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The official account for the Cultural Evolution Society. Our mission is to promote the study of cultural evolution in research and practice.
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@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialCE Job Alert! 🚨
Assistant Professor position at the University of Arizona:
culturalevolutionsociety.org/jobs/assista...
@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialThe Fyssen Foundation International Prize is open for nominations, this year on the theme of "Technology and the Social Organisation of Prehistoric Human Groups" . The prize is for 100,000 euros - consider applying if your research is relevant!
@twaring.bsky.socialReposted by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social🚨 Applied Cultural Evolution Brownbag TODAY! 🚨
What is (uniquely) applied cultural evolution?
Caroline Graf, U. Zurich
Oct 7
11 am EDT, 3 pm GMT, 5 pm CEST
On Zoom:
osu.zoom.us/j/9249567024...
@will-oestreich.bsky.socialReposted by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialI am recruiting a PhD student to work with our group at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior! Learn more & apply here: tinyurl.com/kd4xx4ku
Deadline: 15 Nov 2026
Start date: Flexible (summer-fall 2027)
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
@livingingroups.bsky.social
@carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social
@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialCE PhD Alert! 🚨
Funded PhD at Anglia Ruskin University, UK., investing the role of culture in human biological evolution:
@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialCE Job Alert! 🚨
Postdoc research associate at the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona:
@adigitaltanay.bsky.socialReposted by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialDoes spreading mental health awareness online amplify self-diagnosis? In my first PhD pre-print, I empirically examine this question (n =3392) with some kick-ass collaborators and tools from cultural evolution A 🧵
@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialActive members of the society should have received an email from Election Runner with the title "Cultural Evolution Society Elections 2026". If you did not receive the ballot and believe your dues are up to date, then please reach to Elections Officer Nicole Wen.
@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialCES is holding elections to replace six outgoing members of the Executive Committee. The positions are: (i) President-Elect (man) (ii) Secretary (woman) (iii) 2 X Ordinary Member (man) (iv) 2 X Ordinary Member (woman)
@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialCES Election Voting Deadline Extended! We’re extending the voting period for the 2026 CES officer elections! Voting now closes: 2nd October 2026 23:59 PDT If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time to have your say and help shape the future of CES.
@twaring.bsky.socialReposted by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social🚨 Applied Cultural Evolution Brownbag Series 🚨
Two inaugural discussions:
Oct 7
What is (uniquely) applied cultural evolution?
Caroline Graf, U. Zurich
Dec 9
What can cultural evolution offer climate adaptation practitioners?
Christine Lindell, World Vision Australia
@chriskrupenye.bsky.socialReposted by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition! I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social 1/
@asab.orgReposted by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialHad a great time at #ECBB2026? Don’t worry, there are more conferences coming! There’s #ASABWinter2026 (@asabpsgb2026.bsky.social, full but can still join online), #ASABSpring2027 (@asab-meetings.bsky.social) in Portsmouth & #Behaviour2027 (@behaviour2027.bsky.social) in Vienna
Make sure to follow!
@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialACE Research Grant Alert 🚨!
CES will give out two awards of up to $3000 each to support early career research projects in cultural evolution. The award is open to applicants worldwide, with an application deadline of October 9th 2026, 9:00 AM AoE.
Applications: forms.gle/dsLdKQuNBH4W...
@masonyoungblood.bsky.socialReposted by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialNew tutorial preprint about simulation-based inference! Shows how to fit a cultural evo model to baby name data using approx Bayesian computation, random forests, and deep learning. Wrote for @eslr.bsky.social but wanted to share with others in @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social! :) osf.io/preprints/so...
@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialCE Job Alert! 🚨
Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology at Stanford University:
@culturalevolsoc.bsky.socialCalling all animal culture enthusiasts! The Association for Study of Animal Behaviour and the Primate Society of Great Britain are holding a joint meeting this December on "Social Learning and Culture" 👇
