Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026You could maybe start by paying working hours to the researchers reviewing for you? I mean they are already paying so you can use and make benefits out of their hard labor... I think we are just sick of a system that does not benefit us in any way. 010
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New paper out! Management practices and human–horse relationships are associated with horse personality traits royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...royalsocietypublishing.orgManagement practices and human–horse relationships are associated with horse personality traitsAbstract. The human–horse relationship has evolved through centuries of domestication, shaping how horses are managed and interact with people. Horses show 012
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannChristian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Join us in Münster this autumn! 055
Reposted by Oceane Liehrmannthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.rollingstone.comAI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real JournalsAcademic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself. 471247640
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird... 6823741211
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannStefanie Haustein @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca · 13/11/2025Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing. Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n 16842
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannEmily M. Sanford @emilymsanford.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵science.orgChimpanzees rationally revise their beliefsThe selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined... 1591546437
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Do tou wanna share an office with me and work in an amazing team on farm animal emotions? Here you go! There's usually always chocolate and snacks in my office. Just sayin 😋 062
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Moving a lot is one of the best and hardest part of the academic life. I grew a lot as a researcher within the @lummaalab.bsky.social and I am now ready for the next adventure at the SLU in Alnarp with @drmariarorvang.bsky.social 130
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 20/10/2025And yesterday had a last dinner with my close friends and housemates ❤️ pumpkin vege tartiflette is the best! 130
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I made the best out of today, and went to train one last time with the Bio bitches (our super slay volley ball team) before charging the Van. 120
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Today is big day, it's a happy and sad day. I am moving from Finland to Sweden. I spent 7 years in Turku, this is the longest I have ever spent in one place. I'll cherish the memories and friendship I've built here forever. Thank you Turku, hello Lomma. 170
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2025She was an inspiration to many of us, and she will continue to be. Thank you for all of work ❤️ 010
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 26/08/2025doi.org/10.1080/0892... New paper out! Validation of the human-horse attachment styles survey. Glad to be co last author on this piece with @millasalonen.bsky.social. Congrats to our respective students Alisa and Aada for the amazing work they put in this study.doi.orgPsychometric Validation of the Adapted Pet Attachment Questionnaire in Measuring Human–Horse AttachmentAttachment between humans and conventional pets like dogs and cats has been previously characterized by two dimensions: attachment-related anxiety and avoidance. This study used attachment theory a... 011
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannRaphaela Heesen @heesenr.bsky.social · 09/08/2025To study emotions in free-ranging #animals, researchers rely on what they see: but inferring #emotions from #behavior is not enough! Our new preprint discusses how #technology could help us better understand animal affect under naturalistic conditions: osf.io/preprints/os...osf.ioOSF 032
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 31/07/2025I reviewed a paper for BMC Veterinary Research. Clear missunderstanding of animal cognition, inappropriate methodology, anthropocentric issues... 5 reviewers, 4 rejections. Still the decision is " Revise". So much waist of my time and energy. Do not submit in this journal. @springernature.com 000
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannAndrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Data collection is underway! We're using mobile eye tracking to study action comprehension in dogs. Django is helping us understand how dogs see and interpret our actions — more coming soon! 🐶👁️ #Science #DogResearch #CognitiveScience Thanks @asab.org for funding this project! 2517
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 10/07/2025This is a great idea, however, how do you get funding for that? Most grants and funding bodies emphasis on "novelty and boldness" replication seems to be completely out of scopes for them and not sexy at all. 110
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Behind many scientists is a lifetime of invisible, unsustainable costs. From unpaid internships to underpaid postdocs, the economic toll of a STEM career is staggering—and it's pushing talent out. My new perspective explores this crisis. #STEM #AcademicBlueSky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...journals.plos.orgToo poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEMFrom student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape... 39047
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 27/06/2025How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia. PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHow many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academiaPhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn. 042
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Sometimes research is spending 20 min at the store to look for the optimal bowl size for the kitty experiment of the amazing student Veera Riihonen i am cosupervising with @millasalonen.bsky.social 000
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 25/04/2025It is a bit upsetting that the cover looks AI generated. The style is very typical and the shrimp has an intriguing number of legs. 🫣 020
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Sachant aussi qu'on est payé au 35h mais que la réalité est qu'on est beaucoup a devoir faire 70h/semaine, surtout en debut de carrière. Et qu'on continue de bosser au meme rythme quand on est sans emploi sinon notre CV devient obsolete tres rapidement. 000
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Disons que 4500 c'est confortable pour un français, mais pas oufs si on considère le temps d'etude et les années de galeres qui précédent. Pour des chercheurs expats c'est un peu misérable. Meme en Allemagne ou dans les pays nordics le salaire de fin de carrière approche plus les 10 000. 100
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 22/04/2025C'est en fin de carrière si on a la chance d'avoir un post. Le salaires d'un doctorant en France est a peine plus haut que le SMIC. Ensuite c'est 10 a 15 ans de galère avec des financements de miseres sur des contrats de 2 ans max avant de trouver un post fix ou changer de vocation... 120
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannDr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2025Are you looking for more scientists to follow? Of course you are. Then how about a thread with 50 amazing scientists and/or science writers, along with reasons why you should follow them? (No particular order) Unfortunately, I forgot to put any dudes on the list again. Silly me. 24813
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannAFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025We wrap up the second day of #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 meetup with some more great discussions. #AffectEvo 071
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Fascinating discussions this morning. My brain is fusing with ideas. It is really stimulating to exchange with experts from many fields and that have different approaches to the concept of affective state. 020
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannAFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Next up, we had Mike Mendl (Bristol, UK) giving us a brief tour of some emotion concepts and theories and their translatable characteristics. #AffectEvo #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 061
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannAFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025And the last keynote of the day was a tour de force by David Anderson (Caltech, USA) on neural dynamics and the encoding of emotion primitives. 081
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannAFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Carrie Figdor (Iowa, USA) delivers the first keynote: “From Affect and Emotion Theories to a Phylogeny of Affect and Emotion” 091
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Very excited to be in person for the first meeting of @affect-evo.bsky.social ! The program is sick and will be the place for fascinating discussion to refine our vision of animal affective state and its evolution across species. 071
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 29/03/2025The advantage of having an #astronomy nerd for housemate, you get front raw for partial #solareclipse viewing 😁! 000
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Academia is such a trap... Unemployment doesn't count as a career break. So now I give lectures, I supervise 2 PhDs and 1 MSc, I go to conferences and consortiums, work on my papers while applying for grants, all of that for free! Not sure how long I can keep going. #academia #postdoclife #burnoutmedia.tenor.coma penguin is crying while holding a pile of paperworkAlt: a penguin is crying while holding a pile of paperwork 020
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannLummaa Lab @lummaalab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025@melissa-gagniere.bsky.social presented her PhD work at the Aura symposium. She works on 🦊🦡🦝 behavior following an urban gradient in Finland. Follow her for more update to come or even to participate in her study! 062
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannKit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨 I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk. My op-ed in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comElon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit YatesIt is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates 15140891244
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Thank you so much for the info. It gives ideas on what can be done 😊 010
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Hi women of Science! Anyone who ever started initiatives to support peer women in your department? Safe peer group or so to get input regarding everyday life sexism and how to address it. We want to initiate something, but IDK where to start #womeninscience #womeninsresearch #sexism #academia 133
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannClaudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Vocal communication in corvids: a systematic review. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... In our new paper we review 130 papers and summarise empirical evidence for socioecological factors affecting vocal communication, as well as evidence for vocal learning in different corvid species.sciencedirect.comVocal communication in corvids: a systematic reviewVocal communication is broadly distributed in a wide range of nonhuman animal species and is hypothesized to play an important role in mate attraction… 410055
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannChristian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgExpanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices? | Animal Welfare | Cambridge Co...Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices? - Volume 33 0116
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Depend on the grants. But most grants in Finland just send a generic email saying that everyone had good application and it was difficult choice but your grant is not selected, with the specification that they do not provide any feedback. 010
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Yeah, I get that the process is long and painful for them as well but a we do onvest a lot as well and a bit more consideration and explanations would not kill anyone. It is even worst for the grant rejections witout any justification. 110
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Great roller-coaster ride for Xmas, I have been assessed qualified for a postdoc with + comments on my profile. Then got an email saying that based on that assessment they won't go further with my application. A bit ironic for a position on animal + emotions and welfare. #postdoclife #Ineedajob 110
Oceane Liehrmann @oliehrmann.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Paul Watson is free!! #freepaulwatson Now DK it is time to stop killing whales and support illegal massacre of sentient and endangered species! 020
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannDr Maria Vilain Rørvang @drmariarorvang.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Global research shows that it takes non-native English speaking scientists 51% more time to write a paper! Barriers and biases in academia with respect to language. Thought-provoking plenary by Tatsuya Armano at #asabwinter2024 👏🏼 #biasesinscience #languagebarriers 04414
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannAndrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Dogs show a shape bias at first glance but rely on texture once they touch objects, revealing how perception shapes their object generalization. This sheds light on cognitive processes in non-verbal, non-tool-using species. 🐾🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comShape and texture biases in dogs’ generalization of trained objects - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Shape and texture biases in dogs’ generalization of trained objects 042
Reposted by Oceane LiehrmannHeejung Chung @heejungchung.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I'm loving this idea of microfeminism. About how every day habit the little things can change the world. I'm especially loving the school teacher that calls the dad first. These acts are not insignificant they sometimes matter more. What is your act of micro feminism? www.npr.org/2024/12/04/g...npr.orgMicrofeminism: The next big thing in fighting the patriarchyPeople are sharing the different tactics they use help to uplift women in small ways. 07111