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Elspeth Ready

@elspethready.bsky.social
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Senior researcher in HBEC Department @MPI_EVA_Leipzig & freelance environmental social science consultant Anthropology, Arctic social science, social network analysis, running, hiking, science fiction elspethr.github.io sanguatsiniq.github.io

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey fieldworkers! Do you need documentation (health & safety protocols, codes of conduct, feedback forms)? Do you have documentation that you think could help others do better fieldwork, but don’t know where to share it? We’ve got you covered in our new Fieldwork Repo! osf.io/4h7bu/overview
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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How does seasonal scarcity shape cooperation & defection in the use of natural resources? New study from #Pemba shows how seasonal fluctuations lead to illegal resource extraction, shedding light on the enduring human challenge of managing the commons. tinyurl.com/3k79uccd & doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
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Seasonal scarcity and the challenge of preserving natural resources
New study shows how predictable income shortfalls can put shared forests under pressure
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is new from scientists in my department: economic data from 300 households and 15 years of forestry/climate records. Really trying to do both the human and the ecology in human ecology.
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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📣 I'm hiring! Two positions (PhD student & Postdoc) in my ERC project Macroevolution of European Literature. Let's study the cultural evolution of literature using massive data 📚📈 📍Frankfurt | Apply by August 15 Details: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo... Please repost to help spread the word!
Job announcement of two positions at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt: postdoc (Macroevolution of European Literature) and PhD student (Computational Literary Studies). Successful candidates will be affiliated with the research group Cultural Evolution of the Arts.
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
hmmm I wonder if there are any fields of study that focus on people as they go about their lives... 🤔https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01957-z
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Make science more reliable: study people as they go about their lives
Researchers have long discussed the replication crisis. Now it’s time to tackle another problem in the behavioural sciences: generalizability.
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
It's so hot in Leipzig the tar on the tramlines melted and swelled up like lava so they had to cancel the trams
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
my group is looking for a HiWi (student assistant) to help transcribe narrative interviews for our project on Inuit health and well-being. Must be a student enrolled in a bachelor or master's program at a German University. Link here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
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Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
There is still time to apply!💼📝Deadline: April 6, 2026⌛ #jobalert #Humanevolution #academia
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Quest for Fire?? 😬😬😬
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Alejandro Pérez Velilla @apvelilla.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
New preprint out with @elspethready.bsky.social : "The emergence of sharing networks through indirect signaling". osf.io/preprints/so...
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
More information on the Congresss is linked above. Our session is #150, and the deadline to submit is December 15.
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Our session is titled "Community Based Participatory Research on Social and Mental Wellbeing in Northern Communities: Recent Research and Advances in Methods.” If you’re working on something within that frame, we’d love to have you be part of our session.
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The Sanguatsiniq research team is soliciting paper proposals for our session at the upcoming UArctic Congress 2026 meeting in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, next May 26-29.
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
CALL FOR PAPERS: UArctic Congress 2026 www.uarcticcongress.fo/programme/ca...
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
It's now on the website too: sanguatsiniq.github.io
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Good point, I'll update the website... Meanwhile: Please send applications to elspeth_ready@eva.mpg.de
by June 1, 2025. Applications should include: 1. A cover letter describing motivation and relevant experience 2. A curriculum vitae with names and email address of three professional references
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Please share/repost! @rmcelreath.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Please address questions and send applications to elspeth_ready@eva.mpg.de
by June 1, 2025. Applications should include: 1. A cover letter describing motivation and relevant experience 2. A curriculum vitae with names and email address of three professional references
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Desirable qualifications: - Knowledge of Inuktitut - Experience with digital data collection platforms (e.g., Kobo Collect) - Previous experience conducting ethnographic or community-based research
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Essential requirements: - Willingness to conduct extended research in an Arctic community - Ability to build rapport with community members and to collaborate closely with community stakeholders
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The anticipated dates of the work are flexible, but we are currently planning on August to October 2025. Subsequent research/employment (e.g., PhD or postdoctoral) with the project may be a possibility for interested candidates.
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We are looking for a research assistant to work with us to collect data relating to Inuit well-being and experiences of stress. The research assistant will complete semi-structured interviews focused on exploring Inuit concepts of well-being and assessing stress and cultural consonance.
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The Sanguatsiniq project focuses on cultural and economic change in two Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic, Kangiqsujuaq and Ulukhaktok: sanguatsiniq.github.io
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Job announcement 🚨: paid fieldwork opportunity with Sanguatsiniq research project! Details in thread ⬇️ Please share!
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