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Danai Papageorgiou

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Behavioural ecologist interested in the social life of animals. Soon returning to Germany to start a DFG-funded Emmy Noether group. Associate Editor in ProcB. My own views.

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Call for Applications - Max Planck Postdoc Program, apply now!

Call for Applications - Max Planck Postdoc Program, apply now!

The Max Planck #PostdocProgram offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities. The current call for applications is open from March 1st until April 13th, 2026. Please share or consider applying! 🙏
www.mpg.de/en/max-planc... #careerinscience #sciencecareer

02.03.2026 09:46 👍 41 🔁 36 💬 0 📌 1
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Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

My post-doc Charlotte King will be starting her own Minerva research group in September and is looking for PhD students. Click here if you are into experimental biomechanics, apes and hominin evolution.

www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...

23.02.2026 16:54 👍 13 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
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Hiring for 3 positions: Research Assistant, Field Research Coordinator, and Postdoc I am looking to hire 3 people into my lab this year. I am still doing the paperwork to get the jobs officially posted but I want to send the word out and screen potential applications right away. R…

I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...

19.02.2026 21:30 👍 70 🔁 93 💬 4 📌 7
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🚨3 Lectureships in Biology 🚨

Come join us in Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social!

We are looking for new collegues working across a broad spectum of topics in biology, including ecology & environmental change. Get in touch if you have Qs!

Apply here by 8 March: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

12.02.2026 09:10 👍 36 🔁 42 💬 0 📌 1
The Lise Meitner Excellence Programme is designed to attract and specifically promote exceptionally qualified female scientists.

The Lise Meitner Excellence Programme is designed to attract and specifically promote exceptionally qualified female scientists.

A position with prospects! We offer excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of #science. Applications are possible between February 11th and April 15th, 2026. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #lisemeitnergroups

11.02.2026 08:31 👍 45 🔁 35 💬 1 📌 2

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨

2-year postdoc in canine behaviour at Linköping University, Sweden.

#AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...

07.02.2026 08:51 👍 18 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 1
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Detecting and classifying animal calls from audio data using animal2vec Post provided by Julian Schäfer-Zimmermann An introduction for people lacking a machine-learning background We provide a non-technical explanation of the animal2vec framework, including its capabil…

Check out our new blog post!🚨

Authors provide an overview of the animal2vec framework, including its capabilities and potential for usage in animal behavior, ecology, and conservation research 🔊 🌍 🧪

Read more here👇

02.02.2026 12:02 👍 20 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
Basic R Course 2026 / Kenya | AniMove

Excited to announce our courses for #MovementEcology.🤗

This year we will be in #Africa @mpalarc.bsky.social at Mpala Research Centre. Starting with a basic R course designed for #AfricanResearchers, followed by a two-week international Animove workshop. animove.org/basic-r-cour... Please share 👍

27.01.2026 14:17 👍 21 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 1
Uppsala in late autumn

Uppsala in late autumn

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

28.01.2026 20:28 👍 158 🔁 186 💬 1 📌 5
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🚨 PhD offer (please share)
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species

Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me

Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh

15.01.2026 13:30 👍 74 🔁 96 💬 1 📌 2
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We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...

13.01.2026 14:42 👍 54 🔁 58 💬 1 📌 2
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Behavioural ecology in the twenty-first century - Nature Ecology & Evolution This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and tackling global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptat...

In one of those days where purpose seems hard to find, nice to read: "why does the world still need behavioural ecologists?"

A reminder of how exciting it is to see the world from the eyes of a behavioural ecologist.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

17.12.2025 08:22 👍 22 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

Amazing lab, amazing PI, amazing place. I am leaving Bristol tomorrow but luckily others can come and experience what's the most supportive atmosphere I have experienced so far in an academic department!

15.12.2025 09:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Social bonds decrease epigenetic age in male bottlenose dolphins Communications Biology - Across 40 years of behavioural and epigenetic data, male dolphins with stronger social relationships show lower epigenetic ages and therefore appear to age slower compared...

New paper out in @commsbio.nature.com: Social bonds decrease epigenetic age in male bottlenose dolphins rdcu.be/eUoID led by @liviagerber.bsky.social @researchdolphin.bsky.social

15.12.2025 08:37 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly Like friendship itself, the slower ageing is more than just skin deep.

Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly
theconversation.com/friendship-i...

15.12.2025 09:04 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist We are looking for 4 PhD Positions and one Scientific Programmer / Ecological Data Scientist to join the AG Hartig (Theoretical Ecology)

We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...

13.11.2025 16:14 👍 44 🔁 69 💬 1 📌 2
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Konstanz school of Collective Behavior will take place again from 20th July to 7th August , 2026. We have an amazing line up of speakers covering state of the art research on collective behavior across systems. Application deadline : March 15th
Details here: www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/applica...

02.12.2025 16:59 👍 17 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 3
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New paper out today w @dalmaijer.bsky.social @barbaraklump.bsky.social and @lucymaplin.bsky.social as part of the Phil Trans special issue doi.org/10.1098/rstb.... Over 2 years, we studied a population of cockatoos thought to be the source of the innovation of bin-opening.

04.12.2025 13:31 👍 104 🔁 42 💬 3 📌 8
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Interested in open, reliable & transparent science in ecology & evolution?

Become a member of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology @sortee.bsky.social!

Membership is open to all and it's optional to join at no cost 👉 sortee.org/join/

27.11.2025 13:42 👍 33 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 0
Meerkat pups in the Kalahari, South Africa

Meerkat pups in the Kalahari, South Africa

Rhesus macaques in Cayo Santiago

Rhesus macaques in Cayo Santiago

Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera, South Africa.

Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera, South Africa.

📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us:

Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation

UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6

NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp

Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork

21.11.2025 16:48 👍 41 🔁 51 💬 0 📌 2

One of the most fun projects to be part of!
Check also the motor displays of these males here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

21.11.2025 15:36 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...

20.11.2025 09:09 👍 30 🔁 47 💬 0 📌 1

Postdoc position in individual-level incentives, social
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz

files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...

17.11.2025 09:27 👍 35 🔁 37 💬 1 📌 1
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Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

17.11.2025 11:49 👍 25 🔁 33 💬 0 📌 0

Final version is now online and open access!

"Integrating space, time, and culture in animal conservation practice"

w/ Dawn Barlow & @taylorhersh.bsky.social

🧪

18.11.2025 09:57 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Integrating Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Remote Sensing Reveals Known and Novel Fish Diversity Hotspots in a World Heritage Area Aim Shark Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Western Australia, is highly vulnerable to climate change, yet its fish biodiversity remains poorly understood at fine spatial scales. We integrated en...

🎉 Excited to share the 2nd chapter of my PhD!

From 270 eDNA samples across Shark Bay (🇦🇺), we identified 106 fish species and mapped their diversity with remote sensing — all non-invasively! 🌊🐠

A scalable framework for characterising marine biodiversity

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70074

03.11.2025 15:22 👍 16 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0

New amazing open Postdoc position, w/t opportunities to 1) get closely involved in our next @themanybirds.bsky.social study on innovation and problem-solving; 2) work with @ecobird.bsky.social on avian innovation, cognition & invasiveness. Advert: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

14.11.2025 06:16 👍 12 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.

All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏

13.11.2025 08:33 👍 61 🔁 84 💬 0 📌 2
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Vocal convergence during formation of social relationships in vampire bats | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences In many group-living birds and mammals, the formation of affiliative relationships is hypothesized to cause vocal convergence (an increase in call similarity between individuals). However, testing this causal effect can be difficult, because it requires ...

Vocal convergence during formation of social relationships in vampire bats royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

13.11.2025 18:40 👍 30 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 2

📢 Amazing #PDRA opportunities.
Exciting and important questions with a stellar and supportive team, plus cool fieldwork options.
Check it out NOW!
#coralreefs #jobs #restoration #research

11.11.2025 09:07 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0