Applications are invited for a full-time PhD studentship in Cultural Phylogenetics at the University of Bristol in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. The closing date for applications is May 31st 2015. Interviews will be conducted in June.
We are opening a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Minho (Portugal), and our aim is to have a strong candidate in the field of evolutionary psychology. This fellowship is in a full-time base. It will have an initial duration of 12 months, and it can be renewed up to a maximum of six years. […]
The University of Portsmouth (UK) Department of Psychology is offering bursaries linked to the following research areas: Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology Forensic Psychology Quality of Life, Health and Wellbeing Situated Action and Communication Successful applicants will be awarded a University Bursary Stipend of £14, 057 p.a. (for 16/17) for up to 4 years. Full Home/EU […]
The Minds and Traditions research group (“the Mint”), an Independent Max Planck Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena (Germany) is offering two grants for two doctoral projects focusing on “cognitive science and cultural evolution of visual culture and graphic codes“. Funding is available for four years […]
Location: University of Portsmouth – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science Salary: £33,574 to £36,672 per annum Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed on: 1st February 2016 Closes: 29th February 2016 Job Ref: 10017662
Nominations are now open for the HBES Lifetime Career and Early Career awards. If you wish to nominate someone, please follow the guidelines on the relevant link above and send materials by May 1, 2016, to Elizabeth Cashdan at ecashdan@gmail.com.
Research in cultural and linguistic evolution is growing rapidly. New scholars need to quickly grasp a range of computational and quantitative methods from across different disciplines, to learn to organise and present data, and to critically evaluate the right approaches for their research. Recognising a need for interdisciplinary training from within the field, the Max […]
Starting date: The position is available from May 2016 onwards, but later start dates are possible. Description: The PhD project will investigate the role of individual differences in human and animal collective behaviours, including group formation, group coordination and conflict resolution. It will involve experiments with human crowds using GPS tracking devices & video tracking, […]
Lisa DeBruine is now taking applications for a funded PhD student on her ERC project, How do humans recognise kin? The PhD student, with guidance from the PI and two postdoctoral RAs, will be responsible for designing studies to test the effects of potential kinship cues on prosocial and sexual behavior, recruiting and testing participants, […]
Join the live webcast! “Origins of Genus Homo” is the topic of a free public symposium hosted by the UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) on Friday, Feb 5th (1:00 – 5:30 pm PT), co-chaired by Steven Churchill (Duke Univ) and Philip Rightmire (Harvard Univ). Despite discoveries of remarkable new fossils […]