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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🐾 Synergy Webinar: Animal Welfare Applied Ethology & Wildlife Welfare: Can synergy advance our understanding of affective states? 🎙️ Janice Siegford 📅 14 Oct | 16:00 CET 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/ebX6g8Yy COST Actions AFFECT-EVO, IMPROVE & @liftcostaction.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have you already seen our AFFECT-EVO video? 🎥 Here's a teaser! Our COST Action unites researchers in biology, psychology, philosophy, social sciences, animal welfare and tech to understand affective states across species. Full video and how to join 👉 affect-evo.eu #AnimalWelfare #AnimalEmotions

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Last week, Dr. Colline Poirier (WG3 Lead) represented AFFECT EVO at the #SciFAW100 Centenary Conference! 🎉 She presented on a central topic for our Action: validity criteria for indicators of individual affective states. #AFFECTEVO #COSTAction #SciFAW100 #AnimalWelfare

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Day 2 in Prague and a wrap on the AFFECT-EVO WG3 meeting! We spent the final day in sub-groups, refining our methodological approaches and mapping out future collaborations. Highly productive session strengthening our scientific direction within the Action! #AFFECTEVO #COSTAction #AnimalWelfare

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Thrilled to be in Prague for the first AFFECT-EVO WG3 in-person meeting (May 12–13, 2026)! We’re coming together to finalize our sub-group methodologies and strengthen collaborations. Ready for some productive discussions and meaningful progress! 🐾🧠 #AFFECTEVO #AnimalWelfare #AnimalEmotions

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

110+ researchers at our latest AFFECT-EVO joint meeting last month. WG1 and WG2 together in one room made for to discuss prorgess and ideas. More meetups coming soon! #AffectEvo #AnimalWelfare

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🎓Training School: Phylogenetic Study of Affective States Across Species Join us in Thessaloniki, Greece (April 14-15) with experts Liz Paul, Mike Mendl, & László Garamszegi. 💰 16 fully-funded places available! Apply by Feb 23: 🔗 forms.office.com/e/U9jSVsH09S

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

📢 Grant opportunities! Our 2nd Grant Period is open. We offer funding opportunities for research visits, virtual collaborations, and conference grants. 🗓️ Deadline: 9 Jan 2026 Apply via e-COST: e-services.cost.eu

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ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Explore behavioural and cognitive indicators of positive emotion from vertebrates to invertebrates. Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited. @affect-evo.bsky.social

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Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences @grcdi.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

On Tuesday, we hosted Dr Tom Smulders from @affect-evo.bsky.social for a discussion of the COST Action's progress and future plans for developing a framework to better understand affective states across species. Read more on our website (diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk/news)

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Dr Fay Clark @drfayclark.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Just returned from a @affect-evo.bsky.social ‬in Latvia, where we discussed how to map out affective states across phylogeny. No easy feat! Very proud to co-lead the 'joy' subgroup & will try my best to represent captive wildlife. A super challenging yet exciting COST Action to be a part of!

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Members of #AffectEvo Working Group 1 met in Riga last week for some very productive discussions on affective states across species.

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Thibaud Gruber @thibaudgruber.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Lots of good preparatory work done in Lisbon, looking forward to what is to come! #AffectEvo

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

And here we are - all basking in some Lisbon sunshine ☀️ #AffectEvo-Lisbon2025

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined the first #AffectEvo meetup for three inspiring days of talks and discussions. #AffectEvo-Lisbon25

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Final day of #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 begins with a recap of breakout room discussions. What are the benefits of taking a phylogenetic mapping approach to study affect? #AffectEvo

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We wrap up the second day of #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 meetup with some more great discussions. #AffectEvo

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We are back for our afternoon session at #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 ready to go back to discussions on dimensional approaches to affect and discreet emotions such as fear or disgust. #AffectEvo-Lisbon25

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Janire Castellano Bueno, PhD @janirecas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Day 2/3 of the first #AffectEvo MeetUp! Great discussions and plenaries. Excited for the outputs that will come out from this meetup. #AffectEvo-Lisbon25

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Great discussions emerging from Working Group 1! #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 #AffectEvo

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Day 2 of our first meeting in Lisbon. This morning we divided into 3 groups to discuss the definitions of Valence and Fear as an exercise to help us think on the optimal ways to map affective states of animals. #AffectEvo #AffectEvo_Lisbon25

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

And the last keynote of the day was a tour de force by David Anderson (Caltech, USA) on neural dynamics and the encoding of emotion primitives.

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Edmund Rolls (Warwick, UK), in his keynote, gave a comprehensive overview of emotion, motivation, reasoning, and how they are related in terms of brain structure-function.

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Next up, we had Mike Mendl (Bristol, UK) giving us a brief tour of some emotion concepts and theories and their translatable characteristics. #AffectEvo #AffectEvo-Lisbon25

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We are in the beautiful @gimmfoundation.bsky.social Oeiras campus for our first in-person meeting of #AffectEvo. #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 is the hashtag we are using.

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We continue with Liz Paul (Bristol, UK) presenting on how to define affective terms for use in animals. #AffectEvo #AffectEvo-Lisbon25

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Carrie Figdor (Iowa, USA) delivers the first keynote: “From Affect and Emotion Theories to a Phylogeny of Affect and Emotion”

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Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Very excited to be in person for the first meeting of @affect-evo.bsky.social ! The program is sick and will be the place for fascinating discussion to refine our vision of animal affective state and its evolution across species.

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Do give us a follow here and on LinkedIn to hear all about our latest updates!

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Rui Oliveira, WG1 lead and the local organizer for the meeting, discusses the WG1 aims, meeting overlook and goals.

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our chair Tom @smulderslab.bsky.social opening the meeting with his welcome address.

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Thibaud Gruber @thibaudgruber.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The first in person @affect-evo.bsky.social meeting is about to start with a mammoth program! Looking forward to 3 days of discussion on phylogeny, affect & welfare!

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Ready to kick-off the first in person meeting of our COSTaction here at @gimmfoundation.bsky.social

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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

On my way to Lisbon to hear and discuss all about the terminology and frameworks of #affective states across species in our meeting of the @affect-evo.bsky.social EU COST Action. #Behaviour #Affect #Phylogeny @costprogramme.bsky.social @smulderslab.bsky.social @pierafilippi.bsky.social

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Excited for our first meeting in Lisbon this week. We will be welcoming COST action members and keynote speakers: Carrie Figdor, Iowa David Anderson, Caltech Edmund Rolls, Warwick Liz Paul, Bristol Mike Mendl, Bristol Discussing terminology & frameworks of #affective states across species.

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European Society for Evolutionary Biology @eseb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

We invite you to @eseb2025.bsky.social in Barcelona 😁 With 51 symposia at a unique location and around 2000 delegates expected, this is shaping up to be the biggest ESEB meeting ever! ESEB members are entitled to reduced registration fee - we look forward to seeing you there - don't miss out!

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Michael Lee (Evolutionary Biologist) @michael-s-y-lee.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Job announcement - we're hiring! Postdoctoral Fellow, 2 yrs, Adelaide Uni Plastic brains: Neural adaptations to changing environments in reptiles Team led by @jcroweriddell.bsky.social with @draliceclement.bsky.social‬ Shaun Collin & myself. Details here: careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

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Current Trends in Eco-Evo-Etho Research @cteeer2025.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The Ethophilia Research Foundation is going to organise a scientific meeting, supported by the @biologists.bsky.social on 2nd-4th September, 2025 in Santiniketan, India. Details will come very soon. Visit the conference website: sites.google.com/view/cteeer-... #CTEEER2025

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

We're excited to share the new logo for COST Action AFFECT-EVO! How many species can you find in the phylogenetic tree?

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

🌟JOB ALERT🌟 We're hiring lecturers/senior lecturers @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’ That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour Deadline: 24th Jan 2025 bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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ASAB 2025 @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Don't forget, our ASAB 2025 conference is open for registration! Sign up now to make sure you don't miss a spot 📝 🔗https://tinyurl.com/884wzzsy

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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

COST Action AFFECT-EVO has started! Find more information, and how to join, on www.cost.eu/actions/CA23...

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