ASU Interdisciplinary Study of Cooperation Winter School

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We are now accepting student applications for the first ever Interdisciplinary Cooperation Winter School. It will take place at ASU, Jan 6-10, 2020. Student registration and travel grants are available to cover nearly the entire cost of attending for students in financial need. The application deadline has been extended to October 11th, 2019. You can find more information and apply here: http://www.aktipislab.org/winter–school.


The ASU Interdisciplinary Study of Cooperation Winter School
Cooperation is an inherently interdisciplinary topic, and one that can only be effectively studied through multiple methods and with the engagement of diverse scholars across many disciplines. The ASU Interdisciplinary Study of Cooperation Winter School provides a forum for learning about the fundamental processes underlying cooperation across diverse systems and disciplines including Psychology, Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology, Sociology and Computational Modeling. Through lectures, seminars and small tutorial sessions, students in the Winter School have the opportunity to learn from leading cooperation researchers, build new skills and develop projects.

Lecturers and instructors include
Athena Aktipis
Lee Cronk
Regis Ferrier
Aurora Nedelcu
Nichola Raihani
Joan Silk
Polly Wiessner


Who can attend
The ASU Interdisciplinary Study of Cooperation Winter School is aimed at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows but is also open to advanced undergraduates and early career faculty in any disciplinary field. Approximately 20 students will be accepted into this winter school.


Costs
The registration fee of $550 includes attendance at all presentations, tutorials, lodging during the school and most meals. We are able to offer this low registration fee to students because of funding provided by the Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative at ASU and the President’s Office. In addition to this subsidized registration fee, additional monetary assistance is available for students with financial need. Students who are accepted into the summer school will have the opportunity to apply for travel grants ($300 domestic, $500 international) and discounted registrations ($300 off the regular registration cost) if they are unable to cover the costs of attendance.


Application process
Prospective students are required to submit application materials including an application form, an essay, an abstract for a poster and a letter of recommendation. Click on the “Apply” link on our website to complete your application. Please send the letter of recommendation via email at cooperation@asu.edu with the subject line “ICI Winter School Letter of Recommendation.” Applications will be evaluated by the Scientific Organizing Committee and students will be informed of acceptance by October 20, 2019.

Questions? Check our our website at http://www.aktipislab.org/winter–school) or contact Cristina Baciu at cbaciu@asu.edu

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Psychology Position at University of Colorado Boulder

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The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track position in Social Psychology at the Assistant Professor level to begin Fall 2020. We are particularly interested in applicants who study Psychosocial Resilience, encompassing social, relational, or individual factors that allow a person to preserve well-being and health in the face of psychological, physical, or social threat, broadly construed. To build on department strengths and promote inclusiveness, we are particularly interested in hiring an individual who examines resilience in the context of diversity (e.g., ethnic/racial, sexual/gender identity, economic status, or disability), as well as the intersection of social, cognitive, and mental or physical health processes. Candidates with strong quantitative skills and the ability to teach quantitative courses and/or strong neuroscience skills will be favorably considered.
For this position, successful applicants should have an outstanding record of research achievement, evidence of or potential for extramural funding, and have a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education. A Ph.D. in Social Psychology or related science is required.
See the full job ad here.

Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Openings at Oklahoma State University

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The Department of Psychology at Oklahoma State University has two tenure-track Assistant Professor openings for a fall 2020 start.

 

(1) DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY is seeking an outstanding scientist to fill one full-time, Assistant Professor, tenure track position in Psychology beginning August 2020, with an area of specialization in biopsychology. Candidates must have a strong background and research expertise in the biological bases of behavior, broadly defined (e.g., genetic contributions to behavior, psychoneuroendocrinology, cognitive or social neuroscience). We prefer candidates with expertise that will contribute to a new interdisciplinary center housed in the Department of Psychology, the Oklahoma Center for Evolutionary Analysis (OCEAN). OCEAN fosters cross-cutting research, training of future research faculty, and educational outreach through the associated annual conference. Ideal candidates will be scholars in the areas of evolutionary psychology, evolutionary medicine, social/affective neuroscience or closely related-areas. Candidates are expected to have a strong background in and dedication to scholarly activity and to interact well with colleagues and students. They must also demonstrate the capacity to maintain a high-quality research program leading to scholarly productivity in the form of professional publications, presentations, and grantsmanship. Competitive salary and start-up funds are available.

See the full job ad here.

 

(2) DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY is seeking an outstanding scientist to fill a full-time, Assistant Professor, tenure track position in Psychology beginning August, 2020, with an area of specialization in Social Psychology. Successful candidates will be social psychologists with research programs on social emotions and/or social cognition, whose work has implications for health (e.g., mental health, physical health, health disparities). Candidates are expected to have a strong background in and dedication to scholarly activity, and to interact well with colleagues and students. They must also demonstrate the capacity to maintain a high-quality research program leading to scholarly productivity in the form of professional publications, presentations, and grantsmanship. Competitive salary and start-up funds are available.

See the full job ad here.

 

Review of applications for both openings begins October 15th, 2019.

International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress 2020 (ISBE 2020)

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The International Society for Behavioral Ecology is pleased to announce that the 18th International Behavioral Ecology Congress will be hosted in Melbourne, Australia from Sunday 27 September to Friday 2 October 2020.

ISBE congresses are held every two years and attract a lively mix of behavioral ecologists at all career stages from around the globe.

There is an exciting program, which includes top-notch plenaries, as well as oral and poster sessions presenting the latest research.  Blind reviewing of abstracts, ISBE travel support for students and participants from developing nations, and free onsite child care ensure the widest participation.  And as a break from the science there are mid-congress excursions and a well established football tournament – the hottest fixture in international football!

The Organising Committee invites you to join us in Melbourne in 2020.  To stay abreast of the latest updates and news regarding the Congress, please register your interest here.

More information can be found here. We look forward to seeing you in Melbourne.

 

Key Dates:

  • Call for Abstracts Opens: Wednesday 2 October 2019
  • Call for Abstracts Closes: Monday 2 March 2020
  • Registration Opens: Monday 3 February 2020
  • Early Bird Registration Deadline: Tuesday 26 May 2020

Multiple funded PhD positions: Experimental Psychology at Oklahoma State University.

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We are writing to announce multiple funded PhD positions for incoming graduate students in Experimental Psychology at Oklahoma State University.

OSU is one of very few universities in the U.S. with multiple social scientists trained in evolutionary approaches to behavior), including Jennifer Byrd-Craven (psychobiology) and Jaimie Arona Krems (social psychology) in Psychology. Byrd-Craven and Krems co-founded the new and growing Oklahoma Center for Evolutionary Analysis, which includes Mary Towner (human behavioral ecology) and other faculty in Integrative Biology. Topics of interest can be found on lab webpages, and include female sociality, friendship, cooperation, conflict, hormones and neurobiology, human family systems, and stereotyping and prejudice.

Please extend this information to engaged and interested undergraduate students and others seeking to apply to graduate school this cycle.

We welcome students from interdisciplinary backgrounds (e.g., biology, anthropology) as well as students with interest but no current training in evolutionary approaches. We also encourage students from groups underrepresented in the sciences to apply. Students should contact prospective mentors directly. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2019. Application information can be found here. 

18th Annual Evolutionary Psychology Preconference at SPSP

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Dear colleagues,

We are excited to announce the 18th Annual Evolutionary Psychology Preconference at SPSP, which will take place Thursday, February 27th, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

More information can be found at our webpage, and you can register now on SPSP’s website.

We have an incredible lineup of speakers, including:

On the heels of last year’s successful break-out lunch session, we’re again offering attendees a chance to gain practical insight from leading minds. Douglas Kenrick & Steven Neuberg (Arizona State University) will lead this year’s session: “Marketing Yourself as an (Evolutionary) Social Psychologist.” (This session is free for registered attendees.)

We will also feature a poster session and a data blitz session. We encourage both graduate students and faculty to submit their work for presentation. Abstract submissions will open on 10/1 and will close on 11/22 at 11:59pm. Presenters will be notified in early December, well before the early-bird registration deadline. Presenters can submit via our webpage.

Feel free to reach out with questions. We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans!
– Co-organizers Jaimie Arona Krems (Oklahoma State University) & Michael Barlev (Arizona State University)

Invitation for paper proposals: Special multidisciplinary issue on social support and maternal and child health

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We would like to invite authors from any discipline to submit a paper proposal for a special issue on social support and maternal and child health, organised and edited by Dr Abigail Page, Dr Emily Emmott and Dr Sarah Myers. We particularly welcome original research proposals (quantitative, qualitative or mixed-method), as well as interdisciplinary paper.

 

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Deadline for paper proposal: 6th September, 6pm GMT

 

Contribution types: Original research, reviews, opinion pieces and perspectives between 2,000 – 8,000 words depending on the contribution.

 

What you need to submit: A title, an abstract describing the proposed paper content, its contribution and relevance to the topic, your academic discipline, author and affiliation list.

 

For questions and submissions: abigail.page@lshtm.ac.uk

When making a submission, please include “Proposal for special issue” in your e-mail subject.

 

Timeline: The final decision on the inclusion of your proposed paper in the special issue will be made by the 20th Sept, 6pm GMT. The decision will be made based on the suitability of the proposed paper in terms of topic, and its contribution to the special issue. Once paper contributions are finalised, organisers will submit the special issue proposal to Phil Trans B. If successful we expect to have the confirmation by mid-Dec. 2019, and the first submission of papers will be expected for peer-review by April-May 2020. Revisions and final submission will be expected by Oct.-Nov. 2020 for publication in Jan. 2021.

 

Organisers and editors:  Dr Abigail Page (LSHTM, MRC Research Fellow), Dr Emily Emmott (UCL, Senior Teaching Fellow in Biological Anthropology), Dr Sarah Myers  (UCL, Honorary Research Associate in Evolutionary Anthropology)

 

Confirmed contributors: Prof. Rebecca Sear, Dr Kirsty Budds, Dr Lia Betti, Dr Masahito Morita, Dr Lee Gettler, Dr Adam Boyette, Prof. Betty Kirkwood, Dr Rob Hughes, Dr Marina Daniele, Mairi Macleod, Dr Rihlat Said Mohammed, Prof. David Coall (spanning fields of public health, anthropology, human ecology, human biology, midwifery, paleoanthropology, demography and social psychology)

 

Special issue information for Phil Trans B: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/for-authors

 

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Mother and child health have long been under a spotlight, with an array of institutions and agencies targeting the mother-child unit as a key to development and improved population outcomes. This focus is found in public health approaches in low, middle and high income countries alike. However, mothers and their children do not exist in a vacuum; social support structures provide essential scaffolding for both mothers and children. Indeed, the discourse on mother-child health increasingly acknowledges the importance of social support; however, what constitutes social support is often poorly defined, and it may variously be conceived as stemming from informal social structures (such as relatives or friends), formal support networks in terms of voluntary peer structures, health visitors and midwifes, as well as wider social institutions. Despite these varying concepts of support, there is typically a strong nuclear family bias regarding the scrutiny of, and interventions to augment, caregiving, to the exclusion of other potentially important actors.

 

Different disciplines – from psychology to anthropology, sociology, epidemiology, demography, public and population health – all approach the topic with different perspectives, assumptions and outlooks. When research remains contained within disciplinary confines, it risks not only being blinkered to the benefits of alternative approaches but also reducing its impact by failing to reach a wider audience. A holistic picture of social support and its consequences for maternal and child health is essential to effect change and can only be achieved with communication across disciplinary boundaries. This call for a multidisciplinary issue seeks to bridge the disciplinary gap and facilitate collaboration between researchers from any discipline working on social support in the context of maternal and child health.

 

During a very successful workshop held at UCL on social support and maternal-child health we established how important interdisciplinary work is to improve how we can support mothers with young children. This workshop brought together a real synergy of researchers from diverse backgrounds all trying to better understand the nature of social support and the impact it has. The workshop also spent time discussing how we can better improve interdisciplinary links to improve research. One conclusion reached was the importance of working on themes (i.e. mother and child health and social support) rather than just within our academic boundaries (the workshop summary can be found here). The next step on from this workshop is the production of a special edition on mother-child health and social support which approaches the issue from a range of perspectives. Details of the workshop and further work by Emily, Sarah and Abbey can be found at our OSF pages: https://osf.io/f4mp9/

 

As Emily, Sarah and Abbey have a background in evolutionary anthropology, we are actively seeking more contributions from other disciplines, including but not limited to, public health, epidemiology, nursing and midwifery, demography, psychology, sociology, and education research.

 

If you have any questions about the topic, possible contribution ideas or any of the above information, please do not hesitate to email Abbey at abigail.page@lshtm.ac.uk.

Call for Papers: Sports, Games, & Athletics in Evolutionary Perspective

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The journal Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences is publishing a special issue on “Sports, Games, and Athletics in Evolutionary Perspective,” edited by Robert Deaner and Andrew Gallup. Researchers with an interest in issues relevant to sports, games, and athletics and the evolutionary behavioral sciences are invited to submit original, unpublished work in the form of an empirical research article, brief report, or review article. The special issue is open to empirical articles and reviews, and the submission deadline is Dec 31, 2019. For more information please see: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ebs/call-for-papers-sports-games-athletics-evolutionary-perspective

Faculty Opening: The Centre for Culture & Evolution at Brunel University London

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The Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University London is looking for new faculty! Applicants with interests in cultural evolution (broadly defined) are welcome for lecturer or senior lecturer positions. Applicants with a specialty in cultural evolution, including those who focus on ‘microevolutionary’ change within populations (i.e., teaching, imitation and forms of biased social transmission) or ‘macroevolutionary’ change over long periods of time (i.e., societal change, phylogenetics and gene-culture coevolution) are of particular interest. Come join a great group of interdisciplinary culture and evolution scholars. https://careers.brunel.ac.uk/vacancy/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-psychology-13048-394239.html

New funding programme: The evolution of science and religion as meaning-making systems

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We are delighted to announce an approximately $3 million funding programme for research on the evolution of science and religion as meaning-making systems, with funds and support provided by the Templeton Religion Trust and the Issachar Fund. This programme seeks to utilize the tools and insights of evolutionary and behavioral science to explore conflict and complementarity in the science-religion relationship, and to better understand and inform narratives about this relationship. We will explore the deep origins, universal dispositions, and cross-cultural variations of these meaning-making systems, to build a big-picture view of the evolution of science and religion across human cultures. A variety of awards are available, from doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships to early/mid/senior career research grants. Deadlines are 05 September 2019 for expressions of interest, and 15 November 2019 for invited full applications. For more information and the full RFP, please visit http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~systmep/rfp.pdf.