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Matt Zefferman @mzefferman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Minimum Qualifications: PhD degree in a relevant Social Science or Humanities discipline (e.g., History, Political Science, Economics, Strategic Studies, Public Policy, International Relations, Communications, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Information Science, and other fields).

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This week, we talk about design-mindedness and chat with Greg Bryant at HBES. youtu.be/jPw310EeE7g podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... www.podbean.com/eas/pb-h5kj8...

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Design with Dave & David

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“The foraging economy is not organized by only two types of actors, nor captured by a simple sex-by-age matrix, but by a multi-actor network of individuals whose roles are shaped by the intersection of biological parameters, accumulated embodied capital, and current time-allocation demands…”

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Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The 23rd annual conference of the German Law and Economics Association will take place at the MPI-Freiburg on 16–17 July, organized by @hannesrusch.bsky.social and Nicholas Umashev. Register by 1 June: law.mpg.de/event/23rd-a... #Event #GLEA

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23rd Annual Conference of the German Law and Economics Association (GLEA) - Max Planck Law

An invitation to legal scholars and criminologists to present their law-and-economics research and discuss it with economists.

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This week, we talk to @tadegquillien.bsky.social about causality. youtu.be/vp5mnz4eSiw podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... www.podbean.com/eas/pb-fw3bn...

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Causality with Tadeg Quillien

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Why is domain-generality so intuitive? This paper makes a case for why we need an evolutionary psychology of psychology, and what it has to say about the study of intelligence, consciousness, domain-generality, and the theory crisis. @pdurkee.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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What a difference a mind makes: How evolved difference detecting mechanisms harm psychological science, and how an evolutionary psychology of psychology can help

From an adaptationist perspective, most of psychology's concepts that form the basis of empirical inquiry, such as memory, attention, consciousness, i…

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This week, we talk to the one and only Rob Boyd, with guest co-host Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social youtu.be/GoqBQwy-3lk podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... www.podbean.com/eas/pb-sz5mk...

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Cultural Evolution with Rob Boyd

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I recall Jerry Fodor once making a joke about not needing to keep up with associationist psychology for at least a few decades, because it's all Hume over and over again. I'm trying to cite for a paper: Does anyone know where I saw/read this?

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Benoît de Courson @bdecourson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

In poverty, do people take more or less risk? Some theories contend that they avoid risk out of caution. Others that they take risks (e.g. crime) out of desperation. In our new paper in BBS, we show that they are the two sides of the same coin: the desperation threshold. Peer commentary call soon!

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Explaining the paradoxical effects of poverty on risk taking: The Desperation Threshold Model | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Explaining the paradoxical effects of poverty on risk taking: The Desperation Threshold Model

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The tautology of “you don’t need specialization, just a bigger brain” is being called out: “accounts of brain size tend to be post hoc adaptationist accounts that try to relate the increase in brain size…to the evolution of certain cultural practices thought to necessitate…brain expansion…” 🔥🔥🔥

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I’m very proud of our new work on free will, which is in its early phases. This podcast episode is a good overview of how we’re thinking about it.

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Guy Harling @harlingg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Another great paper using social network data from >5000 Ethiopians by @drsarahmyers.bsky.social, @danielredhead.bsky.social et al. They show how attitudes towards IPV against women cluster socially on gender-homphilous ties. But opposite-gender ties actually predict *reverse* IPVAW attitudes ‬

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Gender-biased clustering of attitudes towards physical intimate partner violence: A social network analysis in south-central Ethiopia

Abstract. Changing social norms, shared beliefs about what is acceptable, is a key focus of global health campaigns aimed at ending intimate partner violen

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Thom Scott-Phillips @thomscottphillips.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

No question, this is the most original paper I have ever written It says that something that seems plain and obvious - humans have an intuitive sense of what is and is not grammatical - and describes how this apparent common sense is actually misleading Thread coming soon!

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

This is so fantastic. 🔥🔥🔥I can’t wait to read it!

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Annie Wertz @anniewertz.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🌱 There’s still time to apply to the open #PhD positions in my lab! 🌱 More information below; deadline is December 1st. Please help spread the word! 🌱

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

New paper out today with Zhian Chen. We argue that modern intensive parenting is not only exhausting for parents, but in some cases disrupts healthy child development. What is 'overparenting'? And can evolutionary theory help us understand how we got here? academic.oup.com/emph/advance...

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When parental care hurts: Extended parental care and the evolution of overparenting

Abstract. In recent years, childrearing in high-income countries has become described as ‘relentless’ in its demands on parents. In response to growing del

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Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This week, @anniewertz.bsky.social talks about her ground-breaking work exploring what infants know, and come prepared to learn, about 🌱plants🌿! (Annie gets credit for all plant-based puns in this episode). youtu.be/bMbDieccEtc www.podbean.com/eas/pb-67k8k... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Plants, Infants, and the Evolution of Social Learning with Annie Wertz

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Lindsey Powell @lindseypowell.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

New preprint! Led by Bill Pepe, with @brandonwoo.bsky.social and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social. We asked if infants think helping and hindering stem from actors' dispositions (i.e. good/nice v bad/mean) or their social relationships, by testing expectations for future behavior: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Annie Wertz @anniewertz.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I'm hiring a full-time #labmanager for my new Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at UCSB! The start date is flexible, but could be as early as August 1, 2025. Application review begins July 17th and will continue until the position is filled 👶🪴 recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02992 #academicjobs

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Junior Specialist-Lab for Infant Learning And Cognition (LILAC), Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

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Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Fifth episode is up! @jaimiekrems.bsky.social on friendship! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... epthepod.podbean.com/e/friendship... youtu.be/fbrW4Hq0hFc?...

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Friendship with Jaimie Krems

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Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Our Fourth Episode is out today! Our first of many wonderful interviews. This one with Dan Conroy-Beam @dconroybeam.bsky.social where we discuss the good and less good of ep studies of mating. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-f8icb-... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0qR...

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Mating with Daniel Conroy-Beam

Guest Daniel Conroy-Beam (UCSB) explains why human mating has occupied the interest of evolutionary psychologists, what consequences this has had on science, and how things might be done better. If yo...

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

This looks fantastic—a great line up of speakers!

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Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

First Episode arrives May 20th. epthepod.podbean.com www.youtube.com/@Evolutionar...

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"A Psychological Explanation of the Problem of Free Will" with Thomas Hills @thomhills.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Christian List is consistently clear-minded, explicit about argument structure, and concise. So, as usual, I really liked and learned something new from this paper; Maybe there’s no view from nowhere for the mind?

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Kyle Ratner @kyleratner.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

📣 Seeking PhD applicants passionate about fMRI, EEG, & data science to study race/ethnicity & religion effects on how we see ourselves & world around us. We’re a supportive & hard-working lab committed to open science. Applications due 12/1. Still time to apply — spread the word! spl.psych.ucsb.edu

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David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

New preprint on how our evolved psychology may be getting in the way of theory progress in Psychology. Highlights include jumping spiders and the concept of difference-detecting mechanisms. @speciestypical.bsky.social Based on my talk @ehbea.bsky.social Comments welcome! osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Really pleased to announce that the University of Toronto has an Assistant Professor position in personality/social psychology. Please spread the word! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

I'm excited to launch the CENTER FOR CONFLICT & COOPERATION @NYU. We are planning research around the world on topics related to social identity, intergroup relations, polarization & social media. Subscribe to learn about—and join—our research: jayvanbavellab.substack.com/p/introducin...

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Introducing the Center for Conflict and Cooperation at New York University

We are launching a new Center at New York University to conduct and coordinate global, large-scale research on intergroup relations

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