#ehbea #hbes #EvPsych #SocialPsychology #PsySciSky #Anthropology @durham.ac.uk

Looking forward to Jamie Tehrani's guest lecture in my cultural analytics course, open to everybody. If you are in Trento and want to know more about cultural evolution, that is a great opportunity! eventi.unitn.it/en/origins-s...

🚨JOB alert🚨 We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology ⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026 🙏Please circulate widely 😊Come join us! Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc

#Postdoc #Job opportunity in #AnimalBehaviour with Jorg Massen at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Check out the position here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Postdoc Position in Animal Behaviour

Does intergroup conflict shape intragroup (parochial) prosociality in primates? If so, what behavioural, neuroendocrine, and (epi)genetic mechanisms drive it.

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CALL: a PhD grant (3 years) to do a PhD with me at @cognitionens.bsky.social on the evolution of graphic codes. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/410213

PhD student grant (3 years) on the evolution of written communication

My team recruits a PhD student to work under the supervision of Olivier Morin on the evolution of written communication, within a project jointly led by Olivier Morin, Hugo Mercier, and Marc Allassonn...

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read the full thread to see some opportunities to submit proposals for activities at CES2026!

ces2026@ces2026.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Post 1/13 📢🧵 Call for activities proposals ! You are invited to submit proposals for three activities to be held during the upcoming CES2026 conference:

Our Prof Rob Barton has been elected as a fellow of the @rsb.org.uk! Fellows of the RSB demonstrate a distinctive and notable contribution to the advancement of the biological sciences, with min. 5yrs' influential experience throughout their career. More about Rob: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/r-a-ba...

Looking for #culturalevolution methods advice. We will run a survey to estimate the degree and nature of #sociallearning in a local population (a US country). Are there any standard survey instruments or social psychology scales for this? I can find only partly relevant stuff. Please help!

Friendly reminder: #CogSci2026 submissions close on Feb 2. And don't forget: we're planning a fully synchronous hybrid conference for 2026, with options to present in Rio de Janeiro or virtually. cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/

Had a good chat with the folks at BBC Radio 4 about what science actually says about attraction and appearance ideals. A key point to emphasise: most of the male appearance pressure in the media is about what MEN think men should be. Not women. 10 mins in here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

AntiSocial - Men and Loneliness - BBC Sounds

Should society intervene to help lonely men?

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Want to socialise ahead of the conference? Join the Early Career Researchers drinks on the evening of 25th/02! 🍻 An excellent opportunity to meet fellow researchers in a relaxed way. Contact us to join. Reminder: conference and workshop registration is still open (forms on our website) 🔎

Call for papers -- due March 31, 2026 (abstracts due March 26) colmweb.org/cfp.html Call for workshops -- due April 14, 2026 colmweb.org/cfw.html

Conference on Language Modeling@colmweb.org · 9mo ago

COLM is going to San Francisco for 2026! 🗓️Dates: October 6-9, 2026 🏨Venue: Hilton San Francisco Union Square Website and CFPs for papers and workshops coming up soon!

Just one week left to apply!

Liz Renner@lrrenner.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Are you interested in doing a PhD about what humans infer about animal minds? Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd! Deadline 23 Jan 2026 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Due to the the high volume of submissions received, abstract decision notifications for the upcoming Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference in Rabat are slightly delayed. Expect to see it in your inbox in ~ 1 week, and fingers crossed you got your presentation of choice!

A new study in @nature.com demonstrates the prevalence of same-sex sexual behaviour in primates (59 species) and its possible ecological and social functions. My comments on the study feature at the end of this coverage in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/science/2026...?

Primates’ same-sex sexual behaviour ‘may reinforce bonds amid environmental stress’

Behaviour among non-human species could help keep groups together in face of social challenges, says study

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CE paper alert 🚨! Innovation and copying in speed climbers ->

Mason Youngblood@masonyoungblood.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Proc B with @sampassmore.bsky.social! We used simulations to explore the innovation strategies of speed climbers 🧗‍♀️ Innovation is higher among slower athletes and lower when the population size is larger, and the overall balance of innovation and copying appears to be suboptimal 🔗 bit.ly/499QjZM

Theme Issue alert! Featuring awardees and the grant team of the CES Transformation Fund grant scheme, including DCERC members @rachkendal.bsky.social, @sheinalew.bsky.social, @amandinevisine.bsky.social, and @sarahewright.bsky.social

Rachel Kendal@rachkendal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today sees the publication of the Theme Issue featuring the CES Transformation Fund grant scheme. Enjoy! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... @durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 🚨 #EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden! Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research! More in the official account: @ehbea2026.bsky.social 👇👇👇

EHBEA 2026@ehbea2026.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢 Call for abstracts! 🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉 🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th 📝 300 words 🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time! 👉 www.ehbea2026.com

Abstract submission for CES 2026 in Rabat has been extended to 30th November! @ces2026.bsky.social

Cultural Evolution Society@culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The deadline has been extended - there is still time to get your abstracts in to join us in Morocco!

Sustainable education should include Indigenous knowledge "In our research with hunter-gatherer communities in the Global South, we see that participation in education often undermines Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural integrity." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sustainable education should include Indigenous knowledge - Nature Human Behaviour

Formal education systems rarely include the knowledge and skills of hunter-gatherer societies. This can lead to cultural erosion and knowledge decline. For education to be both high quality and sustai...

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We are pleased to announce that throughout Open Access Week, from 20 – 26 October, all Royal Society journal content is freely available. Explore our journals here: royalsociety.org/Journals/ #OAWeek #OAWeek25

🚨 AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 For the first time, EHBEA is giving an award for this members who excel in public outreach and communication of the evolutionary human sciences 📣 📣 📣 Deadline: December 19, 2025 Check the form below 👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

EHBEA-Public-Communication-Award-nomination-form 2026.docx

2026 EHBEA Excellence in Public Communication award Nomination Form Please submit this application form by e-mail to the EHBEA Secretary ehbea.secretary@gmail.com Next Deadline: 5pm (GMT), 19th DEC...

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🚨𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀! www.ehbea2026.com is now live for our 2026 European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association (EHBEA) conference in Leiden (NL🇳🇱) Check for 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, first 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 & the [𝗔𝗜]𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸! 🗓️ 14–17 Apr 2026 | CBEN pre-conf 14 Apr 📍Pesthuis #EHBEA2026

Overview | EHBEA2026

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Congratulations to all the prize winners! Especially to our own Sally Street for her course on the Cultural Evolution of Music!

Cultural Evolution Society@culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We're pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the Advancing Cultural Evolution Course Design Awards! This competition recognises leading educators in the field of cultural evolution and their existing efforts to advance its teaching. We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):

Know someone whose excellence in research and contributions to the CogSci community should be recognized? Nominate them to be a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society! Deadline: Nov 1 More info: cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The CogSci Society is accepting nominations for 🌟Fellows of the Society🌟 Fellows are individuals whose research has exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the #CogSci community. Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/ and submit your nomination until November 1st!

@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience! It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐 Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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We’re delighted to share that the 37th annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society conference (HBES2026) website is now live! #HBES2026

Congratulations again to @emilymljeffries.bsky.social and all the other @ehbea.bsky.social award winners!

Emily Jeffries@emilymljeffries.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Back in April, I was lucky enough to win the Best Student Long Talk award at EHBEA 2025 @ehbea.bsky.social @peerj.bsky.social have a new blog up all about the conference awardees, which features a little bit about me. A big well done to all the other awardees. peerj.com/blog/post/11...

🚨New paper!🚨 (And don't forget, it's not too late to apply for a PhD supervised by Lynda www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...)

Lynda Boothroyd@drboothroyd.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New paper: body image intervention in rural Nicaragua! Want to know more about body image education? Read this paper! Want to know about LatAm body image projects? Read this paper! Want to know how to rigorously report a pilot trial? Read this paper! Want to know how I caught COVID that time...? 😆

Come and work with us! Assistant Professor in Psychology (Fixed Term, Maternity Cover) Please share! jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/c54c4570...

Assistant Professor in Psychology Ref: 40866 (Fixed Term, Maternity Cover) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

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