The Culture Conference 2026 is already starting next week! 🥳 If you plan to attend in-person, please register ‼️before Sunday 22/02‼️ We are almost full, so don’t wait 😊 Online registration will remain open 💻 See you next week in Utrecht 🌇 To register:👇 culture-conference.com/registration/

Registration

Registrations for the conference and the pre-conference workshop are now OPEN! Register for the conference (26-27/02): Culture Conference 2026 – Registration form Register for the worksh…

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The Culture Conference 2026 programme is out! 🎉 From keynotes to talks and posters, we are excited to share a diverse and interdisciplinary lineup. A big thank you to all contributors. With the conference coming up in two weeks, we’re very much looking forward to welcoming you in Utrecht 🙌

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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) 🔎

🎄Early Christmas present: we still have a few presentation spots available! If you’d like to share your research at the Culture Conference but haven’t submitted yet, you can send us your abstract until this Friday, 19 December. Submission details are on our website (link in bio).

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...

Registrations are now open 📢 Want to join the conference and/or the workshop? Head to our website: culture-conference.com/registration/ As every year, attendance at the conference is free 🎉 (the workshop has a small fee). Reminder: Abstract submission closes soon—submit yours before Monday!

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Registrations for the conference and the pre-conference workshop are now OPEN! Register for the conference (26-27/02): Culture Conference 2026 – Registration form Register for the workshop (2…

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Only a few days left before abstract submission closes! Don’t forget to submit your work 👉 culture-conference.com/abstract-sub...

⏰ Reminder: 10 days left to submit your abstract for Culture Conference 2026! 🧠 Workshop details are now live! Join us for a hands-on day on cutting-edge tools for analysing social networks & social transmission (registration opens soon). Find all details here: culture-conference.com/workshop/

Last keynote announcement: Dr. Taylor Hersh! She explores how animal communication varies over space and time, with a particular focus on cetacean social communication and the cultural processes that shape group-specific vocal traditions. Discover her research here 👉 taylorhersh.weebly.com

Meet our 3rd keynote: Dr. Erin Wessling! Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures. Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com

2nd keynote! Dr. Sabine Nöbel, from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg! She studies how socially learned mating preferences spread and persist across generations in Drosophila and explores the evolutionary consequences of animal culture. Discover her work: sabinenoebel.wordpress.com

Dr. Ralf Kurvers, from the MPI of Human Development & TU, Berlin! His work explores how individuals process and share information, how social interactions shape group decisions, and how collective intelligence emerges across species. Learn more about his work 👉 ralfkurvers.com

🎤 The lineup is here! We are delighted to introduce the keynote speakers for Culture Conference 2026 (26–27 Feb, Utrecht) - to be revealed over the coming days. Explore the growing list on our website: culture-conference.com/keynote-spea... 🧵And meet them below...

📢 The Call for Abstracts for Culture Conference 2026 is officially OPEN! 📢 🗓️ Deadline: 8 Dec 2025 We welcome submissions from all career stages and relevant disciplines. 🔎Details & submission info: culture-conference.com/abstract-sub... Keynote speakers & workshop details coming soon!

Abstract Submission

The call for abstracts for Culture Conference 2026 is NOW OPEN! We call for submissions of abstracts of no more than 250 words, summarising the background, aims, methods and results of your work.&n…

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‼️SAVE THE DATE‼️ We are excited to welcome you again in Utrecht, NL for the next Culture Conference on the 26th & 27th of February 2026! And surprise! We will also host a hands-on workshop on the 25th/02 🙌💻 So stay tuned for future announcements here & on the website 🔎 culture-conference.com

Culture Conference 2026

26th & 27th February, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Here we propose adding an 11th criterion to UNESCO’s framework to protect animal cultures—habitat protection alone isn’t enough. Excited to collaborate with philosophers @merikatariina.bsky.social & @birchlse.bsky.social on this! Message me for access ;-) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Protecting animal cultures as World Heritage - Nature Sustainability

It is becoming increasingly clear that animal cultures have intrinsic, irreplaceable value, and yet they are not adequately protected by preserving habitat. The time has come for UNESCO to explicitly protect non-human cultural heritage alongside human heritage.

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New Paper Alert: Why do chimpanzees have large tool kits? with @taichimpproject.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42... We found that like humans, chimpanzees seek social learning opportunities throughout their first decade of life, particularly for tool use.

Social tolerance and role model diversity increase tool use learning opportunities across chimpanzee ontogeny - Communications Biology

Social attention patterns suggest that wild chimpanzees learn from their mothers but also from many other tolerant group members across protracted development. This likely enables chimpanzees to learn...

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Two fantastic days of knowledge sharing. Feeling more cultured!

Culture Conference@cultconf.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Culture Conference 2025 is (already) finished after 2 days of amazing discussions! 
Thank you to everybody for attending and presenting, either online or in person! We hope you spent 2 wonderful and exciting days in Utrecht, full of (social) learning and fascinating science discussions 🥳