Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

We want to understand and predict animal decision-making in the natural world | Max Planck Institute in Konstanz, Germany. Photo by Simon Gingins

GREAT opportunity for anybody interested in a PhD in animal behavior.

Zoë Goldsborough@zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 4d ago

📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!

Congratulations Zoë! We are proud to be hosting your Minerva Fast Track Fellowship and research group!

Zoë Goldsborough@zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m beyond excited to share I’ve been awarded a Minerva Fast Track Fellowship by @maxplanck.de to start my research group “Culture and Social Behavior” at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social! Keep your eyes peeled for a PhD position advertisement coming later this year 🐒 www.ab.mpg.de/1442914/zoe-...

Our second ICARUS system is in space 🚀🛰️ At 9am PT, a Falcon 9 rocket left Earth from California, taking an ICARUS payload with it. This is the beginning of ICARUS 2.0—independent, robust, real-time—with more ICARUS satellites to come. Read more▶️https://tinyurl.com/mw48c398 📸 Space X, EnduroSat

Credit: Space XCredit EnduroSat

Fantastic news! Hector Foundation grant will support Uni Konstanz for the next seven years. This includes continuing support for @cbehav.bsky.social and its mission of interdisciplinary, quantitative collective behaviour research.

Universität Konstanz@uni-konstanz.de · 6mo ago

Hans-Werner Hector + Rector Katharina Holzinger signed a new funding agreement for #UniKonstanz. The Hector Stiftung fosters cutting-edge research and enables the university to implement new developments regarding teaching, internationalization and transfer. https://t1p.de/sse8i @cbehav.bsky.social​

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