Looking forward to feedback on this preprint emerging from our Representing Memory project at Durham IAS @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
Fully funded #PhD studentships, start Sept 2026:
1. Weaponry and aggression in wild fiddler crabs, with me, Safi Darden, Martin How tinyurl.com/weaponsPhD
2. The emotional basis of behaviour, with me, Danny Williamson, Andy Higginson tinyurl.com/emotionsPhD
#AnimalBehaviour @crab-exeter.bsky.social
Our collection on Decision-making in structured groups in npj Complexity is open and accepting manuscripts through May!
It's a broad call, covering anything from animal societies to human social systems of all sorts.
Learn more:
www.nature.com/collections/...
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Today sees the publication of the Theme Issue featuring the CES Transformation Fund grant scheme. Enjoy! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
@durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
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The count down starts for #CESRabat! Follow @ces2026.bsky.social and join us May 11-13 next year for an exciting meeting in Rabat, Morocco.
Massive thanks to the #CESRabat organising committee:
Sarah Alami (co-chair)
Mathieu Charbonneau (co-chair)
Zachary Garfield
Edmond Seabright
2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science"
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#philosophy #philsci
More coverage of Éadin's paper: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/immigra... 🐳🦑
This collection hopes stimulate new dialogues and translational efforts, to fully capture the rich diversity of ways collectives solve complex problems in ...
Research Fellow - AR3233,
Unit: Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies
Salary: Grade 6 / £38,784-£42,254 pa
Full time
Fixed term: 24 months,
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'Cultural knowledge’ crucial for survival of whales, underscoring need to integrate animal culture into marine management
Aidan Horner
New paper on the social learning of bubble net feeding by humpbacks in British Columbia, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B 🐋
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
#marmam @bcwhales.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social [1/5]
Éadin O'Mahony, PhD
Abstract. Animal culture, information and behaviours acquired and shared by social learning are a form of biodiversity with intrinsic and practical value.
