#CES2024 will be holding themed discussion sessions, which you can propose and vote on now! If you missed out on submitting an abstract, why not submit a themed discussion proposal? @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social Link to submit proposals & vote: ars.particify.de/p/55984250?e...

A mural showing the declining tradition of honey-hunting with honeyguides now adorns a school in Mto wa Mbu, northern Tanzania. Outreach initiative by Amana Kilawi, a founding member of the African Honey-hunting Research Network led by @jesvanderwal, supported by @cultevolfunding.bsky.social

We have put together a page to capture travel advice for those coming to Durham for the #CES2024 conference following LNER's announcement, available here: ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2024/08/22/t... @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

For those attending the Capstone Conference, please note that LNER are also on strike on 14th and 15th September. Please follow the links below for advice about how to travel by rail on the weekends before and after the conferences!

We have reopened registration for online attendance at our Capstone Conference, and so has #CES2024. New deadline 30th August 9pm BST! The online delivery is provided by Underline. Register now for access to well over 100 presentations across both conferences! pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham...

Registration for #CES2024 Conference closes TOMORROW at 4pm UTC/GMT! Register here: pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham.... Don't forget, a CES membership will save you money on your registration fees! Save £, sign up to @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social! culturalevolutionsociety.org/membership/

Short Academic Film submissions are still open for #CES2024Durham until July 12th! Films are a max of 10 mins (but can be short-form content), related to any aspect of CE and if not in English, must have English Captions ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/abstract-sub... @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

You can register for both the Capstone Conference and #CES2024Durham here: pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham... Registration for the Capstone Conference costs £32.50 per day for in-person attendance, with online attendance completely FREE! @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

Preliminary Programme for the Transformation Fund Capstone Conference now available! See below or click this link to redirect you to a downloadable PDF: ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/wp-content/u... The Capstone Conference immediately follows #CES2024Durham conference. See you there!

#CES2024Durham Early bird registration closes TODAY at 4pm UTC/GMT! Make sure to register now to save £50! Register here pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham... Buy a CES membership here to save even more! @CulturalEvolSoc culturalevolutionsociety.org/membership/

4 days until early bird reg for #CES2024Durham closes at 4pm UCT/GMT on 20th May. We are committed to running an inclusive conference. Visit our inclusivity page to see our current initiatives. ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/inclusivity/ Register here pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham...

5 days left until early bird registration for closes at 4pm UTC/GMT on Monday 20th May. #CES2024Durham pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham... @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social We are very happy to announce our preliminary programme as well!! ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2024/05/15/p...

We're re-rextending the deadline for short film abstracts, the deadline will now be 12th July 9 PM BST. #CES2024Durham ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/abstract-sub...

In February, our Sustainability Applied Working Group, led by PI Rebecca Koomen met for their in-person Workshop. Read our blog about the workshop here: ces-transformationfund.org/news/there-i... and learn more about the AWG on our website here: ces-transformationfund.org/our-projects...

Only two more weeks until early bird registration closes for #CES204 conference at 4pm UTC/GMT on 20th May. Register to enjoy exciting talks in beautiful Durham, plus a conference dinner in a World Heritage site: Durham Castle! @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

Three weeks left until early bird registration closes for #CES204Durham at 4pm UTC/GMT on 20th May. We'll be sharing our indicative programme soon, but in the meantime, we're delighted to announce a science writing workshop at the conference by @SAPIENS_org. Reg link below! 👇

One day left to apply for an inclusivity award to fund your travel and/or registration fees to #CES2024Durham conference! Applications can be made here: ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/inclusivity-... until the deadline of 20th April, 9:00 AM BST @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

New paper out from one of our funded Applied Working Groups, led by Richard Berl, exploring how Indigenous knowledge can change the cultural practices of agencies that govern natural resource management for the better. Read the (open access!) paper here: doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22584

Join our new Discord group! It will act as a digital gathering place for ESLR members & people interested in #socialLearning and #CulturalEvolution, where we will share job listings, post about cool new science, host our committee meetings, etc. Contact us for the invite link

Just under five months to go until #CES2024Durham, and only one week left to apply for an inclusivity award to fund your travel and/or registration fees at the link below. Deadline for these awards is 20th April 9:00 AM BST @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/inclusivity-...

New paper from our 'Collective action and interdependence' funded project, led by PI Nichola Raihani with @al-cibiades.bsky.social and Charlie Pilgrim. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb..., and more on the project here: ces-transformationfund.org/our-projects...

#CES2024 has re-open submissions for the short academic film category! See below for more info. Please submit your abstract here: ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/abstract-sub... @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

Our scientific committee are busy anonymously reviewing the abstracts submitted for #CES2024Durham. We’ll be communicating our decisions to applicants in the week commencing 8th April, so look out for our email then! Thank you again to all who submitted an abstract! @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

What are the best ways of clustering literary works by genre? In our new paper, @artjomshl.bsky.social & I compare 291 combinations of algorithms to find this out. Many findings are surprising: say, k of topics in LDA doesn't matter, or Euclidean distance is terrible 🤷‍♂️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Applications are open for the Cultural Evolution Society Awards! The New Investigator Award recognises outstanding contribution&potential <5 yrs post PhD, and the Richerson Award is for Outstanding Doctoral Research. Get your applications in by May 1st: culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...

Registration for the #CES2024 conference and our Capstone Conference, which will feature presentations from all our funded research projects, applied working groups, & seedcorn projects, has opened! Read our news item for more👇 ces-transformationfund.org/news/registr... @cultevolfunding.bsky.social

1 HOUR left before abstract submission for #CES2024Durham closes at 11th March 9am GMT! @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social Once the form closes that's it, so get your abstracts in now!

We cannot wait for you to join us in Durham this September! During our 2-day Capstone Conference, each of our funded Research Projects, Applied Working Groups, and Seedcorn Projects will present their research. A detailed programme will follow shortly.

CORRECTION*** OUR DEADLINES FOR #CES2024 Abstract deadline: 11th March 9 am GMT Fee Waiver/ ACE Deadline: 20th April 9 am BST Early Bird Reg Deadline: 20th May 9 am BST And not forgetting the conference itself: 9-11th September! @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

We are happy to announce our fee waivers and @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social ACE Travel awards #CES2024. You can apply for both here ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/inclusivity-... The deadline is 20th April 9am BST, you will hear back before the deadline for early bird registration on 20th May 4pm BST

One of our Co-I's, @davidwlawson.bsky.social, has written a field report about his funded project on the shifting gender roles in Tanzania. Read it here: ces-transformationfund.org/news/ces-tra...

Check out our new look CES website 🎉 ! It hosts a summary of the topic, information on how to become a member, our upcoming conferences, news, grants, jobs and more: culturalevolutionsociety.org

We would like to have a creche to support parents/carers at CES2024Durham at no extra charge. If you are planning to attend, please vote below whether you would be interested in the creche? 1️⃣ No 2️⃣ Yes (1 infant, <2 years) 3️⃣ Yes (1 child, >2 years) 4️⃣ Yes, more than 1 infant/child 📊 Show results

Some stories stick with us whilst others are all but lost to time: just think about how many people know Bram Stoker's Dracula versus how many are familiar with Richard Marsh's The Beetle, which outsold Dracula when they were both published but since fell out of print. 1/5

How do you know whether others really mean what they communicate? Do our methods for figuring this out vary across cultures? @tillaeranthos.bsky.social and Cristine Legare are investigating these questions through transmission chain studies involving children from two societies: a thread 1/6

Globalization is causing change in many aspects of many cultures, opening up a vast, diverse field of study, in which several of our funded projects are involved. This seedcorn project, led by @nachitarosun.bsky.social focuses on the impact of globalization on kinship norms in Mauritius. 1/4

Time to get tapping away at those keyboards and send in your abstracts to the #CES2024durham conference! @cultevolfunding.bsky.social Choose from a 15-20 min talk, lightning talk, or poster, and you can submit for a short academic film, too!

One more sleep until abstract submission opens for CES 2024 Durham!

Only 3 days until Friday 12th when abstract submission opens for the CES Durham 2024 conference! Today's EDI Initiative: the conference will be hybrid to enable those who have care responsibilities or can't fly to still attend @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

4 days till we open abstract submission for CES2024 Durham! EDI Initiative of the day: In line with @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social equality, diversity and inclusion aims, all abstracts will be reviewed anonymously to reduce subconscious bias and ensure a balanced and diverse conference programme

5 days till abstract submission opens for #CES2024Durham @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social this Friday 12th!! Follow our countdown this week for details and to hear the EDI initiatives we’re planning for the conference

An exciting update from our funded project on Globalization, Culture and Well-Being in Congo (ces-transformationfund.org/our-projects...) 1/2

Rose Oronje and Melissa Taylor, from our funded project on Cultural Evolution in Global Health, have been interviewed by Science on the use of reflexivity statements, since their research evaluates the use of such statements against their intended effect. 1/2

The Natural Resource Management (NRM) applied working group, led by Richard Berl and funded by us, met for a workshop in September. We've written a blog about their work and how a cultural evolution lens can guide change in NRM institutions. Read more here: ces-transformationfund.org/news/applied...

Culture Conference 2024 (www.culture-conference.com) is now open for registration! Attendance is possible both in-person and remotely, and is FREE for both. The event is on Feb 8th and 9th, 2024 in Zürich. Come join us for a great 48 hours of cultural evolution research! forms.gle/3oqfj9sSa474...

Got a question about the next CES Conference? Send in your replies to the post below and keep your eyes peeled for the FAQs page on the conference website in early January!

We love to see people conducting CE research in the Arts as well as STEM! See Oleg's thread for some examples of such research, and read more on this funded project on our website ces-transformationfund.org/our-projects.... A series of threads introducing our seedcorn projects is coming soon!

Fantastic special issue of Phil Trans B on Evolution and Sustainability, edited by one of our Sustainability Applied Working Group leaders, and featuring articles authored by @twaring.bsky.social , Vanessa Weinberger, and Thomas Currie, PI for our project on the CE of conservation!

Job alert! Postdoctoral and teaching fellow at Mannheim University in social learning, cultural evolution and personality/individual differences, with Jochen Gebauer, me, Daniel Haun & Wilhelm Hofmann. Deadline 1st Dec, more details here: www.psy.de/evoad.pdf #culturalevolution #personality #postdoc