I'm so excited to finally see the special issue "Addressing Biases in Animal Behaviour" fully published: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu.... Huge thanks to my brilliant co-editors @viveknityananda.bsky.social & @nicolakoyama.bsky.social. Special issue grew from @asab.org's 2024 Winter Meeting 🧵

I’ll be reviewing PhD apps for the 27-28 AY! My lab studies questions related to how people (1) talk and think about (their own/experiences with) racism, (2) have difficult conversations, (3) socialize their children about racism and identity. Learn more here: www.sciplab.com

Design a poster that explains an interesting animal behaviour. Your infographic will be inspired by observation of animals in real life or online. Entry age categories: 7-10 years 11-14 years 15-21 years More information and the entry form: www.asab.org/education-news Spread the word #ECBB2026

Deadline extended: closing date is now midday (local Irish time) on Friday, 11th September. Further details at: www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n... #CogSci #Philosophy #PhilSky #PhilJobs

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, UCD School of Philosophy

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UCD School of Philosophy@ucdphilosophy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Applications are invited for a 36-month fixed-term Lecturer/Assistant Professor in #Philosophy and #CognitiveScience, starting 1 Jan 2027. Further details at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... (search for ‘philosophy’, job ref: 019928). Closing date: midday local time, 4 Sep 2026. #PhilSky #PhilJobs #CogSci

🚨📣 PhD opportunities with @ccioannou.bsky.social starting September 2027!! Check it out: 🐠 ioannougroup.com #ECBB2026 @asab.org

Just one more week to apply for this terrific 3-year position in #CognitiveScience at #UCD School of #Philosophy! Closing date is midday local time on Friday, 4th September. Further details at: www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n... #CogSci #PhilMind #PhilNeuro #PhilPsych #PhilJobs

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, UCD School of Philosophy

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UCD School of Philosophy@ucdphilosophy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Applications are invited for a 36-month fixed-term Lecturer/Assistant Professor in #Philosophy and #CognitiveScience, starting 1 Jan 2027. Further details at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... (search for ‘philosophy’, job ref: 019928). Closing date: midday local time, 4 Sep 2026. #PhilSky #PhilJobs #CogSci

Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...

🪶 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🪶 16th European Ornithologists' Union Congress Brno, Czech Republic 23-27 August 2027 Do you have a research theme you’d like to bring to EOU? The call for symposia, round table discussions and pre-congress meetings is now open! Apply: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym... #EOU2027

Senior Lecturer role at King’s College London leading Alzheimer’s research focused on disease mechanisms and new treatment development. Closing date: 1st October www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/senior-l...

Senior Lecturer: Basic & Clinical Neuroscience

King’s College London seeks a Senior Lecturer to lead Alzheimer’s research focused on disease mechanisms and new treatment development.

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📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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Please share widely! 🚀 I am recruiting a PhD student for an exciting cross-species collaborative project using layer fMRI to investigate how interoception shapes cognitive control - Application deadline is: 1.10.2026 - Start: Jan 2027 www.mpg.de/26934670/phd...

PhD Position (m/f/d) | Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception

PhD Position in Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception

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Introducing a Guerilla Approach to Scientific Workflows is Prof. Dr @rmcelreath.bsky.social. Register and join virtually to learn about this fresh perspective on developing scientific workflows and managing research complexity. Register here: bit.ly/4pI2GTC 📆 Wednesday, 9th Sept, 09:00-10:00 (CEST)

Who do I know going to @ecbb2026.bsky.social? Unfortunately I can’t go anymore but my excellent Masters student is presenting a poster. I’d love to link her up with some friendly fellow grad students! Conferencing alone can be a little lonesome.

Periodic reminder that Diamond Open Access exists 🔷 Maybe outside of journals and countries some of you/us are most familiar with, but it's there :)

Last chance to enter the 2026 CogSci Mind Challenge! Video? Podcast? Animation? Visual explainer? Blog post? You choose the format! Deadline for proposals is NEXT WEEK, August 26! cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mind-challenge

(1/2) Still recruiting participants, *Now open to adults (18+) NOT living in the UK!* This study is looking at how we make sense of probabilities. In an online task, you will see a series of general knowledge questions, and will be asked to rate them based on different criteria.

Free PhD positions!!! Cluster of Excellence NaviSense -> Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation -> is looking for curious and motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join NaviSense as Doctoral Researchers. #NaviSense #ornithology uol.de/en/job/docto...

Arguing that LLMs are anything more than a load of numbers going into a complicated mathematical function and spitting some more numbers out. Yes they simulate. But they simulate *language*. They do not simulate the cognitive processes underlying communication.

📢 The Call for Symposia for #FRM2027 is now open! 📍 İstanbul, Turkey 🗓️ 26–29 May 2027 🚨 Submission deadline: 1 November 2026 👉 Read more and submit your proposal: buff.ly/AW9JI2C @frm2027ist.bsky.social

A reminder that Animal Cognition is always looking for exciting Special Collections (link.springer.com/journal/1007...)! If you have an idea for a topic and are interested in guest editing, please get in touch #AnimalCognition #ComparativeCognition

Animal Cognition

Animal Cognition is an interdisciplinary journal offering current research on all aspects of animal (and human) cognition in an evolutionary ...

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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...

Part of the Special Issue on Biases in Animal Behaviour - the publication accompanying my all time favourite conference, the @asab.org Winter Meeting that happened in 2024, organised by the ASAB EDIA Committee

Edward Legg@edlegg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New paper alert: “Scientific publishing and diversity in science: geographical bias of articles published in Animal Behaviour” authors.elsevier.com/c/1nUlRmjMDu5O with @ljerkaostojic.bsky.social

Join Xerces and make art that supports conservation! 🐝✍🏽 Job Title: Science Illustration Intern 🌎Location: Remote 💲Compensation: $24/hr, 20hrs/week 📅Duration: Sep-Dec 2026 ❗Apply by: July 31, 2026 Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs

📢 We're looking for a Research Software Engineer (100%) in Geneva, working on the NCCR Evolving Language Task Library. 👉 Check out the full job advertisement and application process here: evolvinglanguage.ch/wp-content/u... Share widely with anyone who might be interested!

We do conduct, write up and publish with our doctoral students. But in 18 months you don’t have time to understand the existing literature, and make a significant contribution to knowledge. 18 months is a Masters, not a PhD.

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A science PhD can be completed within 18 months: supervisors should involve doctoral students with conducting, writing up and publishing experiments straight away, says Adrian Furnham #PhDs #research #supervision #academicsky https://ow.ly/5Fxb50ZpZ4O

This year, we cannot travel to Edinburgh for @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social so @edlegg.bsky.social had the idea to host a local hublet! If you are near, come join us!

Cognitive Sciences Rijeka@ricogsci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are organising a Local Hublet for the ASAB Winter Meeting 2026 cogsci.uniri.hr/events/winte...! If you are in travel distance to Rijeka, come join us! 🐝🐒🐦‍⬛🐕

📢 @asab.org Conference Attendance Grants for developing country applicants: deadline 1st AUGUST 📢 Up to £2500!!! Joint Winter Conference of ASAB and PSGB: “Social Learning and Culture” @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social #ASABWinter2026 @asab-meetings.bsky.social Full details: www.asab.org/conference-g...

Please share! I have two positions for graduate students in my lab, starting Fall 2027. Details on the position s and application process can be found here: kjmathot.wordpress.com/opportunities/

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********************************************************************************************************* ***Two graduate student positions in the Mathot Lab**** I am recruiting two new graduate st…

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We've been wondering about what happened to Behaviour :) Glad to see this, see you Vienna!

Behaviour 2027@behaviour2027.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!

🐒 Work with primates? Have you observed 3 or more individuals grooming together? Polyadic grooming is barely documented and we know little about its distribution. Please take 1–2 minutes to fill out this short survey and share: forms.gle/cLPB1mnwrjJo...

Polyadic grooming in primates

survey about observations of polyadic grooming in primate species

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