Booking travel for #EHBEA2025?? Consider taking the train! 🚂

It’s easier and quicker than you might expect. Plus, it’s more comfortable and sustainable than flying. 🍃

🛤️ Helpful guide here: www.seat61.com/european-tra...

#EvolutionaryScience #SustainableConferencing
@ehbea.bsky.social

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ALT: a train is going through a tunnel with trees in the background

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · Mar 11

Rhythms and communication in the brain
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Lara S. Burchardt @lsburchardt.bsky.social · Mar 7

🔬🔊🎶 Rhythm—what is it? From the tides to drumming, from heartbeats to music, the term is used across disciplines but lacks a precise definition in behavioral biology. Our new preprint tackles this challenge head-on! 🧠🐦🎼 #RhythmResearch
📖 Read more: osf.io/preprints/os...
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Giacomo Novembre @giacomonovembre.bsky.social · Mar 5

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨

A postdoc position is available at my lab (npa.iit.it) in Rome! Join us to explore:

🎵 Neural bases of musicality (humans, infants, macaques)
💃🕺 Dance & joint music-making
🤝 Spontaneous social behavior

⬇️ Apply through the link below! ⬇️

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Blue whale news @bluewhalenews.bsky.social · Mar 12

Off Monterey Bay, blue whale song calls have been generally increasing over time (2015-2021), and are heard every day in Sept to November
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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Zanna Clay @zannaclay.bsky.social · Mar 11

Inside the sex lives of chimpanzees: like humans and other species, it’s about much more than just reproduction

New piece in @ConversationUK about our new @royalsociety research study on the social role of sex in chimps and bonobos. @durhampsych.bsky.social

theconversation.com/inside-the-s...

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Thibaud Gruber @thibaudgruber.bsky.social · Mar 11

A snippet of my recent conference on animal intelligence at the Centre Jean Piaget (in French). Full conference here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjY...

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The demographic drivers of cultural evolution in bird song

Social learning can give rise to shared behavioral patterns that persist as culture within animal communities,1,2 such as bird and whale songs and cet…

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Mar 11

Really interesting podcast on animal communication - with bonus hyrax! open.spotify.com/episode/3mnS...

Howl, grunt, sing

Many Minds · Episode

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