Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/n...theguardian.com‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AIAs AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large 000
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Yesterday, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation about Free-ranging cattle in the boreal forest. A huge thanks to my supervisors, the farmers, and anyone who I met along the way giving ideas and inspiration. Read here the digital version: lnkd.in/eNxD7eJf 0143
Reposted by Erik VersluijsAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 26/01/20262024. Cattle have intricate social lives that aren't readily apparent: www.earth.com/news/cattle-...earth.comCattle have intricate social lives that aren't readily apparentA study has shed light on the intricate social lives of feral cattle, offering unprecedented insights into their behaviors and welfare. 064
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 22/01/2026www.inn.no/english/rese...inn.noCattle behaviour mapped using fence collars - University of Inland NorwayErik Versluijs has used modern technology to understand what affects cattle and how they fair in the boreal forest. On 30 January he will defend his doctoral thesis. 000
Reposted by Erik VersluijsAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Cow tool use - www.sciencefocus.com/news/cow-too...sciencefocus.comA cow has been filmed using tools for the first time ever, stunning scientists | BBC Science Focus MagazineA very clever cow has learned to use sticks to scratch herself, the first time sophisticated tool use has been seen in livestock 0103
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026My PhD defence is coming up. Friday next week. The title of my dissertation is: "Free-Ranging Cattle in the Boreal Forest: Predicting behaviours and exploring behavioural drivers with virtual fencing technology." www.inn.no/english/rese...inn.noPublic defence: Erik Versluijs - University of Inland NorwayErik Versluijs defends his doctoral thesis in the PhD-program Applied Ecology and Biotechnology at University of Inland Norway on 30.01.2026. 032
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Recent visit of a lynx passing just behind my backyard. 010
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 02/11/2025This week the evaluation committee has decided that my PhD dissertation with the title: “Free-Ranging Cattle in the Boreal Forest: Predicting behaviours and exploring behavioural drivers with virtual fencing technology” is approved. The defence will be held on January 30. 010
Reposted by Erik VersluijsMethods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Check out our most recent blog post by Marianna Chimienti! 🚨 In the blog, @marikimient.bsky.social explains the idea behind their new review paper on advance Image-Based bio-logging in marine ecosystems 🌊 Read the blog post here 👉 buff.ly/Bdf3oxu Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/Uac74yI 052
Reposted by Erik VersluijsASAB @asab.org · 16/06/2025Yes, as of last week, we "officially" left X - but we've been winding down our presence for a long time now. Interestingly, comparing our final conference on X (Winter 2024) post-for-post, on Bsky we had nearly triple the likes, six times the reposts and twelves times the comments/quotes. 0548
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Looking forward to September! My abstract with the title "How advances in livestock technology can aid wildlife coexistence: a case study on free-ranging cattle in the boreal forest", got accepted for a speed talk 010
Reposted by Erik VersluijsWildlife Biology @wildlifebiology.bsky.social · 10/03/2025POD CAST: Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist Doug Smith and Professor Barbara Zimmerman (Univ. of Inland Norway) discuss the past, present and future of wolf ecology, distribution and management. soundcloud.com/user-340086209-18606… #Wolves #Management 0114
Reposted by Erik VersluijsCecilia Di Bernardi @cedibernardi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Finally out our paper 'Continuing recovery of wolves in Europe' published yesterday in PLOS Sustainability & Transformation. Very grateful to have been active part of this article and worked with LCIE-IUCN members. I hope it gets red & shared widely! journals.plos.org/sustainabili... ©Miha Krofel 073
Reposted by Erik VersluijsAlex Chan @alexhhchan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Second paper out this week 😱😱 We present YOLO-Behaviour, a flexible, easy to implement, robust framework for automated behavioural annotation from videos, published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!! [paper] doi.org/10.1111/2041... [documentation] alexhang212.github.io/YOLO_Behavio... 28632
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 09/01/2025We got like half a meter of snow the last few days. The fluffs are enjoying it. I just keep shoveling snow, as it also keeps snowing 😅🌨️❄️ 000
Reposted by Erik VersluijsASAB @asab.org · 09/01/2025Already getting excited for #ASABSpring2025 ! Our Spring conference is aimed at postgrads and postdocs (though all are welcome to join!) It also always includes a great workshop for developing practical skills. Highly recommended! Come join us in Liverpool in April! Registration is now open ⬇️ 01312
Reposted by Erik VersluijsASAB @asab.org · 07/01/2025Check out our 2025 ethical guidelines! #AnimalEthics #AnimalBehaviourJournal 01711
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 04/01/2025After being in the Netherlands for three weeks Henry is happy to be back in the cold and snowy Norway. I measured -23 degrees Celsius this morning at my house 010
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 04/01/2025The program for the upcoming 'wolves across borders' conference in the Netherlands is online. Looking forward to presenting my PhD work. www.wolvesacrossborders.com/preliminary-... 021
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Interesting position! @jpartecke.bsky.social I am wondering what the spatial and temporal resolution of the data is. 110
Reposted by Erik VersluijsARK Rewilding Nederland @ark-rewildingnl.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Opinie: De grutto help je niet door de vos af te schieten maar wel met een hoger waterpeil @caringfarmers.bsky.social www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...volkskrant.nlOpinie: De grutto help je niet door de vos af te schietenDe staatssecretaris Natuur van de BBB wil grutto’s gaan fokken in stallen en meer vossen afschieten om de grutto te behouden. Tot veler verbazing was dit in de Volkskrant te lezen, niet bij De Speld. 04012
Reposted by Erik VersluijsDr. Raphael Weyland @raphaelweyland.bsky.social · 03/12/2024🇺🇳 The Standing Committee of the #Bern Convention just voted down the protection status of the #wolf 👉 This will not solve the challenges for livestock. This is not based on science but was political. #Wolves play a crucial role in ecosystems. And: we cannot allow risking the EU Habitats Directive! 🐺 33627
Reposted by Erik VersluijsARK Rewilding Nederland @ark-rewildingnl.bsky.social · 03/12/2024"If we want to allow the full range of wolf behaviours—or, in other words, to allow them to choose when to be active—we must decrease our disturbance in time as well as space.” www.endangeredlandscapes.org/news/whos-aw... 051
Reposted by Erik VersluijsVlad Demartsev @animal-sounds.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Three year postdoc on bird migration www.ab.mpg.de/639728/job_f...ab.mpg.dePostdoc position (m/f/d) | Understanding the eco-evolutionary dynamics of seasonal migration in songbirdsPostdoc position (m/f/d) 100% - Understanding the eco-evolutionary dynamics of seasonal migration in songbirds 13139
Reposted by Erik VersluijsJonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 19/11/2024No one likes a poorly attended inauguration... so please join me in London or online on 3 Dec for my inaugural lecture, "The Edge of Sentience". www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/...lse.ac.ukThe edge of sentience: risk and precaution in humans, other animals, and AI6.30pm Tue 3 Dec | Jonathan Birch | Free public event at LSE 310334
Reposted by Erik VersluijsSORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 29/11/2024In our latest #SORTEEjournalclub blog post, authors Graziella DiRenzo , Ephraim M. Hanks and David Miller present a step-by-step guide to understanding complex models using data simulations, including how to use simulations effectively. 🔗https://buff.ly/4i6Z5tP 0126
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 21/11/2024My second PhD paper got published today 😊😀 animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.comVirtual fencing in remote boreal forests: performance of commercially available GPS collars for free-ranging cattle - Animal BiotelemetryBackground The use of virtual fencing in cattle farming is beneficial due to its flexibility, not fragmenting the landscape or restricting access like physical fences. Using GPS (Global Positioning Sy... 031
Reposted by Erik VersluijsSORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 18/08/2024So-called 'negative results' still often go unpublished - leading to systematic bias in the literature. But tools to reduce bias (like Registered Reports) are spreading. Read more on: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comSo you got a null result. Will anyone publish it?Researchers have tried a bunch of strategies to get more negative results into the literature. Nature asks whether they are working. Researchers have tried a bunch of strategies to get more negative r... 086
Reposted by Erik VersluijsErrantScience @errantscience.com · 08/08/2024An ErrantScience PhD working hours cartoon from 2018 that we were inspired to reshare this week 063
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 29/07/2024Looking forward to the winter meeting. I am planning to join in person 020
Reposted by Erik VersluijsErrantScience @errantscience.com · 25/07/2024Research fellowships are always a funding route worth considering for anyone with unlimited time, resources, and patience also the right connections. In the unlikely event you don't have all of that then other more rewarding options are available 1167
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 24/07/2024Working from home... Very hard to not get distracted 020
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 24/07/2024Awesome! I would have loved to join, but unfortunately I am traveling those days. #phdlife #openscience 000
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 23/07/2024Got a new book in the mail today. Looking forward to reading and discussing it #bookclub #animalwelfare 010
Reposted by Erik VersluijsNordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 22/07/2024Applications are rolling in, but there is still plenty of time to apply for one of the NSO Grants! Apply by 1st September for the ECR or the Networking and Education grant! www.nordicsocietyoikos.org/grants 021
Reposted by Erik VersluijsSORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 13/06/202426 meta-studies confirm preregistration & registered reports reduce research waste! Check out this Nature Ecology & Evolution paper by Marija Purgar, Paul Glasziou, Shinichi Nakagawa and Antica Culina: t.co/hahQ6jOx6b Feel free to share your feedback on the proposed measures below. 176
Reposted by Erik VersluijsSORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 12/07/2024In June’s #SORTEEcodeclub session, Steffi LaZerte hosted a workshop on how to code our own website. #codereview Missed Code club? Read back in our blog: www.sortee.org/blog/2024/07... "How to use Markdown and Quarto to create and host a website on GitHub!" 021
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 19/07/2024reeserichardson.blogEngineering the world’s highest cited cat, LarryA citation manipulation scheme so easy, even a cat can do it. 021
Erik Versluijs @erikversluijs.bsky.social · 18/07/2024Just moving over from X (Twitter) to Bluesky. 9463