Opportunity: A fully funded PhD position for statisticians passionate about epidemiology. University of Leeds, start in September 2026.
phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2470...
Final version of record here: elifesciences.org/articles/107... Enjoy tracking
How does climate threat fuel polarization? 🧵
In our new paper, we introduce the ARCADE model. Using a 1,967-person experiment, we found that authoritarians suppress climate anger toward leaders and displace it onto outgroups, driving policy obstruction.
Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
I will be talking about The Tree of Life at the Linnean Society on 25th June.
If you are interested you can find out a little more and sign up for a ticket at the link below. Hope to see some of you there!
members.linnean.org/events/69f21...
A new publication from the TWCF-funded “Rationality and Reason Beyond the Individual Project” found evidence that chimpanzees may be able to reason about mutually exclusive future possibilities.
Read more below. 👇
Project opportunity - Next Generation Farrington Model for Infection Prevention/Control: A Farrington Algorithm with Spatiotemporal & Adaptive Baseline Capabilities at the University of Leeds
phd.leeds.ac.uk
Identification of each animal in a collective becomes possible even when individuals are never all visible simultaneously, enabling faster and more accurate analysis of collective behavior.
New paper alert! 📢 Out now, fully #openaccess, in a special issue of Phil Trans on the evolution of collective intelligence (1/4) royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
Excited to publish my first article for @newscientist.com for over ten years. It’s on the subject of - you’ll never guess - huge numbers.
www.newscientist.com/article/2521...
Can chimpanzees prepare for mutually exclusive possibilities individually or collectively?
Check out our new paper in Phil Trans @royalsociety.org, led by @drelizabethwarren.bsky.social, and funded by @templetonworld.bsky.social!
And stay tuned for the next paper, clarifying the mechanism!
Max Telford
Templeton World Charity Foundation
🛠️ February’s most-read Tools and Resources paper introduces idtracker.ai to rethink multi-animal tracking: buff.ly/Ho0b3xz
Learn more about publishing your tools or resources with us: buff.ly/pivLQX0
Abstract. In both humans and non-human animals, collectives can sometimes overcome individual cognitive biases or shortcomings to execute more rational beh
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New paper alert! 📢 Out now, fully #openaccess, in a special issue of Phil Trans on the evolution of collective intelligence (1/4) royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Some seemingly simple sequences of multiplication and addition grow so quickly that they question the very foundations of mathematics. In doing so, they demand a whole new level of logic
Abstract. In both humans and non-human animals, collectives can sometimes overcome individual cognitive biases or shortcomings to execute more rational beh
Abstract. IQ-TREE (https://iqtree.github.io/) is a widely used open-source software tool for efficiently inferring phylogenetic trees under maximum likelih
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We are (somewhat astonishingly) hiring 5 full-time permanent lecturers in the School of Mathematics at Leeds across all specialisms.
Note the explicit focus on interdisciplinary research.
Closing date for applications: June 30
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
New paper alert! 📢 Out now, fully #openaccess, in a special issue of Phil Trans on the evolution of collective intelligence (1/4) royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
eLife
Andrew Roger
Richard Elwes
Chris Krupenye
Do you have a track record of high‑quality research and a clear vision for developing your profile at an international level? Can you contribute to innovative research‑led teaching and support an exce...
Abstract. In both humans and non-human animals, collectives can sometimes overcome individual cognitive biases or shortcomings to execute more rational beh
