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Gwen Wirobski

@gwenwiro.bsky.social

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Behavioural biologist and canid researcher at Université de Neuchâtel 🐺🐶🐾

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Gwen Wirobski @gwenwiro.bsky.social · Aug 13

Still so much to learn about our canine companions 🐺🐶

NCCR Evolving Language @nccrlanguage.bsky.social · Aug 13

📰🐺Researchers Éloïse Déaux and Gwendolyn Wirobski are studying the behaviours and communication of canids. For #InternationalWolfDay, dive into the relationship between dogs and humans, and explore why it differs from our interactions with wolves.

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Rethinking Human-Canid Communication as a two-way street - NCCR Evolving Language

For decades, we have seen dogs as expert interpreters of human cues – animals that we’ve shaped through artificial selection to fit in with our lifestyles. What if that was only half of the story? Rec...

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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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Gwen Wirobski @gwenwiro.bsky.social · Jun 11

You can find the job offers here: evolvinglanguage.ch/jobs/#getapo...
Looking forward to hearing from you 😊

Join us as an early career researcher - NCCR Evolving Language

Are you interested in joining us for:

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Gwen Wirobski @gwenwiro.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm very excited and happy to share that the canid cognition team in Neuchâtel is growing fast! We'll be hiring soon, so keep your eyes and ears open 🐺🐶

NCCR Evolving Language @nccrlanguage.bsky.social · Jun 5

NCCR researchers Klaus Zuberbühler, Gwendolyn Wirobski, and researcher Friederike Range have received a 1.4 million CHF grant to study communication and cognition in wolves and dogs 🐺🐶. 👉 More in this new article!

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1.4 million Swiss Francs to study wolves - NCCR Evolving Language

NCCR researchers Klaus Zuberbühler, Gwendolyn Wirobski (University of Neuchâtel), and Friederike Range (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) have received a 1.4 million CHF WEAVE grant from the A...

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Gwen Wirobski @gwenwiro.bsky.social · Jan 9

Exciting times ahead! Stay tuned for more wolf content 😊🐺

Comparative Cognition Neuchâtel @cogcompneuch.bsky.social · Jan 9

@gwenwiro.bsky.social joined our lab as a researcher. She studies how group cohesion and cooperation promote communication in social carnivores (wolves 🐺 and dogs 🐕) to ultimately understand the origins of human language @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Check out her latest work: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...