Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!

Thrilled to share that I started last month at @idiv-research.bsky.social as Junior Research Group Leader of the new Behavioural Conservation group. Excited to build the team and explore new scientific frontiers! More here: www.idiv.de/new-junior-g...

New Junior Research Group Leader Erin Wessling | iDiv

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I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M_tQgoqV4ivpfEClh9qs9f2KQN2O1G3Jpda2aoHfQ/edit?usp=sharing I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026

Our paper is out now! 🎉📝 We describe how we work to address barriers faced by students and early-career researchs in the animal behaviour field, through our mentorships and microgrants. We hope that this can inspire and provide practical resources for others hoping to do the same!

The animal behaviour collective: building confidence and breaking barriers through community

Despite increasing efforts to diversify the field of animal behaviour, systemic barriers continue to limit access and inclusion for researchers from h…

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New paper! Being more facially expressive has social network benefits, especially in women. May explain why highly expressive faces have evolved in humans! www.cell.com/iscience/ful... With @bridgetwaller.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social Alisa Balabanova, Robin Dunbar and Jasmine Rollings

Spontaneous facial expressivity predicts real-world social network size and richness

Psychology; Social interaction; Social sciences

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Job at York St John: 12-month full-time psychology lectureship in a very friendly team. Looking for someone using primarily quant methods. Deadline SOON: 18th June. Please share: jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Innocent Ampeire has devoted his life to the orphaned chimps at Ngamba Island Sanctuary. He's been accepted into a remote Master's in Conservation Leadership, building the skills to lead conservation and safeguard the sanctuary's future. He's raising £9,100 for tuition: whydonate.com/fundraising/...

Fundraiser by Hanna Schleihauf | Help Innocent Study Conservation Leadership at UWE

Hanna Schleihauf Needs Your Help | Friends, fans, and supporters, My name in Innocent Ampeire. For the past 20 years, I've devoted my work to the orphaned and rescued chimpanzees at Ngamba...

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This year we're running a Cognitive Sciences Symposium! - Day 1 will be a student symposium with posters and talks by Masters and PhD students (these can be on any topic in Cognitive Sciences). - Day 2 will be focused on Social Cognition with 3 🌟 invited speakers 🌟 attending! Please share!!

Cognitive Sciences Rijeka@ricogsci.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Please share! The Rijeka Cognitive Sciences Symposium 2026 is open for registrations and talk/poster submissions by Masters and PhD students! 13 and 14 July - This year's topic is Social Cognition The event is free!

We’re running a short dog owner survey 🐶 examining dog social cognition & trainability - which could be used in future by assistance dog charities to help selection for breeding 🦮 £50 Amazon voucher if completed again in 1 week (eligibility UK residents only) york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

PhD Opportunity! 4-year funded PhD @uniexecec.bsky.social: “From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions”. Closes: 5 June 2026. Funding: @royalsociety.org (UK/Home students only). More info & to apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 1/

Research Assistant position working on eye-tracking and parenting cognition in macaques, linked to Yuri Kawaguchi's BBSRC Fellowship. Join us at NTU! @yurikawaguchi.bsky.social vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Assistant in Primate Cognition:Hybrid

Research Assistant in Primate Cognition working with captive rhesus macaques to improve animal welfare.

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Not a secret anymore! I am extremely proud and happy to present you the EVApeCognition Dataset, out now in Scientific Data. Over the last 5 years we have assembled and standardized data from 150 studies on great ape cognition from the WKPRC in the Leipzig Zoo! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New 🦍 💭 paper in @psychscience.bsky.social We continue to ask simple questions that are hard to answer "Individual Differences in Great Ape Cognition Across Time and Domains: Stability, Structure, and Predictability" Bonus: Rasch models in the supplement 🤓 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Last few days to apply.....

Shona Duguid@shona-d.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Applications are now open for a PhD on collaborative problem-solving with @nicolacutting.bsky.social and myself. The deadline is soon (31st March) so get in touch with questions. jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

PhD Opportunity working with @shona-d.bsky.social and me on the development of children’s collaborative problem-solving skills. This is an Academic Associate position (PhD + teaching) for 4 years. Full details here: jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx.... Please get in touch with any queries.

Far too long in the making.. but finally out in #AnimalBehaviour @asab.org: Orang-utans and chimpanzees #cooperate strategically based on the partner’s incentives. doi.org/10.1016/j.an... w/ @elisafelsche.bsky.social , Josep Call & @federicorossano.bsky.social

📺 Watch this space: PhD position in children's collaborative problem-solving with @nicolacutting.bsky.social and myself to be advertised very soon! The application deadline will be in late March, so get in contact if you want to know more.

We're looking for a lecturer in Developmental Psychology to join us at YSJ on a 12 month contract. Get in touch if you have any questions: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL260/l...

Lecturer in Psychology at York St John University

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Psychology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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This study was an amazing collaborative experience. I'm really really grateful to all the wonderful people who contributed and made this happen. It's the closest I have ever come to finding something like a "universal" in human cognition.

MPI-EVA Leipzig@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Children around the world process #gaze in similar ways. Large cross-cultural study led by @elmanubohn.bsky.social & @dbmhaun.bsky.social finds common 'processing signature' of gaze following. @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @leuphana.bsky.social tinyurl.com/278wxka3 & academic.oup.com/chidev/advan...

Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments. www.cell.com/current-biol...

🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching... 6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Social monitoring & manipulation #meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Come and do a PhD on the development of social cognition across diverse cultures! The successful candidate would be fully funded and have the opportunity to travel to Kenya for data collection. Please contact me if interested. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Beyond the dyad: Development of task co-representation of multiple co-actors across cultures at University of Portsmouth on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Beyond the dyad: Development of task co-representation of multiple co-actors across cultures at University of Portsmouth, listed on FindAPhD.com

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📢 Come to Tübingen and get your PhD with us! Unique opportunity to explore great ape communication 🐵🦧🦍 from multiple disciplinary angles within a single, integrated project. 👇

Marlen Fröhlich@marlenfroehlich.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground! 🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13 🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq Please share! @elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social

Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social. We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures. All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit... Please share / apply!🙏

Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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We’re looking for a motivated & curious researcher to join our team as a PhD candidate! You’ll work with Prof. Bridget Waller, Dr. Annika Bremhorst, & me at the Dog Cognition Centre, UoP. Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶 Interested? Get in touch with me.

Through a Window and In the Shadow of Man were the most inspirational books I ever read as a teenager. Jane Goodall and local libraries joining forces to shape young minds 🐵📚❤️

⚡ Autumn 2025 Cooperation Colloquia ⚡ We are excited to announce the next run of Cooperation Colloquia. With @talbotmandrews.bsky.social, @setayeshradkani.bsky.social, @kris-smith.bsky.social, @alexmesoudi.com, & more. Every second Friday, 15:00 CE(S)T Sign up here: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...

What if there was a job where you were paid £33,714 a year to play with Lego and work in an internationally renowned museum, with the aim of inciting curiosity and wonder about the natural world? Applications close end of August. @nhm-london.bsky.social 🧪🧸🏺

Creative Producer: LEGO Programme:South Kensington

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Applications for Winter 2025 conference attendance grants are trickling in, awarding up to £500 with a high success rate (if eligible). Deadline isn't until 1st October, but don't forget to get referee statements in by then too! All the info you need is here: www.asab.org/conference-g... @asab.org

ASAB Spring 2026@asab-meetings.bsky.social · last yr.

ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh! Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♂️ More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/

A very apt workshop for these times! Abstract submission has been extended to Aug 15:

HaDi MaBouDi@maboudi.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for Abstracts Extended! 🌟 Join us this September in Sheffield for 'Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence', an ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop. @asab.org @sheffielduni.bsky.social #ArtificialIntelligence #AnimalCognition #Neuroscience I #AcademicWorkshop #ASAB