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Joanna Żyrek

@joannazyrek.bsky.social
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PhD Student at BirthRites and MPI-EVA Leipzig working on infant feeding practices in rural southern Poland 🐮🤱🏼🍼 linktr.ee/joannazyrek

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Fantastic example of intellectual humility from @drsarahmyers at #ehbea2026, re-evaluating a previously published paper of her own using more robust methods. Advice to the audience: “be more reflective”
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Progressing the causal revolution: a case study in causal re-evaluation of applied evolutionary anthropology
Sarah Myers (BirthRites MPI-EVA)
Sarah Johns (University of Kent)Closing slide

Conclusions
• Do a DAG
* Be transparent about your assumptions
• Don't report odds ratios
* Pay attention to measurement error
* Be more self-reflecting
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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Starting the week strong 💪 we share now the plenary talk of @heidicolleran.bsky.social, which was part of @ehbea2025.bsky.social Here, she talks about the misconceptions and the biases behind the idea of “natural fertility”👶 Pass by, have a look, and stay tuned! youtu.be/8Ch1t7zpW10?...
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Heidi Colleran - EHBEA 2025
YouTube video by European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
"Mothers’ perceptions of fairness in division of labor vary based on when evaluation takes place. Around conception & pregnancy, expectant mothers view the division as fairer than before deciding to have a child. After parental leave ends a growing sense of doing more than their fair share emerges"
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What is fair in parenthood? Parents’ view of the division of labor  - N-IUSSP
The transition to parenthood in Germany often results in a more gendered labor division, with women reducing paid work and increasing housework. Maria Hornung and Chiara L. Comolli examine how ... Rea...
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Joanna Żyrek @joannazyrek.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Grateful for the opportunity to present insights from my ongoing fieldwork in rural southern Poland! Feeding practices are diverse, moralised and change over time, stay tuned to our further work with @heidicolleran.bsky.social, @drsarahmyers.bsky.social and @andrzejgalbarczyk.bsky.social 👩🏼‍🍼🍼🐮
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Dr Sarah Myers @drsarahmyers.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Super proud of the wonderful @joannazyrek.bsky.social !!!
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Amandine Visine @amandinevisine.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This morning at EHBEA 2025, a talk on infant feeding practice diversity and their moralisation. @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social
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Amandine Visine @amandinevisine.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
EHBEA 2025 is going wonderfully. Can't wait to present my work and observations on BaYaka Women and girls engaging on 'Relay Cooperation' in the Congo, and hear your questions and insights. 🌿 @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
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Amandine Visine @amandinevisine.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
EHBEA 2025 is starting! Come see my poster Tuesday afternoon on BaYaka women and girls' cooperation, with the wonderful @haneuljang.bsky.social! @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social @ninedtp.bsky.social
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Pablo J. Varas Enríquez @pablovarase.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Really cool and interesting talk showing the high diversity of infant feeding practices and the moral views related to them in rural Poland! #EHBEA2025 @ehbea2025.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social @heidicolleran.bsky.social @drsarahmyers.bsky.social
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