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Félicie Dhellemmes @felicie-dhellemmes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Proud to present our latest work "Tracking human foragers and their prey reveals adaptive predator-prey dynamics", now hosted on BioRxiv! 🧵 doi.org/10.64898/202... @ralfkurvers.bsky.social @scioi.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social @alexschakowski.bsky.social @dominikdeffner.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I am recruiting another postbac for this research project, ideally for someone to start in Aug/Sept 2026 (soon!!). Please share with anyone who might be interested! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

💥After 3 full days, it's a wrap for our early career workshop for the study of social behaviour and evolution in Greece! A huge thank you to all our brilliant participants for coming, to @biologists.bsky.social for making it possible, and HCMR for hosting us!

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠

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ASAB @asab.org · 09/07/2026

It's official: #Behaviour2027 is happening in Vienna next summer!

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

💫📢 Couldn't be more excited to finally kick-off SWARM-E and bring our collective behaviour communities together 🤩 A huge thank you to @zif-bielefeld.bsky.social for the trust & support 🙏 More details coming soon 👇

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻

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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

In our new TREE paper, with M. Borgerhoff Mulder, S. Brosnan and E. Strauss we show that power in animal societies can be subject to control. When high-powered individuals use aggression to gain better access to resources, other group members can respond with "levelling". doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Nederlandse Vereniging Theoretische Biologie (NVTB) @nvtb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The annual NVTB meeting will take place at Dopersduin (Oorsprongweg 3) in Schoorl on the 1st and 2nd of June. Be sure to sign-up as soon as possible as availability is limited! Registration will close on the 8th of May. For more information and registration: theoreticalbiology.nl

Poster of the NVTB Schoorl meeting 2026, 1-2 June, more information at theoreticalbiology.nl

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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Applications now open for the UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evolutionary Biology (31 Aug–5 Sep 2026, Lausanne)! For PhD & postdocs interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology (incl. social evo, life-history, species interactions). Scholarships available, Pls RP! shorturl.at/fo1GA

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

📢One week left to apply! To promote research on #animal #behaviour in Greece, we are organizing a 3 day workshop on methods, from social evolution to collective behaviour 🐭🐟🐦🐒✨ 📍 Crete☀️ 🗓️ July 13-15 🌐 marinapapa.github.io/TRASEworksho... Supported by @biologists.bsky.social 🙏 DM for questions!

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE

Zebra finches in Australia; one of the study organisms for the PhD

Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera in South Africa; one of the PhD study organisms

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Center for Adaptive Rationality (MPIB, Berlin) @arc-mpib.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

📢 Reminder: Applications are still open for Summer Institute 2026 @mpib-berlin.bsky.social (June 8–16)! This year's theme focuses on AI and decision-making — a great opportunity for early-career researchers in this space. ⏰ Application deadline: March 16 🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...

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Center for Adaptive Rationality (MPIB, Berlin) @arc-mpib.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

📣 Applications for the 23rd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality are now open! ✨Join us in Berlin @arc-mpib.bsky.social June 08–16, 2026, to explore the topic of “Decision Making in the Age of AI”. ✏️ More details + application form (deadline: March 16): www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Our paper is published today in Current Biology and is featured on the cover! We report a neat, and somewhat counter-intuitive, finding: higher-ranking baboons get less and more interrupted night-time rest.

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Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences @gelifes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🎉GELIFES is now on Bluesky!🎉 It took us some time, but Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences is now on Bluesky! Follow us here if you want to keep up with our newest scientific developments 😉

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Interested in sensory information & animal behaviour but you are in Germany (or close by) and Edinburgh is far? We are hosting a @asab-meetings.bsky.social Hublet in Berlin! Join us for free next week (15-16/12) to follow the conference together😁 More👉 www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/hublet...

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Hublet at SCIoI: Winter Conference of the Association For the Study of Animal Behavior (ASAB) - scienceofintelligence.de

How does sensory information shape animal behaviour?

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢We have a brilliant #PhD opportunity on collective animal behaviour across vertebrates! Deadline early 2026 so plenty of time to prepare, feel free to reach out for more info if you are interested in applying 👀 All details below👇

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Ahmed El Hady @zamakany.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Konstanz school of Collective Behavior will take place again from 20th July to 7th August , 2026. We have an amazing line up of speakers covering state of the art research on collective behavior across systems. Application deadline : March 15th Details here: www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/applica...

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

📢A very exciting #PhDposition with deadline in a couple of weeks! baboons | human-wildlife interactions | social behaviour + a great team of supervisors with complementary expertise from @swanseauni.bsky.social & @exeter.ac.uk Check it out 👇

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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess @chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social

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Ari Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Less than a week left to apply!

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Dominik Deffner @dominikdeffner.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Which processes underlie collective intelligence in naturalistic human groups? In new work led by Valerii Chirkov, we show that payoff selectivity is key in transforming a group of individuals into an intelligent collective 🤝🧠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7n... Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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First-Person Perspective of the Voluntary Payoff-Sharing (VP) Condition

YouTube video by Valerii Chirkov

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Daniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

🚨 PhD alert! IMPRS brain & behavior in Bonn just opened their calls for applications. Great PhD funding opportunities. Check it out! PS- I just joined their faculty, meaning you could do a rotation in my lab or even a PhD with me on spider sleep 🙃 Apply! 🚨

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Submit your session proposals for the SEB Annual Conference in Florence 2026 (July 7–9). Deadline: October 1, 2025. Don't miss your chance to shape the future of experimental biology. More information: www.sebiology.org/resource/onl... #SEBconference #ExperimentalBiology #FlorenceConference

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Only one week left to submit session proposals for the SEB Florence 2026 Annual Conference

🚨 Deadline: 1 October 2025 🚨

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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...

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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

After a very fun summer (👇), some personal updates: I am moving to @mpib-berlin.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social in Berlin next month with a Humboldt Fellowship @humboldt-foundation.de to join @ralfkurvers.bsky.social for some exciting collective decision-making work😁🐟🚶‍♀️ Any Berlin/DE tips welcome!

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee... Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share! @mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

📢Coming up, workshop at #Behaviour2025 on our swaRmverse package! 🗓️Tue 26/8, 13:10–14:40 💻Theory & R practical (feel free to bring your data) 🎯Discussion on comparative analysis & metrics 🙏Come & recommend features for version 2.0! 👉RSVP on the app More info: behaviourindia2025.in/workshops.html

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ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Only two weeks to get your abstracts in for #ASABWinter2025 ⏰ Come join us in Edinburgh this December! 🏰 ❄️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 More info here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/

Winter ASAB 2025
December 15th-16th
Edinburgh
How sensory information affects behaviour

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ASAB @asab.org · 05/08/2025

We now have ONE new ASAB account completely dedicated to the Winter and Spring meetings. Rather than having to find and follow a new account for each conference, you can now follow @asab-meetings.bsky.social for all of the continuous up-to-date info and conference posting you crave 😀

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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Winter ASAB @asab.org on *Sensory Ecology* register and submit your abstracts now (abstract deadline just a month away)! I'm organising the conference this year with @lauraakelley.bsky.social and Innes Cuthill Register & get more info here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/

Winter ASAB 2025 - 15th-16th of December in Edinburgh - with a special theme of "How sensory information affects behaviour". Register at https://asabwinter.github.io/2025/ deadline for abstract submission 29th of August.

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I ll be giving a workshop on our new swaRmverse package at #Behaviour2025, come to learn more about quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of animal groups, practical tips on analysis, and discussion on next new features 😁 💻 Package info👇 doi.org/10.1111/2041... & 🙏 to @asab.org for the travel grant🥰

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swaRmverse: An R package for the comparative analysis of collective motion

Collective motion, that is the coordinated spatial and temporal organisation of individuals, is a core element in the study of collective animal behaviour. The self-organised properties of how a g...

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal. Apply by 31st July 2025. #publishing #editor #job More details: www.asab.org/opportunities PLEASE share widely.

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Opportunities — ASAB

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

1/3 An incredible story from the #wildlife #rehabilitation center I was part of in Greece, Action for Wildlife: "A male stork, who had passed through the Centre back in 2021 when he was just one year old, has chosen to build his nest on the Roof of our Building this year! " fb.watch/AqCoeFpDSh/

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

New paper in @behavecol.bsky.social (link: academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...) led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release: www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office... We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....

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Baboons walk in line for friendship, not survival, new study finds

Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends.

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

1/3 www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate... PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems. **this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations** Details below! Please RT (AI-generated image)

AI generated image showing flock of sheep, shoal of fish, flock of birds and swarm robots

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Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I enjoyed being invited to attend AAMAS last week in Detroit to receive the 2025 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award for my 1987 SIGGRAPH paper “Flocks, Herds and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model.” aamas2025.org/index.php/co... #autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks

Craig Reynolds (left) having just received the 2025 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award from Yevgeniy Vorobeychik at AAMAS 2025 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on May 22, 2025.

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I ll talk about the project that brought me to Italy for a year, join us for some RobotFalcon and 🕊flocks updates 😁 #heterogeneity #collectives

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Rob Heathcote @rjpheathcote.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟 If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

📢 [1/2] We have a ridiculously good #PhDposition on Comparative Analysis of Collective Behaviour: empirical data of animals AND agent-based models AND swarm robotics, with supervisory team from 4 universities across Europe 🤯🤩 Deadline end of February 👇

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Excited (& a bit terrified) to officially share our #R #package with the world 🤩 swaRmverse provides a pipeline to analyze #collective #motion #data, promoting more comparative work across the Swarm-Verse 🐐🦬🐦🐒🐟 🦖🐑🕸️ With @sjmgarnier @SHOALgroup 🙏

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Had a blast at the @ESLRSociety workshop at @MPI_EvolBio in Plön 😁 Many thanks to the amazing organisers @lucaghahn @AVezyrakis @ahnisnaahsi and the team for having me, and all the other speakers and participants for the brilliant atmosphere and discussions🤓💫

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Marina Papadopoulou @marinapapa.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Super exciting event coming up at @MPI_EvolBio, if you are interested in social interactions in animal collectives, from starling flocks to baboon troops, I ll be there to tell you all about it 🕊🐟🐐🐑🦍🤓 Last spots up for grabs 👇

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