I wrote a little something on the value of philosophy for animal cognition. Out now in Science’s Expert Voices column.

Science is based on assumptions. Philosophy can make sure they’re the right ones.

When I was a postdoctoral researcher, I spent several years teaching at an interdisciplinary research institute in Vienna, Austria. There, my main course sought to train master’s students—mostly biolo...

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Dream PhD opening! Innovation in wild falcons! Application deadline Aug 1🦅

We have an exciting new position in our group for a PhD on parrot innovation !!! The position will be part of our new @fwf-at.bsky.social Emerging Fields project with @barbaraklump.bsky.social , @mohara.bsky.social , @christophvoelter.bsky.social and Justus Piater. Apply & share!!

Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a PhD student and a Postdoc to investigate innovation in corvids within the “Comparative ecological innovation styles” project funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social. More info: barbaraklump.com Application deadline July 24th. Please share widely!

Thanks to all of our members who joined the 28,000 folks today to protest the massive proposed university budget cuts in Austria ✊🏻 It was hot as hell thanks to the heat dome, but it’s critically important that we protect higher education at all costs 📚

- defended my master's thesis👊 - graduated with honours🎓 - officially started my PhD at the Kea Lab @vetmeduni, researching innovation in kea🦜 - moved into the ugliest flat in Vienna (let's go Favoriten!) with the most bizarre design choices (rainbow kitchen🌈) apparently all in one week??

Ze Frank is the best, and "the Goffin's cockatoos make the New Caledonian crows look like Old Caledonian crows" (this it's an actual comment on YouTube!) Don't miss this video about our work at the Goffin Lab (and the Tanimbar Lab!) "I've seen a cockatoo. I've seen a cockatoo 🤘"

Ze Frank@zefrank.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New True Facts : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq9J...

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

My first publication is out! doi.org/10.4467/2544... Even though my research has since moved beyond linguistics, I'm still very proud of this work. The full text is only available in Polish, but if you're curious, I'm happy to tell you more about it.

Birds as pride flags, meticulously researched by my wonderful student Griffin ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella 📷 David Irving, eBird