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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 13d

I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds

Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 14d

Submit your session proposals for the SEB Annual Conference in Florence 2026 (July 7–9).

Deadline: October 1, 2025.

Don't miss your chance to shape the future of experimental biology.

More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/onl...

#SEBconference #ExperimentalBiology #FlorenceConference

Only one week left to submit session proposals for the SEB Florence 2026 Annual Conference

🚨 Deadline: 1 October 2025 🚨

www.sebiology.org

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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 15d

We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...

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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 19d

We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below!

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 26d

After a very fun summer (👇), some personal updates: I am moving to @mpib-berlin.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social in Berlin next month with a Humboldt Fellowship @humboldt-foundation.de to join @ralfkurvers.bsky.social for some exciting collective decision-making work😁🐟🚶‍♀️

Any Berlin/DE tips welcome!

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November

www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!

@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Aug 19

with @shoalgroup.bsky.social and @lostintheswarm.bsky.social ✨
Link to the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...

Made possible by an @asab.org Conference Attendance Grant 🥰🙏

swaRmverse: An R package for the comparative analysis of collective motion

Collective motion, that is the coordinated spatial and temporal organisation of individuals, is a core element in the study of collective animal behaviour. The self-organised properties of how a g...

doi.org

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢Coming up, workshop at #Behaviour2025 on our swaRmverse package!

🗓️Tue 26/8, 13:10–14:40
💻Theory & R practical (feel free to bring your data)
🎯Discussion on comparative analysis & metrics

🙏Come & recommend features for version 2.0!

👉RSVP on the app
More info: behaviourindia2025.in/workshops.html

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ASAB Winter 2025 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · Aug 15

Only two weeks to get your abstracts in for #ASABWinter2025 ⏰

Come join us in Edinburgh this December! 🏰 ❄️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

More info here:

asabwinter.github.io/2025/

Winter ASAB 2025
December 15th-16th
Edinburgh
How sensory information affects behaviour

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ASAB @asab.org · Aug 5

We now have ONE new ASAB account completely dedicated to the Winter and Spring meetings. Rather than having to find and follow a new account for each conference, you can now follow @asab-meetings.bsky.social for all of the continuous up-to-date info and conference posting you crave 😀

ASAB Winter 2025 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · Aug 5

ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!

Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♂️

More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/

Winter ASAB 2025 December 15-16 Edinburgh How sensory information affects behaviour.

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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · Jul 29

Winter ASAB @asab.org on *Sensory Ecology* register and submit your abstracts now (abstract deadline just a month away)!

I'm organising the conference this year with @lauraakelley.bsky.social and Innes Cuthill

Register & get more info here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/

Winter ASAB 2025 - 15th-16th of December in Edinburgh - with a special theme of "How sensory information affects behaviour". Register at https://asabwinter.github.io/2025/ deadline for abstract submission 29th of August.

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · Jul 31

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Jul 27

I ll be giving a workshop on our new swaRmverse package at #Behaviour2025, come to learn more about quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of animal groups, practical tips on analysis, and discussion on next new features 😁 💻

Package info👇
doi.org/10.1111/2041...

& 🙏 to @asab.org for the travel grant🥰

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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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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · Jun 28

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Jun 24

3/3 I spent 5 years there and try to visit every time I go home, I would probably be a very different person if Action for Wildlife hasn't 'happened' to me 🥲
Definitely consider #volunteering there if you are interested: www.drasi-agriazoi.gr/en/about/

Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Jun 24

2/3 Action for Wildlife is an incredible non-profit non-governmental organization that cares for wildlife at the central/north of Greece for more than a decade only from the crazy personal sacrifices and love of its people, if you are looking to support or volunteer 👉 www.drasi-agriazoi.gr/en/

Δράση για την Άγρια Ζωή | Διάσωση & Περίθαλψη Άγριων Ζώων στην Ελλάδα - Δράση για την Άγρια Ζωή

Διάσωσε, υιοθέτησε, προστάτεψε! Η Δράση για την Άγρια Ζωή είναι μη κερδοσκοπικός οργανισμός που φροντίζει τραυματισμένα και ορφανά άγρια ζώα.

www.drasi-agriazoi.gr

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Jun 24

1/3 An incredible story from the #wildlife #rehabilitation center I was part of in Greece, Action for Wildlife:
"A male stork, who had passed through the Centre back in 2021 when he was just one year old, has chosen to build his nest on the Roof of our Building this year! "
fb.watch/AqCoeFpDSh/

fb.watch

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

New paper in @behavecol.bsky.social (link: academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...)
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....

Baboons walk in line for friendship, not survival, new study finds

Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends.

www.swansea.ac.uk

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.

**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**

Details below! Please RT

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AI generated image showing flock of sheep, shoal of fish, flock of birds and swarm robots

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Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social · May 27

I enjoyed being invited to attend AAMAS last week in Detroit to receive the 2025 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award for my 1987 SIGGRAPH paper “Flocks, Herds and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model.”

aamas2025.org/index.php/co...

#autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks

Craig Reynolds (left) having just received the 2025 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award from Yevgeniy Vorobeychik at AAMAS 2025 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on May 22, 2025.

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Jun 14

I ll talk about the project that brought me to Italy for a year, join us for some RobotFalcon and 🕊flocks updates 😁
#heterogeneity #collectives

Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 14

Next Collective Behaviour Online Seminar #CollBehavSeminar

Marina Papadopoulou: "Dynamics of collective motion and escape in heterogeneous flocks of homing pigeons"

17th June 2025, @2pm UK time

Subscribe to lnkd.in/eCWT2dvF to keep up to date and for information on how to access our seminars!

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Rob Heathcote @rjpheathcote.bsky.social · Jun 13

🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · Jun 13

[2/2] We = @SHOALgroup @wl_allen @rjpheathcote @joefresna and I, based in @SwanseaUni 🌊

Feel free to DM or email @SHOALgroup for any questions (see advert)

#PhDposition #PhD #Scholarships #collectivebehaviour