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Lou Savigny she/her

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PhD candidate exploring bonobo social learning and cultural processes | Utrecht University, Netherlands She/her

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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The Culture Conference 2026 is already starting next week! 🥳 If you plan to attend in-person, please register ‼️before Sunday 22/02‼️ We are almost full, so don’t wait 😊 Online registration will remain open 💻 See you next week in Utrecht 🌇 To register:👇 culture-conference.com/registration/
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Registrations for the conference and the pre-conference workshop are now OPEN! Register for the conference (26-27/02): Culture Conference 2026 – Registration form Register for the worksh…
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The Culture Conference 2026 programme is out! 🎉 From keynotes to talks and posters, we are excited to share a diverse and interdisciplinary lineup. A big thank you to all contributors. With the conference coming up in two weeks, we’re very much looking forward to welcoming you in Utrecht 🙌
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Friends of Bonobos @friendsofbonobos.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Thousands of visitors come to Lola ya Bonobo each year, and your support helps children and youth discover the importance of bonobo conservation and protecting the Congo rainforest! Learn more about your impact in our annual report: www.bonobos.org/your-impact/ #YourImpact #LolayaBonobo
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Want to socialise ahead of the conference? Join the Early Career Researchers drinks on the evening of 25th/02! 🍻 An excellent opportunity to meet fellow researchers in a relaxed way. Contact us to join. Reminder: conference and workshop registration is still open (forms on our website) 🔎
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🎄Early Christmas present: we still have a few presentation spots available! If you’d like to share your research at the Culture Conference but haven’t submitted yet, you can send us your abstract until this Friday, 19 December. Submission details are on our website (link in bio).
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
course schedule as a table. Available at the link in the post.
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Registrations are now open 📢 Want to join the conference and/or the workshop? Head to our website: culture-conference.com/registration/ As every year, attendance at the conference is free 🎉 (the workshop has a small fee). Reminder: Abstract submission closes soon—submit yours before Monday!
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Registrations for the conference and the pre-conference workshop are now OPEN! Register for the conference (26-27/02): Culture Conference 2026 – Registration form Register for the workshop (2…
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Only a few days left before abstract submission closes! Don’t forget to submit your work 👉 culture-conference.com/abstract-sub...
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
⏰ Reminder: 10 days left to submit your abstract for Culture Conference 2026! 🧠 Workshop details are now live! Join us for a hands-on day on cutting-edge tools for analysing social networks & social transmission (registration opens soon). Find all details here: culture-conference.com/workshop/
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Last keynote announcement: Dr. Taylor Hersh! She explores how animal communication varies over space and time, with a particular focus on cetacean social communication and the cultural processes that shape group-specific vocal traditions. Discover her research here 👉 taylorhersh.weebly.com
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Meet our 3rd keynote: Dr. Erin Wessling! Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures. Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
2nd keynote! Dr. Sabine Nöbel, from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg! She studies how socially learned mating preferences spread and persist across generations in Drosophila and explores the evolutionary consequences of animal culture. Discover her work: sabinenoebel.wordpress.com
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Dr. Ralf Kurvers, from the MPI of Human Development & TU, Berlin! His work explores how individuals process and share information, how social interactions shape group decisions, and how collective intelligence emerges across species. Learn more about his work 👉 ralfkurvers.com
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🎤 The lineup is here! We are delighted to introduce the keynote speakers for Culture Conference 2026 (26–27 Feb, Utrecht) - to be revealed over the coming days. Explore the growing list on our website: culture-conference.com/keynote-spea... 🧵And meet them below...
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
📢 The Call for Abstracts for Culture Conference 2026 is officially OPEN! 📢 🗓️ Deadline: 8 Dec 2025 We welcome submissions from all career stages and relevant disciplines. 🔎Details & submission info: culture-conference.com/abstract-sub... Keynote speakers & workshop details coming soon!
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The call for abstracts for Culture Conference 2026 is NOW OPEN! We call for submissions of abstracts of no more than 250 words, summarising the background, aims, methods and results of your work.&n…
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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
‼️SAVE THE DATE‼️ We are excited to welcome you again in Utrecht, NL for the next Culture Conference on the 26th & 27th of February 2026! And surprise! We will also host a hands-on workshop on the 25th/02 🙌💻 So stay tuned for future announcements here & on the website 🔎 culture-conference.com
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Culture Conference 2026
26th & 27th February, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Here we propose adding an 11th criterion to UNESCO’s framework to protect animal cultures—habitat protection alone isn’t enough. Excited to collaborate with philosophers @merikatariina.bsky.social & @birchlse.bsky.social on this! Message me for access ;-) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Protecting animal cultures as World Heritage - Nature Sustainability
It is becoming increasingly clear that animal cultures have intrinsic, irreplaceable value, and yet they are not adequately protected by preserving habitat. The time has come for UNESCO to explicitly protect non-human cultural heritage alongside human heritage.
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Oscar Nodé-Langlois @oscarnl.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
New Paper Alert: Why do chimpanzees have large tool kits? with @taichimpproject.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42... We found that like humans, chimpanzees seek social learning opportunities throughout their first decade of life, particularly for tool use.
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Social tolerance and role model diversity increase tool use learning opportunities across chimpanzee ontogeny - Communications Biology
Social attention patterns suggest that wild chimpanzees learn from their mothers but also from many other tolerant group members across protracted development. This likely enables chimpanzees to learn...
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Lou Savigny she/her @lousvy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Two fantastic days of knowledge sharing. Feeling more cultured!
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