Two fully funded PhD studentships on the cultural evolution of human social behaviour

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Closing date: 15th June 2017

School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany

Applications are invited for two 3-year PhD studentships based at the Language, Culture and Cognition Lab in the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland, and jointly supported by the University of Auckland and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. The studentships will begin in 2017 or 2018 and will be supervised by Dr Quentin Atkinson.

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Neuroendocrinology Pre-conference at HBES – extended submission deadline!

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The Connecting Minds In Social Neuroendocrinology and Evolution Preconference will return to HBES this year on Wednesday Mary 31st 9am-12pm. This event is an opportunity for all to connect with HBES researchers investigating the social influences and effects of hormones in the context of human evolution. We will hear from Drs. Sonia Cavigelli, Pennsylvania State University, and Keith Welker, University of Massachusetts Boston, who will give us an overview of their current research and discuss some issues related to conducting research connecting hormones and social behaviour from an evolutionary perspective.

A datablitz session will follow, where students and early career researchers will provide brief research talks, followed by an opportunity to network and receive feedback on their research. Participants in the datablitz session will also be invited to a mentoring lunch where they will have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with our keynote speakers.

All students, post-docs, and early career researchers working in the field of social neuroendocrinology are encouraged to submit an abstract for this datablitz session. The abstract submission deadline has been extended to April 18th. Please visit http://hbes2017.com/conference/neuroendocrinology-pre-conference/ for more information or to submit your abstract.

For questions or more information, please contact:
Amanda Hahn
Jaime Palmer-Hague

Call for Papers: Evolution and Biology of Leadership

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Evolution and Biology of Leadership: A New Synthesis

Guest Editors:
Mark van Vugt – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Chris von Rueden- Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond

Leadership is one of the most important research themes in the social sciences, permeating all scales of human cooperation, from intra-household decision-making to the management of complex organizations and states. Leadership is also a growing area of interest in the evolutionary and biological sciences, which are providing new insights into the emergence and dynamics of leader-follower relationships in human and non-human societies (Couzin et al., 2005; King et al., 2009; Smith et al., 2016). Greater integration of theory and method across the social and biological sciences can be helpful to inform future theory, research, and best leadership practice, which is a core aim of The Leadership Quarterly too (Antonakis, 2017).

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Neuroendocrinology Pre-conference at HBES – Call for abstracts

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The Connecting Minds In Social Neuroendocrinology and Evolution Preconference will return to HBES this year! The event will take place on Wednesday Mary 31st 9am-12pm and is free for all to attend. Please indicate your intent to attend this event during the HBES registration process.

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Department of Interdisciplinary Studies – Criminology

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Lakehead University’s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, invites applications for one tenure-track or tenured faculty appointment in Criminology at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor level to commence July 1, 2017.  The academic rank of the appointment will be commensurate with the qualifications of the successful candidate. Review of applications will begin March 1, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled.

Interested candidates can contact Larry Fiddick, lfiddick@lakeheadu.ca, about evolutionary studies at Lakehead University.

Post-doc position in Cultural Evolution and Social Cognition

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A two-year post-doctoral position in Cultural Evolution and Social Cognition is currently open at the Département d’Etudes Cognitives (DEC) of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. This project will be conducted in collaboration with Nicolas Baumard at the Institut Jean Nicod (IJN) and Julie Grèzes at the Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (LNC).

Please send a complete CV, a 2-pages cover letter and contact information of two references by March 15th to nicolas.baumard@ens.fr and julie.grezes@ens.fr, and feel free to contact us for more information!

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Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours

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Theo Murphy meeting
Monday 12 – Tuesday 13 June 2017
The Royal Society at Chicheley Hall, home of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre
Organised by Dr Rachel McMullan and Cecile Sarabian
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/06/evolution-pathogen-parasite/

Avoidance behaviours protect species as diverse as worms, ants, fish, monkeys and humans from infection by reducing or preventing contact with parasites and pathogens. This meeting will unite researchers working in invertebrates, vertebrates and humans to discuss the evolution of pathogen avoidance behaviour and how these avoidance instincts can be harnessed to improve animal and human health around the world. Join us to network with researchers working in a diversity of experimental models to share techniques and knowledge and form multidisciplinary collaborations.
This is a residential conference, which allows for increased discussion and networking.

  • Free to attend
  • Registration is essential (please request an invitation)
  • Catering and accommodation are available to purchase at registration

Nominations for HBES Officers

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We are seeking nominations for the following HBES offices:

  • Secretary/Archivist
  • Treasurer
  • President
  • Council Member at large: 2 positions
  • Student Representative

Please send your nominations to Mark Flinn (flinnm@missouri.edu) by 15 February.  Make sure that anyone you nominate is an HBES member and is willing to serve.  And for those you nominate, please inform them if they are chosen to be on the official ballot we will need a biosketch of no more than 300 words and a link to their personal or academic webpage.

After the nomination closing date, the Election Committee will present the election slate to our Executive Committee for approval.

We plan to open the on-line election on 1 March and close it 21 March, 2017.  Results of the election will be announced at the annual meeting in Boise, Idaho on May 31 – June 3, 2017.

Behaviour 2017 Call for Abstracts

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The Behaviour 2017 is a joint meeting of the 35th International Ethological Conference (IEC) and the 2017 Summer Meeting of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), that will bring together researchers and students from all fields of behaviour science.

The call for abstracts is now open.

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Abstract submission for EHBEA 2017 closes today

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Submit your abstracts for the 6-8 April 2017 EHBEA conference in Paris, France by 23:59 GMT at https://ehbea2017.sciencesconf.org/