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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

When participants are in clustered financial support networks, they are more likely to choose a risky option in an economic experiment, independent of their wealth. However, if they are borrowing household items or food without reciprocating, they are less likely to choose a risky option. [2/3]

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congrats 🎉 to HSL alum Dr Joon Hwang on his new publication in Evolution & Human Behavior! In rural Bangladesh, participants’ risk preferences may be a function of their social networks... 🧵 [1/3] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

CHARMES is a Wellcome-funded project making the health impacts of climate change more visible – including to Kenyan policymakers. What else did Soujanya report? At the national level, health sector decision-makers are eager to implement now – so it’s time to deliver recommendations. 2/2

Soujanya poses in front of blue and white Climate Consortium branding

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Northern Kenya experiences extreme heat. Practitioners connect this heat to anxiety. Household heads report kids can’t go outside. At the @pennstateuniv.bsky.social Climate Solutions Symposium, HSL PhD student @soujanyaakkiraju09.bsky.social presented early insights from CHARMES Kenya. 1/2

Soujanya presents her blue, orange, and yellow poster

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In a recent win for the HSL, Courtney Elmore received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for the first 3 years of her PhD at @psuanthro.bsky.social. Courtney plans to study how livelihood change and migration affect social networks in rural South Africa. Congratulations to Courtney!! #NSFfunded

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Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

It was great to present some ongoing work at #HBES2026 about how the mind might make judgements of others’ traits in environments with dishonest signaling!

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

CEs Job Alert 🚨! 4-year teaching focused lecturership at Bristol in bio/evo anthropology with a quantitative focus. Bristol is a terrific city to live in, and many ECRS in the CES will hopefully fit the profile: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wow it's hard to start new research and grow our lab and get stuff out and *also* be social, but Human Sociality Lab is still here! We'll catch you up on our latest. To get you started: greetings from Kenya, where Soujanya Akkiraju and @annepisor.bsky.social work on climate change and health! 👋🌍🇰🇪

Lake Victoria shot from a Land Rover. In the foreground is a traditional wooden boat and a dirt road to a boat launch

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

We're so excited for @kris-smith.bsky.social -- our WSU + PSU lab is keeping its WSU roots strong!! Congratulations Prof Smith!! 🎉

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Is us vs them thinking inevitable? 👥 No, and understanding why it happens can help us push back against it, even if in local ways. In a Q&A, Anne offers some ideas for what we can do 👇

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

How do social relationships spanning communities help or hurt conservation? 🐠 Kris, Anne, and our collaborators in Africa and Europe find that long-distance relationships increase participation in conservation behavior 👇

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Want to know more about what we do? Here -- we'll repost some recent papers and media from directors @annepisor.bsky.social and @kris-smith.bsky.social 👀

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Hello world! We're the HSL, a lab of integrative scientific anthropologists passionate about basic plus applied work. We span Penn State and Washington State 🐾 and work primarily in the US 🌎 and East and Southern Africa 🌍.

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

How climate adaptation and cooperative networks affect people and the resources they manage? 🐟 How changed livelihoods change health? 🩺 This is what we do at the Human Sociality Lab. 🧵

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