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@evobiocc.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialOne month left to apply to our FREE Crash Course in Evolutionary Biology!
Our mission is to make evolutionary biology a more inclusive, representative and accessible field by increasing our participant's chances of accessing to top master's programmes.
Register at evobiocrashcourse.github.io ✨🐞🦎🌏
@evobiocc.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialIn addition to our crash course, we run a Mini Grant Programme (up to 300 EUR), designed to assist our students in overcoming a tangible barrier when applying for or accessing their next step of education in Evolutionary Biology.
Find more information at evobiocrashcourse.github.io/mgp.html 💙
@arnaudlerouzic.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialInterested in a PhD in Theoretical evolutionary ecology / statistics? A position is open (again) in my lab.
"Theoretical and statistical modeling of eco-evolutionary feedback loops from abundance-phenotype time series"
Details and application: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...
@empseb.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialWe are thrilled to announce that the 32nd edition of the European Meeting for PhD students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB) will be held in Slovenia! More details coming soon. Follow us to stay updated!
@arispeshkin.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialWe are offering 3 #PhD positions in our Ecology of Animal Societies Department @livingingroups.bsky.social at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior - check them out! imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current
@salazarafra.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialThe super cool Anne Carson got this year's Nobel Prize in Literature! 💛 Whoever is sitting at the committee for the past years should stick around for a few more.
@will-oestreich.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.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)
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@zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialWhy care about weird animal behaviors?
Just out as an advanced publication, my contribution to the next Frans de Waal special issue in Behaviour @degruyterbrill.bsky.social.
Unusual behaviors are a recurring theme in my career, and I much enjoyed writing this perspective!
@bjjbarrett.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialI am part of a team guest editing a special issue of the American Journal of Primatology on "Digitization and use of legacy datasets in primatology” and we are seeking out submissions due on 1 September 2027.
@psmaldino.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialI just gave a talk on interdisciplinary yesterday that features a call for interdisciplinary people and not just diverse teams of disciplinary types. Today I read this essay with delight. Viva antedisciplinarity. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
@felicie-dhellemmes.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialProud to present our latest work "Tracking human foragers and their prey reveals adaptive predator-prey dynamics", now hosted on BioRxiv! 🧵
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@zoegoldsborough.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.social📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣
Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social.
Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu...
Deadline 📅 23 October 2026
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@evobiocc.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialThe Evobio Crash Course is coming back for its fifth edition! Join us from December 7 to December 18 for an incredible line up of classes and tutorials from amazing researchers in the field! The course is open to all, completely free and held online. Registration is OPEN, please share widely!
@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialHow does seasonal scarcity shape cooperation & defection in the use of natural resources? New study from #Pemba shows how seasonal fluctuations lead to illegal resource extraction, shedding light on the enduring human challenge of managing the commons. tinyurl.com/3k79uccd & doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
@danielredhead.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialNow that (I think) it's official, I'm really happy to announce that I will be starting as a CNRS (@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social) researcher at the Institute for Cognitive Sciences in Lyon at the end of the year 🎉. I'll continue working on how networks & (in)equalities emerge across animal societies!
@lastpositivist.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialIf you want to read the paper that will soon ruin @danielmalinsky.bsky.social's life you can check it out here. Forthcoming in Journal of Causal Inference.
@juhakarvanen.bsky.socialReposted by @benkawam.bsky.socialWhen does“variance explained” actually mean causation?
In our new preprint, Olli Saarela and I develop graph-based causal variance decompositions. The framework clarifies when components of an ordered variance decomposition have causal interpretations.
@benkawam.bsky.socialFor those of you at #ISBE2026, I will be presenting some of my work tomorrow (Friday the 24th) at 13:15, in the Auditorium Agnelli. Would love to see you there!
@benkawam.bsky.socialNew paper!
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
