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Shona Duguid

@shona-d.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Psychology | Cooperation, coordination and communication in humans and other primates | ManyPrimates shonaduguid.weebly.com

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Make sure to sign up so we can email you the zoom link! We’ll be sending emails out on Sunday!
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Shona Duguid @shona-d.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looking forward to representing @manyprimates.bsky.social at @btscon.bsky.social this year. We will be sharing some initial insights into the ManyPrimates 2 project on delay of gratification. Schedule and registration info: bigteamscienceconference.github.io
Title slide for presentation "ManyPrimates 2: Understanding variation in delay of gratification in primates"
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Julia Espinosa @jespinosa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What do YOU want to know about #Dogs? Tell us through the new @manydogsproject.bsky.social survey 🐶🤓 Your input will help guide our future #BigTeamScience studies: ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to all dog enthusiasts 19+ 🧪 #OpenScience #CanineScience #AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology
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ManyDogs general interest survey
MD survey for understanding what topics the dog community would like to see in future canine science research projects.
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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!
A chimp solving a puzzle box problem. Photo credit: MPI-EVA
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Erin Wessling @northernlimitpt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thrilled to share that I started last month at @idiv-research.bsky.social as Junior Research Group Leader of the new Behavioural Conservation group. Excited to build the team and explore new scientific frontiers! More here: www.idiv.de/new-junior-g...
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New Junior Research Group Leader Erin Wessling | iDiv
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M… I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026
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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our paper is out now! 🎉📝 We describe how we work to address barriers faced by students and early-career researchs in the animal behaviour field, through our mentorships and microgrants. We hope that this can inspire and provide practical resources for others hoping to do the same!
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The animal behaviour collective: building confidence and breaking barriers through community
Despite increasing efforts to diversify the field of animal behaviour, systemic barriers continue to limit access and inclusion for researchers from h…
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Eithne Kavanagh @eithnekavanagh.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
New paper! Being more facially expressive has social network benefits, especially in women. May explain why highly expressive faces have evolved in humans! www.cell.com/iscience/ful... With @bridgetwaller.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social Alisa Balabanova, Robin Dunbar and Jasmine Rollings
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Spontaneous facial expressivity predicts real-world social network size and richness
Psychology; Social interaction; Social sciences
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Ruth Lee @ruthjlee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Job at York St John: 12-month full-time psychology lectureship in a very friendly team. Looking for someone using primarily quant methods. Deadline SOON: 18th June. Please share: jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Hanna @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Innocent Ampeire has devoted his life to the orphaned chimps at Ngamba Island Sanctuary. He's been accepted into a remote Master's in Conservation Leadership, building the skills to lead conservation and safeguard the sanctuary's future. He's raising £9,100 for tuition: whydonate.com/fundraising/...
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Fundraiser by Hanna Schleihauf | Help Innocent Study Conservation Leadership at UWE
Hanna Schleihauf Needs Your Help | Friends, fans, and supporters, My name in Innocent Ampeire. For the past 20 years, I've devoted my work to the orphaned and rescued chimpanzees at Ngamba...
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Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This year we're running a Cognitive Sciences Symposium! - Day 1 will be a student symposium with posters and talks by Masters and PhD students (these can be on any topic in Cognitive Sciences). - Day 2 will be focused on Social Cognition with 3 🌟 invited speakers 🌟 attending! Please share!!
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Ella Williamson @ellawilliamson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We’re running a short dog owner survey 🐶 examining dog social cognition & trainability - which could be used in future by assistance dog charities to help selection for breeding 🦮 £50 Amazon voucher if completed again in 1 week (eligibility UK residents only) york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison) @drrmiller.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
PhD Opportunity! 4-year funded PhD @uniexecec.bsky.social: “From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions”. Closes: 5 June 2026. Funding: @royalsociety.org (UK/Home students only). More info & to apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 1/
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From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions, PhD (Funded) | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter’s Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, is inviting applications for a 4-year PhD studentship (UK fees), ideally commencing Sept 2026.
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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Research Assistant position working on eye-tracking and parenting cognition in macaques, linked to Yuri Kawaguchi's BBSRC Fellowship. Join us at NTU! @yurikawaguchi.bsky.social vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Assistant in Primate Cognition:Hybrid
Research Assistant in Primate Cognition working with captive rhesus macaques to improve animal welfare.
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Alex Sanchez-Amaro @alex-primate.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Not a secret anymore! I am extremely proud and happy to present you the EVApeCognition Dataset, out now in Scientific Data. Over the last 5 years we have assembled and standardized data from 150 studies on great ape cognition from the WKPRC in the Leipzig Zoo! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition
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Manuel Bohn @elmanubohn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New 🦍 💭 paper in @psychscience.bsky.social We continue to ask simple questions that are hard to answer "Individual Differences in Great Ape Cognition Across Time and Domains: Stability, Structure, and Predictability" Bonus: Rasch models in the supplement 🤓 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Nicola Cutting @nicolacutting.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Last few days to apply.....
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Nicola Cutting @nicolacutting.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
PhD Opportunity working with @shona-d.bsky.social and me on the development of children’s collaborative problem-solving skills. This is an Academic Associate position (PhD + teaching) for 4 years. Full details here: jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx.... Please get in touch with any queries.
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Job Opportunity at York St John University: Academic Associate in Psychology
Part time fixed term Location: YorkSalary: £34,610 to £39,906 per annum (£17,305 to £19,953 pro rata)Introduction to YSJ universityYork St John is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there...
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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Far too long in the making.. but finally out in #AnimalBehaviour @asab.org: Orang-utans and chimpanzees #cooperate strategically based on the partner’s incentives. doi.org/10.1016/j.an... w/ @elisafelsche.bsky.social , Josep Call & @federicorossano.bsky.social
Set-up of experiment 2. The tool giver was placed in enclosure 3 (middle), whereas the tool recipient was placed in enclosure 4 (right). The illustration depicts the configuration in which the social and nonsocial apparatuses for both individuals were baited with high-value rewards.
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Shona Duguid @shona-d.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
📺 Watch this space: PhD position in children's collaborative problem-solving with @nicolacutting.bsky.social and myself to be advertised very soon! The application deadline will be in late March, so get in contact if you want to know more.
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Nicola Cutting @nicolacutting.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
We're looking for a lecturer in Developmental Psychology to join us at YSJ on a 12 month contract. Get in touch if you have any questions: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL260/l...
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Lecturer in Psychology at York St John University
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Psychology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Manuel Bohn @elmanubohn.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This study was an amazing collaborative experience. I'm really really grateful to all the wonderful people who contributed and made this happen. It's the closest I have ever come to finding something like a "universal" in human cognition.
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Alice Auersperg @auersperga.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Andy 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
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Sophie Milward @sophiemilward.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Come and do a PhD on the development of social cognition across diverse cultures! The successful candidate would be fully funded and have the opportunity to travel to Kenya for data collection. Please contact me if interested. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Beyond the dyad: Development of task co-representation of multiple co-actors across cultures at University of Portsmouth on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Beyond the dyad: Development of task co-representation of multiple co-actors across cultures at University of Portsmouth, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Marlen 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. 👇
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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Fully 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!🙏
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Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
We’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.
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Shaped by domestication: Did the evolution of facial muscle anatomy and ear morphology in dogs reflect adaptations to humans’ unconscious preferences?
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Shona Duguid @shona-d.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Through a Window and In the Shadow of Man were the most inspirational books I ever read as a teenager. Jane Goodall and local libraries joining forces to shape young minds 🐵📚❤️
Well worn book cover for Through a Window by Jane Goodall
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Simon Columbus @simoncolumbus.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
⚡ Autumn 2025 Cooperation Colloquia ⚡ We are excited to announce the next run of Cooperation Colloquia. With @talbotmandrews.bsky.social, @setayeshradkani.bsky.social, @kris-smith.bsky.social, @alexmesoudi.com, & more. Every second Friday, 15:00 CE(S)T Sign up here: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...
Speaker list for the Autumn 2025 Cooperation Colloquia:
2025-09-12 | Doruk İriş (Sogang University)
2025-09-26 | Talbot M. Andrews (Cornell University)
2025-10-10 | Setayesh Radkani (MIT)
2025-10-24 | Christian Ruff (University of Zürich)
2025-11-07 | Bianca Beersma (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
2025-11-21 | Kristopher M. Smith (Washington State University)
2025-12-05 | Alex Mesoudi (University of Exeter)
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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
What if there was a job where you were paid £33,714 a year to play with Lego and work in an internationally renowned museum, with the aim of inciting curiosity and wonder about the natural world? Applications close end of August. @nhm-london.bsky.social 🧪🧸🏺
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Creative Producer: LEGO Programme:South Kensington
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Applications for Winter 2025 conference attendance grants are trickling in, awarding up to £500 with a high success rate (if eligible). Deadline isn't until 1st October, but don't forget to get referee statements in by then too! All the info you need is here: www.asab.org/conference-g... @asab.org
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ASAB @asab.org · 21/07/2025
A very apt workshop for these times! Abstract submission has been extended to Aug 15:
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Emma Suvi McEwen @emmasmcewen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
New paper alert 👇 We present a new two-action sequential coordination task designed to investigate co-representation non-human primates. In collaboration with @drelizabethwarren.bsky.social and Josep Call and out now, fully #openaccess in PLoS One! (1/4) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) mentally represent collaboration?: Action-learning and communication in a partnered task
Non-human primates engage in complex collective behaviours, but existing research does not paint a clear picture of what individuals cognitively represent when they act together. This study investigat...
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Shona Duguid @shona-d.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
📈 Does anyone have recommendations for a half/one-day R workshop on data wrangling and Rmarkdown? We have a small pot of funding to run an in person/online workshop with psychology PGRs and staff at York St John University before the end of July 2025.
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Wataru Toyokawa @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🚨 For this last-minute call, let me give it one more boost by introducing the amazing lineup of COSMOS 2025 speakers!🚨 (threat 🧵)
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Shona Duguid @shona-d.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
If anyone has questions about @manyprimates.bsky.social or want to know how to get involved, I will be at #EHBEA2025 for the rest of the week 🐒🦍🦧
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Manuel Bohn @elmanubohn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I'm looking for a PhD Student at the intersection of Machine Learning and Developmental Psychology. We study everyday experiences in children from 🇰🇪🇩🇪🇹🇷 and use ML models to quantify interactions. 4 years, fully funded, great team, beautiful location. Please share and apply! tinyurl.com/2mafdyh4
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Research Associate (m/f/d) Applying Machine Learning to Developmental Psychology
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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
But that's not all!! ⭐ Don't forget our pre-conference panel on Big Team Science! ➡️ How initiatives like ManyLabs, ManyPrimates, and ManyBabies come together? This panel aims to demystify large-scale collaborations! Register here: tinyurl.com/RegisterTeam... [6/10] #EHBEA2025 #TeamScience
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Cognitive Sciences Rijeka @ricogsci.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Please share: The next round of application to our Masters in Cognitive Sciences is open! Curious about the workings of our minds? Come explore various questions about the mind and cognition in an international and interdisciplinary setting! Deadline for applications: Wednesday, 14 May 2025.
A group of students sitting on a grassy areas in front of a modern University building. Masters in Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind, Applications Open, Deadline: 14 May 2025
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Sophie Milward @sophiemilward.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
There is still time to apply for our 3yr postdoc looking at the role of group size and culture on social coordination in the Republic of Korea, Uganda and the UK! Drop me a message if interested 😊 mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
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Shona Duguid @shona-d.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Very happy to be representing @manyprimates.bsky.social. Join us to discuss all things Big Team Science!
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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Rachel thinks we might need a haggis episode 🤔
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Matthias Allritz @realprimatthias.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🦍🖥️New paper on great apes in virtual environments: Chimpanzee Turning Behavior During Spatial Navigation in Virtual Environments (animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1390). Led by Sarah Koopman, we went back to basics and asked a simple question about object permanence and optical flow.
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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩 Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365... Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
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MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration
We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...
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Cognitive Sciences Rijeka @ricogsci.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
We are already looking for our third generation of Cognitive Sciences students here in Rijeka! Please spread the word to anyone who may be interested in an interdisciplinary, international, small-group research Masters! More info at cogsci.uniri.hr
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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
New #PhDposition (cultural psychology) at the Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology at MPI-EVA: the project focuses on social cognition and will involve research in Germany (Leipzig), Namibia and Polynesia. Application deadline: March 1st, 2025 www.eva.mpg.de/comparative-...
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Career - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Dive into the world of animal behaviour with us. Subscribe now so you don't miss the first episode! Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6vxB3zL... Or wherever you get your podcasts. #SciComm #animal #podcast
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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
❗2-year postdoc at the University of York❗ I am looking for a postdoc for my ERC-funded project “The many faces of prejudice: the “what”, the “why”, and the “how” of inferences we make from membership in social groups”. To learn more and apply (by Jan 13): jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... #psychjobs
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