Millie Johnston @milliejohnston.bsky.social · 16/03/2026media.tenor.coma cartoon character is standing next to a woman sitting at a table and holding a sign .ALT: a cartoon character is standing next to a woman sitting at a table and holding a sign . 110
Reposted by Millie JohnstonJerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Have you ever asked yourself, how insect brains represent places? And whether insects do have place cells? Then move to Germany this summer and start your PhD in my lab. We conduct tetrode recordings from bumblebees that freely forage laboratory mazes. 🧠🐝#BeeSpace @erc.europa.eu @neuroethology.org 05037
Reposted by Millie JohnstonCultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026🚨 Job Alert: Professorship in Evolutionary Anthropology / Primatology at University of Zurich, focused on understanding evolutionary and cultural evolutionary foundations of gender-based inequality and violence, with research in non-human primates. jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...jobs.uzh.chUZH: Professorship for Evolutionary Anthropology and PrimatologyWe are seeking candidates in the field of Comparative Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology for the Irene Staehelin Endowed Professorship at the University of Zurich. This position focuses on the ... 01723
Reposted by Millie JohnstonStephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Fantastic opportunity to work with us at Shark Bay Dolphin Research 👇🏻 01518
Reposted by Millie JohnstonVivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Don't be put off by the ad saying "UK Students only" - a limited number of scholarships are available for international candidates. So please apply! 0611
Reposted by Millie JohnstonAlexandra Rosati @alexrosati.bsky.social · 20/01/2026We are hiring! We have an open position for a new lab coordinator in #primate #cognition and #behavior in the Cognitive Evolution Group at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Find out more at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev... 01012
Reposted by Millie JohnstonAwani @awanib.bsky.social · 11/01/2026✨New paper✨ How do juvenile ravens find social groups? We describe how juvenile common ravens, who have left their natal territories seeking to join non-breeder flocks, use space with respect to other birds, and discuss what this means for social integration. www.cell.com/iscience/ful... 47124
Reposted by Millie JohnstonNicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/01/2026My lab is seeking a #postdoc for a 3-year project on Pilbara leaf-nosed #bat 🦇 conservation, addressing climate change vulnerability using physiological, ecological, & modelling approaches. Apply now: murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/MurdochCaree... 01921
Reposted by Millie JohnstonAntoine Stier @antoinestier.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling. 14167
Reposted by Millie JohnstonDr Katrina Siddiqi-Davies @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project. Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour. drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt... 16874
Reposted by Millie JohnstonBirds on the Move @birdsmove.bsky.social · 06/01/2026📢📢PhD opportunity! We are looking for enthusiastic researchers to develop a project looking at the ontogeny of migratory behaviour! Deadline for expression of interest: 8 February 2026 👉Check details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wow2... #migration #ornithology #GPStracking 06046
Reposted by Millie JohnstonYuri Kawaguchi @yurikawaguchi.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I’m thrilled to announce that I’m recruiting a funded PhD student at Nottingham Trent University to study the cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in parenting in rhesus macaques! Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026 01820
Reposted by Millie JohnstonClaudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 06/01/2026If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇 I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦 doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)doi.orgCORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae - Scientific DataScientific Data - CORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae 27558
Reposted by Millie JohnstonEvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 28/12/2025PhD position available at Charles University, Prague, focusing on reproductive division of labor in carpenter bees. Deadline: March 6, 2026. Supervisor: Michael Mikát. More info: www.researchgate.net/profile/Michae… #phd 045
Reposted by Millie JohnstonGabriella E. Smith, PhD @explanimals.bsky.social · 29/12/2025How do curiosity and surprise intersect following a violation of expectation? Read our paper here🔥 @auersperga.bsky.social @ivojacobs.bsky.social @elifduran.bsky.social 03811
Reposted by Millie JohnstonAndy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 30/12/2025🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching... 6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Social monitoring & manipulation #meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 02741
Reposted by Millie JohnstonPatrick Kennedy @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025POSTDOC ALERT🚨 Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today! We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January. Collaboration with @dustinrubenstein.com @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 13844
Reposted by Millie JohnstonEamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · 14/12/2025I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how predation shapes animal cognition and the conservation opportunities of animal cognition. Lots of fun field work in beautiful places : ) Please share !! www.eifwooster.org/opportunitieseifwooster.orgOpportunities — Eamonn I.F Wooster 12623
Reposted by Millie JohnstonLiz Renner @lrrenner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Are you interested in doing a PhD about what humans infer about animal minds? Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd! Deadline 23 Jan 2026 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comBridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Bridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com 12429
Reposted by Millie JohnstonPrimate Behavioral Ecology @primbehavecol.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!! Details in thread. Please re-post! 24953
Reposted by Millie JohnstonDaniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · 21/11/2025🚨 Uh-oh!!! A suuuper hot #PhD opportunity just dropped! My friend and collaborator Massimo De Agrò is looking for someone to explore jumping spider vision and neurophysiology! #psychophysics #jumpingspiders #greatPI - apply!!!! (Deadline December 17th) 🚨 03422
Reposted by Millie JohnstonAmy Leedale @amyleedale.bsky.social · 18/11/2025📢 JOB ALERT! Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...linkedin.comThe University of Salford hiring Research Assistant in Bioacoustics in Manchester, England, United Kingdom | LinkedInPosted 10:02:26 AM. Research Assistant in BioacousticsUniversity of Salford, School of Science, Engineering &…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn. 22836
Reposted by Millie JohnstonBrendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Postdoc position in individual-level incentives, social learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...files.newsletter2go.com 13537
Reposted by Millie JohnstonMarie Hébert @mariehebert.bsky.social · 19/11/2025PLEASE SHARE 🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches. tinyurl.com/577cx9tj Deadline: 03/12/2025 ⬇️ 12633
Reposted by Millie JohnstonLauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comFunded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com 02533
Reposted by Millie JohnstonTomer J. Czaczkes @tomerczaczkes.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Lecturer/ Assistant professor Entomology, University College Dublin: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... Deadline 1st December!my.corehr.com 011
Reposted by Millie JohnstonRachael Shaw @wild-minds.bsky.social · 17/11/2025PhD scholarship alert! Are you interested in cognitive evolution? Do you want to know how development influences cognitive traits? Do you love hanging out with birds in the forest? If the answer to these questions is yes, please apply to work with us! 1/2 🧪 www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships... 15048
Reposted by Millie JohnstonMarlen Fröhlich @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social · 04/08/2025📢 Come to Tübingen and get your PhD with us! Unique opportunity to explore great ape communication 🐵🦧🦍 from multiple disciplinary angles within a single, integrated project. 👇 01821
Reposted by Millie JohnstonChristoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social. We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures. All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit... Please share / apply!🙏eva.mpg.dePositions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 06284
Reposted by Millie JohnstonMPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Apply 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 02022
Reposted by Millie JohnstonElli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social · 06/11/2025PhD project on the evolution of animal memory now available in my research group, through the TREES DLA: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo.... Come and join us if you're interested in the evolution of animal minds and you want to do some cool experimental evolution!trees-dla.ac.ukEvolutionary ecology of animal memory | TREES DLAThis project seeks to explore how memory evolves in response to the ecological tasks that animals face in their natural environment. Associative memory exists in some form in almost all animal species... 02824
Reposted by Millie JohnstonInternational Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) @applied-ethology.bsky.social · 09/11/2025#jobalert Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral... 0819
Reposted by Millie JohnstonJennifer Morinay @jennifer-morinay.bsky.social · 05/11/2025🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨 🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds). 🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK. 🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025. jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici... 24849
Reposted by Millie JohnstonAmy Leedale @amyleedale.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Looking for a PhD? 🦜 Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics? I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3ztinyurl.comGenetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com 03853
Reposted by Millie JohnstonEvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 30/10/2025The University of Hamburg has opened 14 PhD positions focused on ecological and evolutionary research, including climate change impacts on aquatic populations. Details here: www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/fors… #phdbiologie.uni-hamburg.deOpen positionsOpen positions 01125
Reposted by Millie JohnstonVladimir Pravosudov @cognitiveecol.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).chickadeecognition.comPOSITIONSdefault description 14078
Reposted by Millie JohnstonVivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 28/10/2025New #PhD ad alert! Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England? Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...iapetus.ac.ukThe cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees 25159
Reposted by Millie JohnstonEdward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Now that we're properly moved in & set up in the new Life & Mind Building, we're pleased to restart our tradition of Friday afternoon seminar speakers, kicking off with Alex Thornton of @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social at 3.30pm on 31 Oct. Also live streamed: see below for details. Corvid-themed for 🎃 03613
Reposted by Millie JohnstonGreg Albery @gfalbery.bsky.social · 03/10/2025I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026... 15863
Reposted by Millie JohnstonMichael Franke @meanwhileina.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Opening for PhD position (3.5 years) on Language Evolution | Computational Modeling | Primate Communication Joint project with @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social & @elmanubohn.bsky.social at @unituebingen.bsky.social in CRC "Common Ground". Share, apply, or reach out for details! tinyurl.com/y2av9hhdtinyurl.comPhD Researcher (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 75%) 01516
Reposted by Millie JohnstonDr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · 21/10/2025We’re looking for a motivated & curious researcher to join our team as a PhD candidate! You’ll work with Prof. Bridget Waller, Dr. Annika Bremhorst, & me at the Dog Cognition Centre, UoP. Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶 Interested? Get in touch with me.eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.comShaped by domestication: Did the evolution of facial muscle anatomy and ear morphology in dogs reflect adaptations to humans’ unconscious preferences? 01927
Reposted by Millie JohnstonIzzie Héjja-B. @izziehb.bsky.social · 16/10/2025🚨We have an open part-time paid position for an *Austria-based* master student in #ComputerScience (incl. adjacent fields) to help develop an automatic stress assessment in wild #GreatTits 🐦 More info in the job description below Remote work is also possible for non-Viennese students🇦🇹 #AnimalWelfareyseulthb.github.io 01210
Reposted by Millie JohnstonLauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Reposting for the Monday morning scrollers! Funded PhD opportunity with me @multipleye-lab.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - spiders, their eyes, and their babies under long- and short-term light pollution! 01621
Reposted by Millie JohnstonMax Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Interested in a PhD in quantitative animal behavior? Applications are open through October for PhD projects starting in 2026: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/32524/apply For an inside look at the projects, let our doctoral students be your guide 👇 Videos by @alexhhchan.bsky.socialimprs-qbee.mpg.deApply 01118
Reposted by Millie JohnstonDr. Catie Ivy @catieivy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology? I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social! research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/research-groups.usask.caThe Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab! 03849
Reposted by Millie JohnstonAri Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025⭐PhD position available!⭐ Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...imprs-qbee.mpg.deAnalysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups 04567