Less than a week to go until #IACESR2026! 🎉 If you’re joining us in Brno, here are a few ideas to help you make the most of your visit. Join a run with our very own Honza, who can tailor a route to your pace while showing you some of Brno’s best spots. Don’t forget to pack your swimsuit! 🩱☀️

☕ Coming to Brno for IACESR 2026? We’ve curated a list of our favourite cafés around the city for those inevitable coffee breaks between sessions, or just in case the conference coffee isn’t quite to your taste. 😉 Explore the map here: maps.app.goo.gl/9uvLTDDbqQSA... See you in Brno! #IACESR2026

We are looking forward to everyone coming to Brno in July! Your timely registrations will help us prepare properly!

IACESR Society@iacesr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Registrations are still open for IACESR 2026, we encourage all to do it soon! Join us in Brno, Czech Republic for three days of talks and discussion in the cognitive and evolutionary sciences of religion. 📍 Masaryk University 📅 1–3 July 2026 🔗 iacesr.com #IACESR2026 #CognitiveScienceOfReligion

In our new paper, we aim to reconcile individual and group motivations for ritual performance and persistence through reinforcement learning. There are illustrations in the paper. I got to draw them! See Martin's post for deeper explanation and also for the link to free copies of the article!

Martin Lang@martinlangcz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Why do rituals persist? They are often treated either as attempts to influence uncertain outcomes or as practices that regulate group life. But these functions are usually blended together. In our new paper, we argue that reinforcement learning helps explain this blending.

Another great conference @ces2026.bsky.social! Thank you to all the organizers to making it possible!

🏆 John J. McGraw Award – IACESR 2026 We are delighted to announce this year’s awardees: 🎓Carmen María Callizo Romero — Religiosity, Not Size, Predicts Abstract Cognition in Sacred Spaces 🎓 Radim Chvaja — Is God Perceived as More Moralizing During War? Evidence from Ukraine #IACESR2026

Congratulations, @ferylbadiani.bsky.social!

Cultural Evolution Society@culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Cultural Evolution Society is delighted to announce that Feryl Badiani (She/Her), LEVYNA, Masaryk University, is the recipient of the 2026 CES Richerson Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research. Please join us in congratulating Feryl on this well-deserved recognition!

How does religious conflict reshape moral cognition across cultures? We're hiring a postdoc to help answer that question using computational modeling (DDM, RL) across 20 countries. www.phil.muni.cz/en/careers/a... #Postdoc #CognitiveScience #ComputationalModeling #MoralPsychology

IACESR 2026 – 10th Biennial Meeting We’re excited to announce our keynote speakers: Will Gervais • Rebekah Richert • Quentin Atkinson • Larisa Heiphetz Solomon 📍 Brno, Czech Republic 📅 1–3 July 2026 | Masaryk University Registration open soon. Stay tuned. #IACESR2026 #CognitiveScienceOfReligion

Our (with Pushkar Puryag, Radek Kundt & @martinlangcz.bsky.social ) study on the perceived costs & benefits of the Kavadi ritual in Mauritius was recently published in EHS. 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨Hiring 2 postdocs for 5-year interdisciplinary project!🚨 Please share🙏   Postdoc w/ experimental background in soc cognition bit.ly/CREDO_experi... Postdoc w/ computational modelling background in decision-making bit.ly/CREDO_modell...   Deadline 13.12.! #psychscisky 🧠 #CogSci #cogpsyc #socpsy