I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
Anne Pisor
@annepisor.bsky.social
Faculty (Penn State), lab director (https://socialitylab.org), entrepreneur. Interdisciplinary anthropologist studying how people cooperate to manage risk. Foodie. 🌎🌍
Looking for an Associate Prof position? Interested in behavioural ecology & cultural evolution? Come join us at the Dpt of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne🇨🇭 @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! Great department & great place to live. Pls RP. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
🚨Final Reminder! 🚨 If you're a member of #WplusEBS please make sure to vote in our election for chair-elect and secretary!
W+EBS@w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · last wk.Reminder to vote in the #WplusEBS election! The deadline has been extended to Sunday 08/02. If you're not officially a member of W+EBS but want to be, and want to vote in the election, make sure to register by Wednesday to get a ballot!
I look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3w ago“Compared to what?” is always the essential question when asking about critiques of higher education & universities, whether we’re discussing declining trust, freedom of speech, viewpoint diversity, or any of the other things.
🗳️ W+EBS elections are coming up! We're voting for two positions: Chair Elect and Secretary. Ballots go out by email tomorrow to #WplusEBS members only and are due July 31st. Not a member yet? Join before the ballot drops to make sure you get your vote 👇 linktr.ee/w_plus_ebs
New paper alert: How were Kenyan herders affected by the worst drought in 40 years? Health impacts were universal. Whether herders searched for pasture with their animals or stayed close to home, everyone remembers experiencing headaches, stress, and hopelessness. 1/4
When you study humans for a living and your kiddo's first M1 molar erupts and you're like "oh my god 😭 you're not in early childhood anymore!" 🧪 #anthropology #humanbiology #evolution #primates #demography
We're hiring an associate/full professor in paleoanthropology in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University - As Katie Hinde says - come join our science party in the desert!!
careercenter.americananthro.org
Hey ethnography nerds! @dwbird.bsky.social, @parnajarlpa.bsky.social, Nyalangka Nola Taylor, & Desmond Taylor have a new book out on "the interacting socio-ecological relationships" of the Martu economy. I especially recommend the social organization chapter 🤌🏻 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Aboriginal Homelands and Economy in Australia's Western Desert
Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - Aboriginal Homelands and Economy in Australia's Western Desert
cambridge.org
In case you, like me, are today years old when you learn that accelerometers in our phones are crowd sourcing seismic data -- and the resulting alerts may be a second-best option in countries without early warning systems: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Phones Alerted Millions Before Quakes Shook Venezuela (Gift Article)
Millions of people in Venezuela and surrounding countries received early warning alerts to their phones up to two minutes before back-to-back earthquakes on Wednesday.
nytimes.com
It's not that NSF's Directorate for Tech, Innovation, & Partnerships is a bad investment. It's the way it's going down 👇🏻 #saveNSF
Science Magazine@science.org · last mo.Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm
Run to become a leader of @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social! We work closely with evolutionary social & behavioral science societies -- HBES, CES, and EHBEA -- to foster spaces supportive of women and sexual and gender minorities. As incoming W+EBS president, I'm happy to chat if you have questions! 📞
W+EBS@w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · 2mo agoReminder! W+EBS leadership elections are coming up. Know someone (maybe you?) who'd be great as Chair-Elect or Secretary? Nominate them now! We'll start compiling nominations in the next few weeks. Don't be shy, self-noms welcome! #WplusEBS
More extreme weather events, increasing local wealth inequality, & increasing incidence of hypertension and diabetes. I just spent a week in rural South Africa with the teams at Wits Rural & the Agincourt Health & Socio-Demographic Surveillance System, both part of Uni of the Witwatersrand 🧵 1/
Northern Kenya experiences extreme heat. Practitioners connect this heat to anxiety. Household heads report kids can’t go outside. At the @pennstateuniv.bsky.social Climate Solutions Symposium, HSL PhD student @soujanyaakkiraju09.bsky.social presented early insights from CHARMES Kenya. 1/2
'Some analysts at conservative think tanks are making.. arguments in favor of the social sciences.. “if you care about giving businesses & policymakers [info] they need to understand the world,” you should care about the Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences' www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
The Trump Administration Is Done With Social Science
The National Science Foundation division that covers social, behavioral, and economic sciences is in the crosshairs.
theatlantic.com
In a recent win for the HSL, Courtney Elmore received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for the first 3 years of her PhD at @psuanthro.bsky.social. Courtney plans to study how livelihood change and migration affect social networks in rural South Africa. Congratulations to Courtney!! #NSFfunded
"The world is entering a new El Niño phase. Researchers are warning it could be one of the strongest on record and are invoking.. history as an admonition that natural forces, when they reach their highest magnitude, can lead to profound volatility and hardship." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/c...
A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.
nytimes.com
It is such an honor to receive this award, and especially alongside @dconroybeam.bsky.social! Thank you to the @humbehevosoc.bsky.social community! 🙏🏻
Human Behavior & Evolution Society@humbehevosoc.bsky.social · 3mo agoCongratulations to our #HBES2026 Early Career Award winners: Daniel Conroy-Beam and Anne Pisor! 🎓
Wow it's hard to start new research and grow our lab and get stuff out and *also* be social, but Human Sociality Lab is still here! We'll catch you up on our latest. To get you started: greetings from Kenya, where Soujanya Akkiraju and @annepisor.bsky.social work on climate change and health! 👋🌍🇰🇪
An interesting talk yesterday on work by @annepisor.bsky.social and Courtney Elmore: On coastal Tanzania, women and men get social capital from having friends, near or far, BUT they have less opportunity to form these friendships. Women who DO have this option have more social capital. #HBES2026
Scelza’s call: stop framing findings like these as “exceptions to the rule.” The more exceptions we find, the more we should rethink the rule itself. Not to abandon sexual selection theory — but to broaden the questions we ask. #HBES2026
This is tonight!! We can’t wait to see everyone and have some great conversation! Everyone is welcome! #HBES2026 #CESRabat #CES2026
W+EBS@w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · 3mo ago‼️ #HBES2026 #CES2026 W+EBS UPDATE‼️ The #WplusEBS social event this year will now be a joint CES/HBES social event "Skip the Small Talk" 🗓️Wednesday, May 13th ⏰8PM 📍Azur Rooftop, Onomo Hotel Everyone is welcome & we look forward to seeing you there!
At long last, the director (@kris-smith.bsky.social) & co-directors of the Tanga Sociality & Fisheries Project in the same place at the same time ( #CESRabat) after writing multiple papers together! Some fruits of our labors are here: www.socialitylab.org/pubs/. Also btw our work was #NSFfunded 👌🏻
“The injury.. includes the disruption of protected expression, the interruption of ongoing research & publication, the cancellation or suspension of humanities programming, & the chilling effect.. of viewpoint-based & unauthorized criteria to terminate federal grants" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/a...
DOGE’s Termination of Humanities Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional
nytimes.com
Looking forward to co-chairing this panel with @annepisor.bsky.social! We have some great panelists so if you're going to #HBES2026 or #CES2026 be sure to join us over lunch on Wednesday for an interesting and engaging conversation! #WplusEBS
W+EBS@w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · 3mo agoReady for the #WplusEBS HBES2026 & CES2026 panel? We're excited to highlight our co-chairs and panelists over the upcoming days so stay tuned! Our two co-chairs for this panel are @annepisor.bsky.social and @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social -- learn more about them below 👇(1/3)
Ready for the #WplusEBS HBES2026 & CES2026 panel? We're excited to highlight our co-chairs and panelists over the upcoming days so stay tuned! Our two co-chairs for this panel are @annepisor.bsky.social and @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social -- learn more about them below 👇(1/3)