
BirthRites
@birthrites
Independent Max Planck Research Group @MPI_EVA_Leipzig, working on the anthropology of reproduction and its implications for cultural evolution and demography.
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https://www.eva.mpg.de/birthrites/index.html 04-12-2019 09:37:28
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Just out: my comment for nature, alongside that of Loïc Yengo, on a new paper about genetics, childlessness and the cultural context of partner choice in the UK Biobank nature.com/articles/d4158… Loïc Yengo




Calling all #reproduction people: don't miss the Reproduction Salon on 25 May, 6pm, Central London. An in-person Zoom Antidote to reunite with familiar faces and meet new colleagues in our field. eventbrite.co.uk/manage/events/… #reproductivejustice #reproductivehealth King's Global Health & Social Medicine (GHSM)

Fascinating #ehbea2022 talk about fostering, adoption and parental absence in Vanuatu by Eva Brandl BirthRites ~ great combo of ethnographic and quantitative methodologies


Dr Sarah Myers presenting impressive 6-wave data from UK mothers and their social support networks during the Covid19 pandemic. Lots of variation btw different supporters and support types. #ehbea2022 BirthRites



My treat after hosting EHBEA 2022 - Online Conference is to have two of my fav #WomenInScience come visit so we can develop new projects together. DrLooksLikeAProfKline Lora Adair so happy to have you here BirthRites ! MPI-EVA Leipzig

Together with Friederike [freddy] Hillemann, Wilma Weigelt and Katharina Haberl we have been launching a new seminar series here at MPI-EVA Leipzig called ‘Let’s talk about…’ Tomorrow’s topic is #Mentorship in academia. Everyone in the institute - check your mail!
![Heidi Colleran 🇮🇪 🐈 (@heidicolleran) on Twitter photo Together with <a href="/FHillemann/">Friederike [freddy] Hillemann</a>, Wilma Weigelt and Katharina Haberl we have been launching a new seminar series here at <a href="/MPI_EVA_Leipzig/">MPI-EVA Leipzig</a> called ‘Let’s talk about…’ Tomorrow’s topic is #Mentorship in academia. Everyone in the institute - check your mail! Together with <a href="/FHillemann/">Friederike [freddy] Hillemann</a>, Wilma Weigelt and Katharina Haberl we have been launching a new seminar series here at <a href="/MPI_EVA_Leipzig/">MPI-EVA Leipzig</a> called ‘Let’s talk about…’ Tomorrow’s topic is #Mentorship in academia. Everyone in the institute - check your mail!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUqksLwWIAEKXT3.jpg)

Thank you 🙏🏻 to the INCREDIBLE Dr. Siobhan McDonnell for visiting us today MPI-EVA Leipzig @birthRites to talk about her essential work on land rights in Vanuatu and the Pacific. Look out for her forthcoming book: “My Land, My Life”, coming out soon. researchprofiles.anu.edu.au/en/persons/sio…



New chapter on cultural evolution & behavioural ecology 📚 by current and former members of EvoBias Ruth Mace, Alberto Micheletti, Sarah Peacey, May Hanzhi Zhang and Eva Brandl from BirthRites

1) My book, Modeling Social Behavior: Mathematical and Agent-Based Models of Social Dynamics and Cultural Evolution, will be coming out in late summer 2023 from Princeton University Press. I’ll post more about it wherever I’m posting as the publication date gets closer.


**PhD position on Dynamics of Multilingualism in Vanuatu** MPI-EVA Leipzig! Part of a multisited project led by Justyna Olko 🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Research Council (ERC). Focus on data collection, analysis, multidisciplinary methods, transdisciplinary questions! Deadline April 30th eva.mpg.de/de/karriere/st…

I’m very happy to present a new paper on social support and breast feeding led by the awesome Annika with Dr Sarah Myers and Emily H Emmott published in International breastfeeding journal today 🥳 …reastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

*JOB ALERT* 3-yr postdoc available for a modeller / computational scientist on the Evolutionary Dynamics of Multilingualism - join us MPI-EVA Leipzig BirthRites in an international, interdisciplinary European Research Council (ERC) funded project! Deadline October 1st! eva.mpg.de/career/positio…

With the world turning away from diversity we need public anthropology more than ever. I’ve decided to do my bit to share what we know about cultures of reproduction & why they matter for evolution. PEOPLE LIKE US coming in 2027 🙏🏻 Will Francis Picador Books Andrea Henry
