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Dr Juliane Kaminski

@comparativeminds

Associate Prof of Comparative Psychology, Member of Centre for Comparative & Evolutionary Pschology (CCEP) @uop-ccep.bsky.social, #ComparativePsychologie #AnimalCognition, #Dogs, #Chimpanzees, #SocialCognition, #Domestication,She/Her

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Some dogs can pick up hundreds of words – do they learn like children? Some dogs can remember the names of hundreds of objects.

I wrote a thing….
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20.01.2026 18:26 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Shaped by domestication: Did the evolution of facial muscle anatomy and ear morphology in dogs reflect adaptations to humans’ unconscious preferences?

We’re looking for a motivated & curious researcher to join our team as a PhD candidate! You’ll work with Prof. Bridget Waller, Dr. Annika Bremhorst, & me at the Dog Cognition Centre, UoP.
Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶
Interested? Get in touch with me.

21.10.2025 18:16 👍 18 🔁 27 💬 0 📌 0
LinkedIn This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

Our PhD student, Anna Sydänheimo, is conducting a study into how dog owners perceive routine husbandry procedures (e.g. nail clipping) on their 🐶 .
If you are a dog owner from the 🇬🇧 or 🇫🇮, please consider contributing by filling out this questionnaire. Thank you!

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15.08.2025 15:19 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2
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Opportunities — ASAB

🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job

More details: www.asab.org/opportunities

PLEASE share widely.

07.07.2025 07:03 👍 33 🔁 52 💬 0 📌 2
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Excellent talks, nice chats, great city! #CSF2025 #Hamburg

24.06.2025 16:24 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Famous chimpanzee sanctuary faces existential threat from illegal land grab Tacugama has grown to become Sierra Leone's most popular tourist attraction over the last three decades. But in a stand against the fast-approaching illegal encroachment, the sanctuary has closed its ...

Donations to Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary (needed in part due to shuttered USAID) can be made at www.tacugama.com

03.06.2025 16:20 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Get in touch if you are interested in projects on ToM in 🐶 or chimpanzees, dog-human communication, or any other topic in the area of social cognition with dogs or chimpanzees!

13.05.2025 13:08 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s #worldbeeday. Give them space and they will come! 🐝🐝🐝

20.05.2025 14:36 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Get in touch if you are interested in projects on ToM in 🐶 or chimpanzees, dog-human communication, or any other topic in the area of social cognition with dogs or chimpanzees!

13.05.2025 13:08 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Research Associate (m/f/d) Applying Machine Learning to Developmental Psychology

I'm looking for a PhD Student at the intersection of Machine Learning and Developmental Psychology.

We study everyday experiences in children from 🇰🇪🇩🇪🇹🇷 and use ML models to quantify interactions.

4 years, fully funded, great team, beautiful location. Please share and apply!

tinyurl.com/2mafdyh4

10.04.2025 09:38 👍 38 🔁 48 💬 1 📌 1

A reminder that we have a full PhD scholarship open at ARU in Cambridge, UK, open to candidates of any nationality. The project is on "the comparative anatomy of the mammalian larynx" and links to bioacoustics, evobio, anatomy, socioecology, etc. Please r/t and reach out with questions.

11.04.2025 15:26 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
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Humans are bad at reading dogs’ emotions – but we can do learn to do better Even experts get dog body language wrong at times.

theconversation.com/humans-are-b...

26.03.2025 20:26 👍 17 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
Remembering Kanzi — Ape Initiative

It was a book about Kanzi that sparked my interest in comparative psychology. 😔

www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...

19.03.2025 20:50 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

Interested in #comparativecognition? Keen to work with #dogs? Interested in applying for a Newton International Fellowship? Get in touch! royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

30.01.2025 17:49 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Hochschulen und Forschungsinstitutionen verlassen Plattform X - Gemeinsam für Vielfalt, Freiheit und Wissenschaft

A group of over 60 German universities have left Twitter/X. These include the major Berlin universities:

nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/10/h...

10.01.2025 09:32 👍 618 🔁 183 💬 8 📌 24
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

🌟JOB ALERT🌟
We're hiring lecturers/senior lecturers @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’
That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour

Deadline: 24th Jan 2025

bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

07.01.2025 18:30 👍 45 🔁 55 💬 0 📌 3
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RIP Julia Cissewski (1973-2025), Department Administrator of MPI-EVA's linguistics department (1998-2015). Every linguist who was at MPI-EVA during Bernard Comrie's tenure remembers her well (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sclp...). Julia is survived by her partner, linguist Greville Corbett.

07.01.2025 19:29 👍 22 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1

Thank you Finland! 👏👏👏⬇️⬇️⬇️ #mdpi #Frontiers

16.12.2024 11:22 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations to @louiseloyant.bsky.social, winner of the @primatesocietygb.bsky.social 2024 Napier Medal for her PhD work on inhibitory control across macaque species. What an achievement 🥳💪🥇

13.12.2024 14:10 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A family of lemurs

A family of lemurs

📣Senior position announcement: We are searching for an ~Academic Director~ for the Duke Lemur Center. If you or someone you know are qualified, we welcome applications!
See description at link below. Msg me if any Qs. Pls repost! #lemurs #primatology

interdisciplinary.duke.edu/opportunitie...

12.12.2024 19:28 👍 31 🔁 30 💬 2 📌 4
Meetings | Primate Society of Great Britain

We are so excited for our annual winter meeting tomorrow in Bristol! The programme for the event can be found on our website: www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee... Don't forget to tag your posts with #PSGBBristol

11.12.2024 14:18 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Validating quantitative measures of uncertainty in communicative interaction as indicators of affective valence in wild animals at University of Portsmouth on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Validating quantitative measures of uncertainty in communicative interaction as indicators of affective valence in wild animals at University of Portsmouth, listed on FindAPhD.com

Looking for a PhD candidate for our project on uncertainty in communicative interactions as indicators of affective valence. Supervised by Dr Jérôme Micheletta (@jmicheletta.bsky.social), Prof Bridget Waller and me. Get in touch if interested. See details here:

10.12.2024 11:00 👍 22 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 0

Advertising for 2 fully funded PhD projects on cooperation in children, apes and across cultures. Co-supervised by Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social and Esther Herrmann. See below for links. Message me if interested!

05.12.2024 12:16 👍 23 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 0

We are now on Bluesky 🥳

We are passionate about understanding what makes us and other animals tick. 🐒🐕🫏🐘🕷️

Follow us for research highlights, collaborations, and a peek into the fascinating world of comparative psychology, welfare and conservation!

03.12.2024 20:03 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance with me, @mdekauwe.bsky.social, and others. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC
Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

20.11.2024 16:25 👍 55 🔁 58 💬 0 📌 4
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📢 JOB ALERT ‼️
Interested in animal behaviour and ecology?🔎🦗🐛🐒🐝
👉 Then check out our webpage imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current 👀 for exciting PhD positions 👨‍🎓
Application deadline is Nov 24th, 2024 📨

14.11.2024 08:21 👍 26 🔁 29 💬 0 📌 4