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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 (

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Jul 22

Calling all artists! 🧑‍🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵

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George Hodgson @ghodgson.bsky.social · Jul 9

Very excited to announce that our latest feral cattle paper “Strategic third-party interventions in feral ungulate affiliation” is out today in @royalsociety.org Proceedings of the Royal Society B royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, Tania Perroux & @amcell.bsky.social

Photograph of a brown feral cattle grooming the back of another cow, with a pink and grey tongue sticking out of her mouth

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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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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · Jun 16

New review paper on primate facial expression! 🙈🙊🙉 with @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social and Olivia O’Callaghan @ntupsychology.bsky.social

Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · Jun 16

Facial expression production and perception in non-human primates

Review by Bridget M. Waller, Olivia O’Callaghan, Jérôme Micheletta & Jamie Whitehouse

Web: go.nature.com/43NLtid
PDF: rdcu.be/erdXJ

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · May 20

Applications are now open for our 2025 Field Skills Workshop! The Field Skills Workshop is a 3-day workshop aimed to develop theory and practice in field skills. See 🧵

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Maël Leroux @maelmleroux.bsky.social · May 13

Only two weeks left to apply!

Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!

And spread the word to whoever might be interested!

@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social

Maël Leroux @maelmleroux.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social

It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵

Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻

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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · Jun 3

📢 @jmicheletta.bsky.social's, @bridgetwaller.bsky.social's, and my PhD student Holly Radford will deliver a @craeioe.bsky.social webinar Thursday at 4 pm UK/11 am ET/8 am PT from her PhD on nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls between autistic and non-autistic adults.

Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social · Jun 2

Still plenty of time to book for Thursday’s #CRAEwebinar with @UoP_CIDD’s Holly Radford

Nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls Between autistic and non-autistic adults.

Booking:
www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls

How do nonverbal behaviours relate to first impressions, and does partner-neurotype matter?

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Jérôme Micheletta @jmicheletta.bsky.social · May 29

@kate-lewis.bsky.social latest paper documenting the first anatomically based ethogram of horses' facial behaviour using NetFACS 🥳 I'm grateful to @kate-lewis.bsky.social and @leanneproops.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute 🙂

Kate Lewis @kate-lewis.bsky.social · May 28

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨

We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴

Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193...

@leanneproops.bsky.social
@uop-ccep.bsky.social

An ethogram of facial behaviour in domestic horses: evolutionary perspectives on form and function

Understanding cause and function of animal facial behaviour can provide key insights into the animal’s cognitive and emotional state. The Equine Facial Action Coding System (EquiFACS) has characterise...

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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.

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Julie Duboscq @connectthedots.bsky.social · Apr 17

New Postdoc position!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower

Join us!

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Marine Joly @marinemjoly.bsky.social · Mar 23

🧠🐒 Interested in comparative cognition, sociality and animal behaviour?

I am open to hosting MSCA postdoc fellowship applicants! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary ...

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Maël Leroux @maelmleroux.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social

It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵

Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻

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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · Mar 26

New paper from Olivia O'Callaghan's PhD on ERC project FACEDIFF www.facediff.co.uk, macaque facial expression processing gets better with age and good maternal care, so more flex than previously thought? @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @ntupsychology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

Maternal care predicts facial expression processing in macaques

Facial expressions are common across mammals and are essential for social communication. In humans, a rich early social environment is important for t…

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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · Mar 23

🚨RT!

The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/

The Social & Cognitive Origins Group at Johns Hopkins University studies how humans and other animals think.

The Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University in full spring bloom.

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Sophie Milward @sophiemilward.bsky.social · Mar 17

There is still time to apply for our 3yr postdoc looking at the role of group size and culture on social coordination in the Republic of Korea, Uganda and the UK! Drop me a message if interested 😊 mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...

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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · Mar 17

New paper on macaque facial muscles with @clarekimock.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social and others! Macaques don’t show the same extreme variability in facial musculature as humans… anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Marine Joly @marinemjoly.bsky.social · Mar 15

We had a fantastic time showcasing our research at the Science is Wonderful! fair organised by the European Commission in Brussels. Thanks to #MSCA for the invitation and to all children who visited our booth 😃 🐒 @francescadp.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social @teresa-romero.bsky.social

Dr Teresa Romero, Dr Jerome Micheletta, Dr Marine Joly and Dr Francesca De Petrillo in front of their booth „Smart monkeys: how primates think and why they need your help!“

Pledge wall with post-it notes left by children who visited the booth

Dr Francesca De Petrillo and Dr Marine Joly present their cognitive tasks using hands-on activities to children

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Dr Chris Young @drchrisyoung.bsky.social · Mar 10

We are looking for two local South African research assistants to join our baboon projects ASAP. Please see flyer attached and drop us an email (see attached) if you're interested. Please also share with any one who might be interested!

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · Feb 22

2-year postdoc in Tübingen on the communicative plasticity in wild & captive bonobos, fully funded by
@VolkswagenSt. Applications open until March 15th. bit.ly/4gVa5Je

Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d, E13 TV-L, 100%)

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Jérôme Micheletta @jmicheletta.bsky.social · Feb 14

Very proud to share this and honoured to be a part of this brilliant initiative. Many thanks to the team for giving me the opportunity to be involved.

Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · Feb 12

So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩

Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...

Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/

MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration

We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...

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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Feb 12

More than just Smiling: How 22 Positive Emotions are Spontaneously Expressed on the Face: http://osf.io/afb2n_v1/

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Feb 3

Apply for a conservation, research or captive care grant up to the value of £1250. Applications must be submitted by the 1st March. For information about how to apply, and previous projects funded by PSGB, see the grants page of our website: buff.ly/48dv99h

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Marine Joly @marinemjoly.bsky.social · Jan 29

Excited to showcase our 🐒 research at the #scienceiswonderful 2025 science fair organised by the #EuropeanCommission #MSCA.
See you in March in Brussels 😃 with @jmicheletta.bsky.social, @teresa-romero.bsky.social, @francescadp.bsky.social

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Science is Wonderful!

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Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social · Jan 21

There's still time to submit an expression of interest to join our board of directors! This opportunity will close on January 26. If you want to create lasting impact for animals, learn more here: https://buff.ly/3P16i1l

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