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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 · 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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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 · 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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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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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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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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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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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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