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Dr Lucy Mitchell

@lucyjmitchell.bsky.social

Movement ecologist @ecobird.bsky.social @ Gent. Behaviour of birds, spatial statistics, #MotusWTS. PhD on European nightjar individual variation. Runner, Border Terrier owner.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2d ago

My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:

We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 6d ago

Job posting: Associate Professor in behavioral ecology and cultural evolution within the Department of Ecology and Evolution (DEE) at the University of Lausanne. Deadline for applications is 30.09.2026: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli... (there is a button to switch to English at the top right)

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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.bsky.social · 6d ago

Open position of Associate Professor in Behavioral ecology and cultural evolution at the @dee-unil.bsky.social! You can toggle the ad to English on top right: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

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Simon Butler @simon-butler.bsky.social · 6d ago

📢 JOB ALERT 📢 Exciting opportunity to join us as a Lecturer in Ecology. 3 year post @ 0.5FTE. Application deadline 18/09/26 - see below for details. @biouea.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/23...

Lecturer in Ecology (ATS1374) in University of East Anglia | UEA

View details and apply for this Lecturer in Ecology (ATS1374) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Biological Sciences Lecturer in Ecology (0.5 FTE) Ref: ATS1374...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d ago

Whilst the cost of living crisis continues to spiral, with food and fuel prices soaring, so do global oil and gas companies profits. Shell has today announced it's profits have more than doubled. This is obscene. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Shell profit more than doubles to $9.8 billion, second-highest on record, as Iran war lifts prices

Shell's net profit more than doubled from last year to $9.84 billion in the second quarter, beating expectations, helped by ‌higher energy prices and increased market volatility during the Middle Eas...

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Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS @mizpas.bsky.social · 6d ago

A paper led by @justynakubacka.bsky.social and published in @heredityjournal.bsky.social shows that inbreeding depression is phenotype-dependent: more inbred, smaller-bodied, or shorter-winged aquatic warbler males had lower reproductive success and survival, respectively. 👉🔗https://rdcu.be/fpyva

International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)@applied-ethology.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#jobalert Assistant Professor in Applied Ethology University of Guelph, Canada More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Assistant_Pr...

Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · last wk.

🌟🌟 Postdoc position in Disease Ecology & Nature-Based Solutions 🌟🌟 We are looking for a creative and highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the UKRI @netpositivecentre.bsky.social and the @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall, UK. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/11... 🦠🌳🏙️🌍🗺️🐝 🦌🕷️

Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter

View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow This UKRI funded full-time post is available from 01/1...

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Urban Vervet Project @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨🐒Join the Urban Vervet Project! We are currently looking for a research assistant to strengthen our on-site team at the beautiful Simbithi Eco Estate in South Africa. More info below 👇 @sofiaforss.bsky.social

Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · last wk.

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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 2w ago

Interested in having a symposium at #Behaviour2027 ? We are officially open to proposals! Please carefully follow the guidelines below:

Call for Symposia
Behaviour 2027
23-27 August
Vienna, Austria
The Behaviour 2027 Scientific Committee invites proposals to organize
symposia from individual organizers or teams of two to three co-chairs.
Symposium format
• Each symposium must have at least one chair; the chair must be
registered for the conference and attend in person.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• Format: 6 presentations of 12 + 3 minutes each (total 90 minutes);
an alternative format would be 1 invited talk of 25+5 minutes,
followed by contributed talks of 12 + 3 minutes (adjust the number
of contributed talks accordingly to fit within 90 minutes).
• All speakers must register for the conference and attend in person.
The committee reserves the right to propose suitable submissions to the
symposium chair if there is still space available in the symposium.
Proposal preparation
Please provide:
1. Names, affiliation and contact information of the primary chair
(contact person) and co-chairs.
2. Proposed symposium title.
3. A maximum 200-word abstract introducing the topic and justifying
why it merits a symposium at the conference.
4. Names of at least two confirmed speakers (please verify their
availability).
Financial arrangements
The Behaviour 2027 organizers cannot cover registration, travel, or
accommodation for symposium organizers or speakers. The conference
will provide the venue and standard audio-visual equipment.
Diversity and inclusivity
We strongly encourage conveners to assemble speaker line-ups that
reflect diversity in gender, nationality, geography, and career stage.
Fostering diversity and inclusivity is a core priority of Behaviour 2027

Evaluation criteria
Our criteria include originality, interest, and relevance to Behaviour 2027,
and balance across gender, nationality, and career stage of invited
speakers.
If accepted, the chair, in consultation with the Symposium Committee, will
finalize the speaker list and order of appearance. Chairs are requested to
provide a brief introduction at the start and lead the entire session.
Evaluation timeline
Proposals will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee. Notifications will
be sent end of November 2026.
Proposal Submission
Please submit your proposal online via email to
behaviour2027@univie.ac.at by 1 November 2026. Later submissions will
not be considered.
Abstract submission
Upon selection, the chair is responsible for ensuring that speakers submit
their abstracts and register on time to be considered for inclusion in the
symposium.
Decision about contributions submitted to accepted symposia will be
evaluated by the session chairs.
Contact
Questions? Please contact behaviour2027@univie.ac.at

Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 2w ago

I hate this 😒

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago

Just received email spam from an outfit called Academic Humanizer that uses AI to rewrite your AI-written manuscript so people can't tell that it was written using AI. I don't understand why academics don't trust Silicon Valley to solve any problems it inadvertently creates along the way.

An animated bot happily "humanizing" my entirely human-written text.

Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 3w ago

Excited about @isbe2026.bsky.social next week! Come and see me talk about the best species ever, the European nightjar, at 10:15am on Tues 21st :)

Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 3w ago

DEPRESSING 🥲

Barbara Mellone 🇺🇦@centromellone.bsky.social · 3w ago

Manuscripts with women as corresponding authors are less frequently sent out for review at Science. The ones reviewed receive less favorable reviews by both male and female reviewers.

Matteo Anderle @mattande.bsky.social · 4w ago

📢 We're hiring! I'm looking for a **Junior Researcher** to join my team at @EuracResearch (Bolzano, Italy) and work on bird monitoring, bioacoustics, Passive Acoustic Monitoring, and biodiversity research. Apply here: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/dGXQ9qe... Please share! 🙏 🐦‍⬛🎙️ #Ecology #Ornithology

Junior Researcher to conduct passive acoustic monitoring and point count of birds.

Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano

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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 3w ago

Let’s be very clear that the media narrative “Labour's ‘woke’ rewilding” in the wake of the fire(s) in our Peak District valley is thick with disinformation. 🌍🔥Thread 1/15

Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 Exciting news! The Swiss Ornithological Institute is starting a collaborative program that offers multi-sensor geolocators and analytical support for bird migration research, focusing on underrepresented species & regions. Interested? geopressure.org/GeoCollabForm/ Please share!

John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · 4w ago

Recent Belgian Heatwave Declared Deadliest on Record: “the situation during the peak weekend was so severe that excess mortality surpassed even the worst weekend of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between June 22nd and June 27th, a staggering 1,747 excess deaths were recorded.” #Belgium #heatwave #europe

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 3w ago

Let’s stop burning fossil fuels

Erin Sikorsky@erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 3w ago

My Google news alert today tells me militaries are battling wildfires in France, Spain, and California and floods in Missouri, Ghana, and Bangladesh.

Xav Harrison @xavh.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're especially interested in applicants with backgrounds in wild animal behavioural ecology and microbiome science. Plenty of opportunity to look at social and environmental transmission of both host-associated microbes and AMR. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/10...

Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter

View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow (1017) This UKRI- funded full-time post is availab...

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Xav Harrison @xavh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Just under 2 weeks left to apply for this NERC-funded postdoc to study AMR transmission dynamics in migratory birds.

Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 4w ago

Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠

Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 3w ago

Two weeks left to submit your abstract to the BOU Avian Disease Ecology conference. Attendance grants are available (see BOU funding opportunities). We have an amazing keynote lineup for you! Please share 😁

Alice Risely@alice-risely.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Abstracts are open for the BOU Avian Disease Ecology conference (6-8th April 2027, Nottingham, UK). Submit here (deadline July 31st): tinyurl.com/hf2hzf4p Reg fees to be released soon - but you can get an idea of rough costs from the BOU 2026 conference: tinyurl.com/3udbz3c5 Fab line up! 🦠🦜🦠🐦‍⬛🦠

Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 4w ago

🐦🌙 Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A short🧵

Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 4w ago

Well done @katywillcox.bsky.social - so sorry I couldn't be there in person, your thesis was great and what a nice panel to be on!

Alizée Vernouillet@vernouilleta.bsky.social · last mo.

Thank you also to the thesis evaluation committee, Prof. Lara Bardi, Prof. Frank Tuyttens, Dr. Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social as internal examiners, and especially to Prof. Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato @tyroneluconxiccato.bsky.social and Dr. Maria Loconsole for acting as external examiners!

Alizée Vernouillet @vernouilleta.bsky.social · last mo.

A huge congratulations to newly-appointed Dr. Katy Willcox!!! @katywillcox.bsky.social 🍾🎉 For her thesis @ecobird.bsky.social, Katy evaluated the influence of early-life social environments on inhibition, aggression, & social networks in chickens & quails 🐥

Dr. Katy Willcox and a little chick looking at the camera

Dr. Katy Willcox defending her thesis, with her slides decorated with chicken and quail chicks painted by her

Elizabeth Masden @masden.bsky.social · last mo.

Please get in touch if you are interested - deadline Friday 17th July.

Dr Lucy Mitchell@lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My old place the Environmental Research Institute ERI part of UHI in Thurso, is looking for new PDRAs/RFs! Apply for some nice science and chat over some Yorkshire tea ☕ with @masden.bsky.social. You can see the most northerly point in the UK from the office! 👀 www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...

Barbara Klump @barbaraklump.bsky.social · last mo.

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!

A carrion crow holding a walnut. Photo: @valentine-comin.bsky.social

Michael Sieber @michaelsieber.bsky.social · last mo.

Have ideas for your own, independent research program in Theoretical Biology? Then come and join us as a Group Leader at the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social in Plön, Germany!

Group Leader in Theoretical Biology (m/f/d)

Experience in Theoretical Biology, Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · last mo.

Job opportunity alert: the Smithsonian is hiring an #ornithology curator! www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000

Research Zoologist

The Smithsonian Institution is the worlds largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a major bureau of the ...

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