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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🚨 ESLR Workshop coming up next week! 🗓 July 23, 2026 ⏰ 4pm CET Online Using bayesflow for likelihood free inferences by @masonyoungblood.bsky.social 🔗 Join at: calendar.app.google/RKMwxPeaGveM...

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Interested in how social information is transmitted in networks? 🚨Join ESLR Workshop happening this week! 🗓 May 28, 2026 ⏰ 2pm CET Online Introduction to Bayesian Network-based diffusion analysis (NBDA) with STbayes by @mchimento.bsky.social 🔗 Join at: calendar.app.google/mNSksgpimmrs...

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🚨ESLR Workshop tomorrow: 🗓 April 23, 2026 ⏰ 2pm CET Online Bayesian modeling of cognition and behavior using brms and Stan @alexschakowski.bsky.social and @lucahahn.bsky.social Join at: calendar.app.google/mNSksgpimmrs...

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

📣 Check out the ESLR Skill-Sharing Sessions schedule for Spring 2026! A series of workshops by the ESLR community on reproducibility, Bayesian modeling, accessibility, and more 🌱 The first one is happening TODAY! 🔗 See the full schedule: www.eslrsociety.com/events

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🚨 TODAY at 2pm CET online: Workshop - Code review in practice: A checklist for computational reproducibility and collaborative research in ecology and evolution with @fhillemann.bsky.social Join at: calendar.app.google/3gjfLpKW4mW2...

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🚨 Reminder of the ESLR Workshop tomorrow (Thursday 26th March) ⏰ 14:00 CET (online) Code review in practice: A checklist for computational reproducibility and collaborative research in ecology & evolution by @fhillemann.bsky.social Join at: calendar.app.google/3gjfLpKW4mW2...

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🚨ESLR Workshop: 🗓 March 26, 2026 ⏰ 2pm CET Online Code review in practice: A checklist for computational reproducibility and collaborative research in ecology & evolution by @fhillemann.bsky.social Our first skill-sharing session of the spring! 🐣 🔗 Join: calendar.app.google/3gjfLpKW4mW2...

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We're pleased to announce the call for the 2026 Richerson Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research, for a recent PhD dissertation that significantly contributes to the field of CE. Recipients receive a $300 award, a 3-yr CES membership and CES conference registration. forms.gle/p4MqcskCs2Yz...

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Charley Wu @thecharleywu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚀 Postdoc Alert! Are you passionate about social learning & cultural evolution? @dominikdeffner.bsky.social & I have a 3-year position with freedom to develop your research and work on cutting-edge multiplayer and immersive experiments. Apply by March 30! hmc-lab.com/SocialLearni... Pls share 🙏

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Postdoc position -- Social Learning and Cultural Evolution

Postdoc position -- Social Learning and Cultural Evolution posted on March 2, 2026 We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual...

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Huge thanks to everyone who joined the launch yesterday! 🙌 We’re really excited about your ideas and plans ahead for 2026. If you couldn’t make the event, you can join the society here: www.eslrsociety.com/membershipoin and join our Discord channel: discord.gg/wxMxcXYj

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🎉 📣Join today at 1pm GMT to learn about ESLR and get involved!

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

📣 Join us Wednesday 14 Jan at 1pm GMT 💻🌍 Early career researcher interested in culture, behaviour, and learning? Get involved, learn about ESLR, and meet others in the field. We'll cover 2026 activities including skill-sharing sessions. 🛠️💡 Join: meet.google.com/sun-ddcz-gky

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🎓 Got a skill to share? Pass on your wisdom by hosting a friendly session with the ESLR community online! A great chance to test-run a workshop or rehearse teaching material in a supportive setting. Writing, analysis, academic life… if it's helped you, we'd love to hear it ✨ tinyurl.com/57v7ftd3

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

New issue published in Phil Trans B @royalsocietypublishing.org: Transforming cultural evolution research and its application to global futures.

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Save the date! 🗓️ On the 14th of Jan 2026, we will hold our first online meeting after a prolonged hiatus 💻🌍. This will be a friendly, informal gathering for members to meet and learn about ESLR activities for 2026 including our upcoming skill sharing sessions. 🛠️💡 More information will follow soon!

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Would you like to share your research skills with the ESLR community? Starting next year, we will be hosting regular online sessions serving as a platform of mutual exchange and support among early-career researchers. Please do get in touch if you are interested in hosting a session!

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Simon Columbus @simoncolumbus.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This week's Cooperation Colloquium: Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com Experimental evidence that reputation-based partner choice facilitates information sharing in humans Date: December 5 Time: 15:00 UTC+1 (Vienna) / 9 am ET (NYC) Sign up: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...

Abstract: A necessary prerequisite for the accumulation of beneficial knowledge, or ‘cumulative cultural evolution’, is the sharing of information via social learning. Yet little work in the field of cultural evolution has examined the mechanisms that support information sharing in the face of exploitative information free-riding and information hoarding. We ran a series of online interactive experiments (N = 716) combined with computational reinforcement and social learning models to test whether the mechanism of reputation-based partner choice can effectively support information sharing. Participants in groups chose whether to (i) engage in costly innovation and (ii) whether to share the resultant knowledge. Sharers received increased reputations for sharing and participants could use reputations to select recipients of knowledge. Study 1 found, in participants from the UK and China, high levels of information sharing but only weak partner choice. Study 2 replicated this finding with various methodological improvements. Study 3 showed that participants used partner choice to exclude non-sharing artificial bots from receiving information. Study 4 found that when partner choice was impossible, preferences for information sharing declined to levels comparable to non-sharing. Overall, our findings provide tentative positive experimental evidence that partner choice can facilitate information sharing and enable cumulative cultural evolution.

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Animal culture paper alert 🚨

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

If you are an early-career researcher interested in social learning, culture, or related fields, join ESLR! We are a welcoming, interdisciplinary and international community. Remember, you can sign up for free here: www.eslrsociety.com/membership

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

❗❗ Just a quick note: We recently discovered an issue with our email system that prevented some incoming messages from reaching us. If you’ve contacted us recently, please resend your message – we’re sorry for the inconvenience!

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

It's hiring season at @iast.fr! - 2y research postdoc contract - Full autonomy, you are your own PI - Awesome multidisciplinary environment - All social and behavioral sciences welcome - Seed funding for projects and workshops - Gorgeous city in the south of France www.iast.fr/research-fel...

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Claudia Bank @cbank.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩‍💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/ Please share widely! #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

📢🚀 Are you an early-career researcher working on anything related to culture, behaviour or learning? 🧠🌍 Join ESLR, an interdisciplinary research community! We have a NEW website and our membership is now FREE. 👉 Sign up here to get updates and become a member: www.eslrsociety.com/membership

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Charley Wu @thecharleywu.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur... Apply by Nov 12! Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏

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ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution

ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution posted on October 16, 2025 We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual for a ful...

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Elham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

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Alexis Breen @alexisjbreen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE

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Benjamin Pitt @benjaminpitt.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I’ll be considering graduate school applications for Fall 2026 – positions are fully funded, typically for 5 years. Deadline to apply to the Cognition program is December 1. Come do science with me in beautiful Amherst, Massachusetts! www.umass.edu/natural-scie...

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PhD in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience : College of Natural Sciences : UMass Amherst

Engage in research centered on fundamental theoretical questions about cognitive function using multiple experimental methods and data analysis.

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Benjamin Pitt @benjaminpitt.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Another great PhD opportunity: An ERC-funded project on “Children as agents of cultural evolution,” lead by @sheinalew.bsky.social at Durham University. Come do fieldwork with Mayan groups in Belize with her, @dorsaamir.bsky.social, and I! One of three, 3-year PhD positions starting Fall 2026.

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

📣✨ New ESLR logo? Join our logo competition! Include ESLR, but get creative with fonts, colours, and style. Feel free to add imagery inspired by behaviour, culture, or learning. Send designs to info@eslrsociety.com by December 1st. 🌍 If selected, you’ll get full credit as the logo’s creator!

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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

📣 Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... 🧪

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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

ESLR is currently undergoing a transition, and a new committee (@alexschakowski.bsky.social, @ahnisnaahsi.bsky.social, @katebonner.bsky.social, @lucahahn.bsky.social, @mariapykala.bsky.social) is working on reinstating its presence and shaping its future. Please feel free to get in touch!

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Roope Kaaronen @roopekaaronen.net · 20/05/2025

My friend Andrea Bender is looking for a PhD researcher in Cultural and Cognitive Evolution. Sounds like a dream job — you'd get to work on the topic of mushrooms & cognition with excellent people like Andrea at the beautiful city of Bergen, Norway. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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PhD position in Cultural and Cognitive Evolution at the Department of Psychosocial Science (280431) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD position in Cultural and Cognitive Evolution at the Department of Psychosocial Science (280431), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, June 8, 2025

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Nina Rønsted @ninaronsted.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology. Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement. Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg

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HaDi MaBouDi @maboudi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Announcing the ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop: Nature of Intelligence – Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence 📍 University of Sheffield, UK 📅 4–5 September 2025 📝 Abstracts due: 1 July 🔗 Register & learn more: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac... #AnimalIntelligence #NeuroAI #BioRobotics @asab.org

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Nature of Intelligence

NIBAI-2025: Nature of Intelligence, Bridging Animal and Artificial Intelligence Workshop Dates: 📅 Date: 4–5 September 2025 📍 Venue: The Diamond Building, University of Sheffield, UK 📝 Registration De...

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Wataru Toyokawa @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

We still have 5 more days to the deadline!! Submit a brief cover letter, cv, and one reference letter! #COSMOSTOKYO2025

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Charley Wu @thecharleywu.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Interested in learning how to apply computational models to social and collective behavior? Apply for COSMOS Tokyo 🇯🇵 by APRIL 25TH 🚀 👉 cosmossummerschool.github.io As always, it's free to attend, we provide housing, & with the support of @eslr.bsky.social we will offer a number of travel stipends

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The Computational Summer school on Modeling Social and collective behavior (COSMOS)

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Eleanor Power @eapower.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Two more weeks to apply! Spread the word and reach out with any questions.

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Björn Lindström @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Postdoc opening in beautiful Stockholm 🇸🇪! Join us at Karolinska Institutet to explore how interdependent traits shape social learning and cultural evolution. 🧠 Behavioral + computational work 🤝 Work w/ labs in Amsterdam @lucasmolleman.bsky.social & Leuven Details: shorturl.at/Wzy9o

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Postdoctoral Researcher in psychology/cognitive science with focus on social learning and cultural evolution

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at the Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) in Stockholm, Sweden is seeking a highly qualified

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Wataru Toyokawa @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

And check out the lineup of world-leading guest lecturers! We are really excited and thrilled to welcome our new “COSMOnauts” in Tokyo! 🚀🌕

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Wataru Toyokawa @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚀COSMOS is BACK!!!💫 The Computational School on Modeling Social and collective behavior (COSMOS) will take place in RIKEN, Tokyo, between 29 Sept - 3 Oct, organised by me and fantastic @thecharleywu.bsky.social ! Application deadline: 25th April. For more details see 👉️ cosmossummerschool.github.io

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Will Gervais @willgervais.com · 11/03/2025

This is the MSc programme I wish I could’ve taken after undergrad. Top notch culture and evolution content, building highly marketable research skills, amazingly cool and smart staff. Spread the word, come join us!

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

⭐Schedule Update⭐ 📆 We regularly update the #EHBEA2025 draft programme as changes come in. Check back often - we update it weekly! Access here: tinyurl.com/385xh6ar Key points? 🔑 - Pre-conference: 2pm, Mon 14 Apr - Conference start: 3:30pm - End: Thu 17 Apr (w dinner!) @ehbea.bsky.social

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Booking travel for #EHBEA2025?? Consider taking the train! 🚂 It’s easier and quicker than you might expect. Plus, it’s more comfortable and sustainable than flying. 🍃 🛤️ Helpful guide here: www.seat61.com/european-tra... #EvolutionaryScience #SustainableConferencing @ehbea.bsky.social

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Rhythms and communication in the brain doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

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Lara S. Burchardt @lsburchardt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

🔬🔊🎶 Rhythm—what is it? From the tides to drumming, from heartbeats to music, the term is used across disciplines but lacks a precise definition in behavioral biology. Our new preprint tackles this challenge head-on! 🧠🐦🎼 #RhythmResearch 📖 Read more: osf.io/preprints/os... 🧵1/4

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Giacomo Novembre @giacomonovembre.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 A postdoc position is available at my lab (npa.iit.it) in Rome! Join us to explore: 🎵 Neural bases of musicality (humans, infants, macaques) 💃🕺 Dance & joint music-making 🤝 Spontaneous social behavior ⬇️ Apply through the link below! ⬇️

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Blue whale news @bluewhalenews.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Off Monterey Bay, blue whale song calls have been generally increasing over time (2015-2021), and are heard every day in Sept to November doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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Zanna Clay @zannaclay.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Inside the sex lives of chimpanzees: like humans and other species, it’s about much more than just reproduction New piece in @ConversationUK about our new @royalsociety research study on the social role of sex in chimps and bonobos. @durhampsych.bsky.social theconversation.com/inside-the-s...

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