One week left to submit for New Investigator and Postdoctoral award Competition for HBES 2018
The deadline for submission of manuscripts to be considered for the New Investigator and Postdoctoral Award is 1 April. You can find more information here.
PhD Studentships in behaviour informatics at Newcastle University
Are you interested in developing novel approaches to understanding, predicting or changing behaviour?
Newcastle University is offering five, 4-year PhD studentships in the field of behaviour informatics. Behaviour informatics brings together the study of behaviour in all its guises, from economics to psychology and from behavioural ecology to animal welfare, with new methods from computational science and engineering to address challenging questions in human and/or animal behaviour.
12 funded PhD positions at the University of Goettingen and the German Primate Research Center
The University of Goettingen and the German Primate Research Center are advertising 12 fully funded PhD positions in psychology, primatology, behavioral biology and linguistics as part of the DFG Research Training Group “Understanding Social Relationships”.
The deadline is 10 April 2018.
Registration for HBES 2018 in Amsterdam is now open!
We’re happy to announce that registration for HBES 2018 is now open. Please click here to register. You can find out more about registration deadlines here.
HBES Awards Call for Nominations
Member email sent 2 March 2018: Read more
Call for abstracts for the Social Neuroendocrinology Preconference at HBES 2018
We are delighted to offer the Connecting Minds in Social Neuroendocrinology and Evolution preconference again at HBES 2018 in Amsterdam!
This preconference meeting is an opportunity to connect new and established researchers who are investigating the social influences and effects of both endogenous and exogenous hormones in the context of human evolution.
The preconference event will take place on the morning of July 4th, before HBES begins. This event will include short DataBlitz presentations from young researchers in the field with a focus on preliminary data, plenary talks from established researchers in the field, and a networking lunch open to all attendees. It is free to attend, but please register for the preconference with your main HBES registration to ensure that the event is properly catered.
We are pleased to announce two plenary speakers presenting at this event:
- Dr Peter Bos, from the department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Utrecht University
- Dr Marco Del Giudice, from the department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico
If you are a young researcher interested in presenting in our DataBlitz session, please submit an abstract for consideration by April 1 (abstract decisions announced May 1st). These brief talks are limited to undergraduate and postgraduate students or postdoctoral researchers and should emphasize new and/or preliminary research findings.
Please contact Amanda Hahn (amanda.hahn@humboldt.edu) or Jaime Palmer-Hague (Jaime.PalmerHague@twu.ca) with any questions regarding this event or for late registration.
Now accepting nominations for the HBES Early Career Award (due April 14)
The HBES Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution recognizes excellent young scientists who have made distinguished theoretical and/or empirical contributions to the study of evolution and human behavior. The nomination letter should include the following information:
- What are the general themes of the nominee’s major lines of research?
- What are the important research findings discovered by the nominee?
- To what extent have the nominee’s contributions generated research in the field?
Nominations for the HBES Early Career Award should include a statement about the worthiness of the nominee, curriculum vita of the nominee, a recent complete bibliography, and no more than five reprints representative of the nominee’s contributions. Please note: The award is subject to the following limitation: The nominee must be no more than 10 years post-Ph.D.
Nominations are due to president@hbes.com by 14 April 2018.
Now accepting nominations for the HBES Lifetime Career Award (due April 14)
Nominations are open for the HBES Lifetime Career award. If you wish to nominate someone, please follow these guidelines. Nominations for these awards should include a letter of nomination, a curriculum vita, a recent complete bibliography, up to five representative reprints and the names and addresses of several scientists familiar with the nominee’s work.
- What has been the significant and enduring influence of the nominee’s research?
- What historical contribution has the nominee’s research made to the field?
- Compare the nominee with others in her/his field.
- What influence has the nominee had on students and others in the same field of study?
- Where possible, please identify the nominee’s students by name.
Nominations are due to president@hbes.com by 14 April 2018.
Abstract Submission Opens for HBES 2018
We are happy to announce that abstract submission for HBES 2018 in Amsterdam is now open. Please click here to submit your abstract. The submission deadline is March 2nd.
