π§ Website update for #EHBEA2026!
Some hotel booking links on our website werenβt working earlierβsorry about that! Theyβve now been fixed β
You can now access the accommodation deals again and book your stay in Leiden π¨π·
π§ Website update for #EHBEA2026!
Some hotel booking links on our website werenβt working earlierβsorry about that! Theyβve now been fixed β
You can now access the accommodation deals again and book your stay in Leiden π¨π·
𧬠NEW JOB: @york-bioarch.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoc in Ancient DNA
Work on the RoBMobS project to explore mobility and diversity in Roman Britain using genomic data.
π° Β£37k - Β£39k
β³ 34 months
π York, UK
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Apply by 24 March 2026
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
TOMORROW LAST DAY!
Donβt forget to submit your applications for Student or Early Career Researcher EHBEA Grants!
More information below π
Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11.
www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...
π Postdoc Alert! Are you passionate about social learning & cultural evolution? @dominikdeffner.bsky.social & I have a 3-year position with freedom to develop your research and work on cutting-edge multiplayer and immersive experiments. Apply by March 30! hmc-lab.com/SocialLearni... Pls share π
π¨ Important accommodation update for #EHBEA2026!
Some of our hotel deals have booking deadlines β³ Please check the latest details on our practical information page: www.ehbea2026.com/practical-in...
Donβt wait too long to book your room in Leiden! ποΈπ·
Tune in for a new episode of @cognitations.bsky.social where @drboothroyd.bsky.social explains whether attractiveness preferences are universal or not among humans π π
DEADLINE EXTENSION π€©
In case you need of some time to finish up your application for a Student or Early Career Researcher Grant, we are happy to announce that we are extending the time for submission until MARCH 7th!
Use this time to polish your application, and good luck!
More information π
GRANTS, GRANTS, GRANTS π€©
Do you have a research project that needs funding?
Are you a student or ECR?
Then donβt forget to apply to the research grants from EHBEA π
DEADLINE: March 1st
More information in the links π
www.ehbea.org/pages/studen...
www.ehbea.org/pages/ecr-re...
#Postdoc #Job opportunity in #AnimalBehaviour with Jorg Massen at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Check out the position here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
β° Last chance! π¨
Today is the final day for Early Bird registration for #EHBEA2026 in Leiden π³π±π§ π·
Sign up now to get the discounted rateβafter today, standard pricing applies! Secure your spot for an inspiring conference full of science, networking & discovery π
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π·Are you coming to #EHBEA2026 or maybe need some more convincing? Let's explore the city beyond the conference! Leiden is full of great places to discover between talks, or a great reason to stay a few days longer!πΆ Here's a list:
π¨ Job Alert: Professorship in Evolutionary Anthropology / Primatology at University of Zurich, focused on understanding evolutionary and cultural evolutionary foundations of gender-based inequality and violence, with research in non-human primates.
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
π±π€ #EHBEA2026 Keynote Announcement!
Weβre thrilled to welcome Prof. Anna Rotkirch, Research Professor & Director of the Population Research Institute (Finland)
She studies family ties, fertility & population change through evolutionary and demographic lenses π
Don't forget! β° Early Bird Registration for #EHBEA2026 closes TOMORROW! π¦β¨
Donβt miss your chance to secure a discounted spot at four days of inspiring research, stimulating keynotes & vibrant discussion in Leiden π³π±π§ π·
Register now and join us 14β17 April! π
β‘οΈhttps://www.ehbea2026.com/
Poster of 13th Econ and Bio workshop on 'social influence and it's macro consequences'
Travel grants π£
For the 13th Toulouse Economics & Biology Workshop (June 1β2, 2026, @IAST) we have travel fellowships for PhDs & early-career researchers presenting a poster. Apply by Feb 27! Details: www.iast.fr/conferences/...
Get ready to dive deeper into her groundbreaking research during her keynote! π€β¨
Discover why sensitivity to experience isnβt just an early-life storyβand how environmental uncertainty can actually favour sensitive periods later in life!ππ§ π
Check out her research at:
walaseknicole.wixsite.com/site
π Big congratulations to Nicole Walasek on winning the #EHBEA2026 New Investigator Award!π
Postdoc at IBED, University of Amsterdam. With roots in cognitive science, computer science & psychology, she uses mathematical models to study how sensitive periodsβwhen experience matters mostβevolve π§
π¨Weβre delighted to announce our keynote at #EHBEA2026: Prof. Rogier Mars (Oxford & Radboud)!π€π
His talk will dive deeper into βThe human brain: A branch on the primate evolutionary treeβ and explores how comparative neuroimaging reveals the evolutionary changes shaping primate brain organization.π§ π΅
@ehemmott.bsky.social
For more information about applying to the MSc, please contact via email:
anthro-masters@ucl.ac.uk
For more information about the scholarship contact:
Julia Scott Memorial Bursary (Home/UK Fee): www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
UCL Master's Bursary (Home/UK Fee): www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
UCL Global Master's Scholarship (International Fee): www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
π¨MASTER AND SCHOLARSHIP ANOUNCEMENTπ¨
The MSc in Human Evolution and Behaviour at University College London is a broad-based programme run by experts in the field. This year they are excited to share 2 bursaries for Home/UK students, and 1 for International students - based on financial need.
π¨Plenary Announcement for #EHBEA2026π€β¨
Weβre very excited to welcome Prof Cat Hobaiter (University of St AndrewsποΈ)
With her fieldwork in Uganda and Guinea on gestural and multimodal communication in apesπ, her research is reshaping how we understand the evolution of language!π£οΈ
π www.wildminds.ac.uk
You can check her research and work in:
walaseknicole.wixsite.com/site
Congratulations! π
Her contribution on strong theoretical work together with her potential impact for the field show a robust and generative framework to develop the evolutionary human sciences, especially regarding the evolution sensitive periods that have a large impact on human development.
π¨WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTπ¨
EHBEA wants to congratulate @nicolewalasek.bsky.social on earning the EHBEA Award of New Investigatorπ
Donβt miss out a brand new episode of @cognitations.bsky.social where they discuss with @manvir.bsky.social about the social lives of human populations in the past π€©π€ππ
You can check his research and work in:
tvpollet.github.io
Congratulations! π
His contribution organising EHBEA conferences, and long-standing contributions regarding open-science and methods leadrship to develop community infrastructure have had a clear dowstream effect on ECRs and other members of the EHBEA community.