I've had a few requests for our new paper "How Not to Find Over-Imitation in Animals" which has been published in Human Development. We now have a version available for those who are having difficulty accessing the journal. philpapers.org/rec/ANDHNT-5

Interested in animal behaviour & conservation? @CornishJackdaws & Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison) are looking for a Masters by Research student University of Exeter, Cornwall applying behaviour principles to enhance UK reintroductions of chough with Wildwood Kent, ParadiseParkCornwall & Kent Wildlife Trust. Details below.

🚀 Submissions are now OPEN for #BCCCD25! Join us in Budapest, Jan 9-11, 2025. Submit your symposia, talks, & posters by Sept 6, 2024. 📅📣 Learn more: bcccd.org #BCCCD25 #BCCCD #CognitiveScience

A very proud Edinburgh team before today’s Heriot-Watt University graduation. Congratulations to all graduands and prize winners! It was great to see you celebrate your success with your families and friends. Next stop, we celebrate in Heriot-Watt Dubai and Heriot-Watt University Malaysia! #HWUGrads #WattNext

The deadline for applications for this PhD scholarship and graduate teaching assistant position studying pedagogical strategies for teaching novel tasks is this Wednesday (10th July).

The deadline for applications for this PhD scholarship and graduate teaching assistant position exploring how humans innovate is also coming up this Wednesday (10th July). 📝📝📝

Attention animal behaviour researchers! Sally Street (Durham University) is running a study of perceptions of other species and would love to hear from you. See link for more info or to take part: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55…

Observer bias, expectation bias, taxonomic bias & geographic bias are examples of regularly occurring biases in animal behaviour research. At #ASABWinter2024 we’ll be discussing best practices & solutions for these issues. Abstracts due July 31! asabwinter2024.github.io

We have an open call for two permanent lectureships in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews. A beautiful place to live and work. Please share! vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/46…

Chimpanzee Welfare job opening! In case you missed it, my team @LincolnParkZoo is hiring a Research Assistant to focus on the ChimpCARE Tool, a resource that leverages science to help orgs plan care that supports great #animalwelfare. App review starting! careers.hireology.com/lincolnparkzoo…

Are you a church leader? Would you like to strengthen your link to your local schools? We'd love to work with you! youtube.com/watch?v=X7Fq2g…

Are you a science student getting ready to go back to uni? Or for the first time? We'd love for you to get involved as a speaker with us. You'll get paid for your time as we train and develop you in science-faith communication! gatbb.co.uk/get-involved youtube.com/watch?v=X7-xMA…

If you would like to give a short talk (7 min) at our workshop @UCL on Quantitative comparative Anthropology (broadly defined) Nov 7-8, or lead a discussion topic, please email an abstract to Gabriel Šaffa g.saffaUCL.ac.uk by Sept 15 EvoBias ERC Project

I’m recruiting a research assistant to help collect data in Durham (UK), for a cross-cultural ESRC New Investigator grant aimed at developing culturally grounded tool innovation measures in children across different cultural contexts - please share jobs.ac.uk/job/DJM961/res…