✨🚨 @ehbea.bsky.social IS GOING GLOBAL🚨✨ #EHBEA2028 will be a fully online global event, opening the door for those who have rarely/never been able to attend. We’re looking for volunteers at all career stages and levels of involvement. 👉 forms.office.com/e/vCT8Dqk1Mp Please share widely 🫶

The European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association is planning an online global event in 2028, as a way of expanding its networks and reach 👇 Get in touch through the form below if you're interested in getting involved

We're officially recruiting for our new Clinical MSc programme! Come join a group of incredible people doing rad and impactful work 🫶 www.brunel.ac.uk/study/course...

Michelle Kline, Professor at Brunel University, followed with an insightful discussion on the role of cultural learning in shaping childbearing and childrearing practices across the lifespan, highlighting the deep connections between culture and reproduction.

Our host turns speaker: @matcharbonneau.bsky.social on how open-ended cumulative cultural evolution works

Now it's @michelleakline.bsky.social 's fascinating plenary on cultural evolution and childrearing / childbirth

‼️ This is TODAY!! Remember to join us for the #WplusEBS lunch across societies! #HBES2026 #CES2026 #CESRabat

This is tonight!! We can’t wait to see everyone and have some great conversation! Everyone is welcome! #HBES2026 #CESRabat #CES2026

I got THE BEST swag from @twaring.bsky.social at CES

New EHBEA initiative promoting Open Science, led by @louisbachaud.bsky.social 👏👏

Francisco is part of a @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social panel in @ces2026.bsky.social 👏🏻🌈 If you’re going to CES or @hbes2026.bsky.social make sure you attend!

Excited to announce our panelists for the #WplusEBS Lunch Across Societies Panel at #HBES2026 & #CES2026! We're lucky to have 3 accomplished panelists, Jasmeen Kanwal (from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), Francisco Gómez Jiménez (from @brunelcce.bsky.social), & Ollie Shannon (from WSU). (More info 👇)

These videos are so great! Highlighting the excellent research presented during the @ehbea2026.bsky.social poster session, thanks to @pablovarase.bsky.social & @amandinevisine.bsky.social 👏

Was fortunate today to see previews of some of the fantastic @brunelcce.bsky.social research on the programmes of @ces2026.bsky.social & @hbes2026.bsky.social 😊 Look out for Francisco Gómez Jiménez on mate preferences, @aiyanakoka.bsky.social on innovation & @loraadair.bsky.social on witchcraft

🚨 Cultural evolution paper alert

Ecstatic to hear that our paper was selected as the Editor's Choice selection for Psychological Review!!!! Many thanks to the editorial team for the recognition, and to my brilliant co-authors for making this project what it is. Check out the thread below for a summary of the paper! 👇

New Open Access book edited by Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social and Wolfgang Wagner on identity and culture. Many great chapter by great folks. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

I don’t know if you know this, but @ferylbadiani.bsky.social is awesome. Well deserve award!

Happy Beltane! 🌸🌷There are at least 1000 pagans here for a 7am ritual.

Review of Trusting Science: Why We Need to Reconsider School Science Teaching "provides valuable insights to those concerned about how to engage students in understanding the importance of science in terms of its contribution to a democratic & functionally scientifically literate society"

1/ Important retraction news 👇📰 A recent article using “national IQ” data to claim that a country’s “national intelligence” causes economic growth has been retracted @rebeccasear.bsky.social was among those who raised concerns - a good example of the importance of responsibility in science 💪 🧪

1/ 📢 We’re hiring at Brunel Psychology! We have ✨TWO sparkling ✨ new permanent roles in Clinical Psychology as we grow our clinical provision, including our new MSc in Clinical Psychology launching this September. Come and help shape what we’re building 👇 @brunelgradschool.bsky.social 🧪

Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! I'm excited to announce our social event for #CES2026. We'll be hosting a speed-networking event, "Survival of the Social" during #CES2026. Date and time will be announced in the upcoming weeks :)

Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! We're so excited to be hosting social events at both #CES2026 and #HBES2026 this year. At #HBES2026 we will be hosting a social community-building event called "Skip the Small Talk"! Date and time will be announced in the upcoming weeks. We hope to see you there!

Coming to #CES2026 or #HBES2026? @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social looks forward to welcoming you at one of our two mixers or at our Wed May 13 CES+HBES lunchtime panel discussion! Follow us for more and we'll see you in Rabat! 👇🏻

Happened to be reading a psychology textbook yesterday, and was astonished to find uncritical discussion of work by Kevin MacDonald and Philippe Rushton. Is it typical in psychology textbooks to cite race scientists without mentioning their work has been discredited?

🚨AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 @ehbea.bsky.social gives away prizes for best talk and poster for students in every of our conferences. This year, in @ehbea2026.bsky.social, we gave a total of four prizes, based on either a jury evaluation or public vote. And the winners are...🥁🥁🥁

New theme issue of #PhilTransB: The evolution of collective intelligence. Read #OA: buff.ly/f0gWUxH

Last but not least, as @ehbea.bsky.social we wanted to highlight the work from different presenters of our poster session in @ehbea2026.bsky.social People are doing amazing research so please take a minute and have a look 🙌 Thanks @amandinevisine.bsky.social for 🎥 youtube.com/shorts/006Jt...

Are gender gaps in partner preferences larger in countries with stronger gender norms? In our new preprint (w/ @jinwenxie.bsky.social ), we addressed this question using an open access dataset (Walter et al, 2020; >14k participants, 45 countries). 🧵1/4 #ehbea #psychscisky 🧪 osf.io/preprints/ps...

If you’re into health, behaviour change, or just curious about how group processes actually do something in the real world, this is a good one ☕ snacks included if you come in person Teams details 👇 @brunelcce.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Fellow in Agent-based Human–Earth System Modelling at the Anthropocene Laboratory at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline: June 15. @brunelcce.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social @michael.muthukrishna.com

The Cultural Evolution Society is delighted to announce that Mason Youngblood (he/they) @masonyoungblood.bsky.social, Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, is the recipient of the 2026 CES New Investigator Award. Congratulations Mason on this well-deserved award!!

Our paper on generalized dynamic phylogenetic models is finally out in MEE 🥳 The brainchild of @err-ring.bsky.social, GDPMs open up a vast new space for comparative studies on complex, coevolving traits, greatly aided by @scottclaessens.bsky.social's work on the accompanying R package. Check it out!

Thank you to @rebeccasear.bsky.social for being an excellent President of @ehbea.bsky.social and for leading the EHBEA committee! The incoming President is @alexalvergne.bsky.social, who will also do an excellent job in this role. #ehbea2026

Last day of conference! We had a wonderful day with amazing talks from @nicolewalasek.bsky.social and @nakedprimate.bsky.social ! We also had our Annual General Meeting, with a big round of applause for the Organising Committee and last words from @rebeccasear.bsky.social as president. #ehbea2026

@ehbea2026.bsky.social that's a wrap! Amazing first @ehbea.bsky.social conference for me, full up with great talks and conversations, and scenery!? Did not expect a postcard beach sunset in Leiden 🤩

Here’s Matt presenting that #ehbea2026 poster on ‘Sentiments, respect and the evolution of norm psychology’ (and the conference dinner location truly was gorgeous!) @brunelcce.bsky.social

@brunelcce.bsky.social was well-represented at #ehbea2026. @replicatedtypo.bsky.social presented on ‘The cultural evolution of problem-solving’ and @abbeyepage.bsky.social on ‘When the village predicts the next baby: post-natal social support and fertility intentions in the UK’ (sadly no pic)

Next year in Zurich 😊 🏔️🇨🇭 #ehbea2027 will be held 29 March to 2 April. Website and Bluesky account are already set up (love the logo ❤️) @ehbea2027.bsky.social www.ehbea2027.com

📢 News: Dr. @alexalvergne.bsky.social is assuming a new position as President of the @ehbea.bsky.social. She is Director of Research at the Evolutionary Anthropology Team at ISEM Montpellier

Finishing the first day of @ehbea2026.bsky.social in Leiden! We had some very great talks and interesting discussions, including talks from Rogier Mars and @iyadrahwan.bsky.social We also had a session to discuss about AI and research practices #StandUpForScience #ehbea2026

STARTING NOW! The event organised by @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social to discuss (over a drink 🍷) about empowering women and sexual and gender minority voices in #EvolutionaryBehaviouralSciences If you’re part of @ehbea2026.bsky.social or just want to spot by, join us at Lab 071!

Great talk by @babeheim.bsky.social at @ehbea2026.bsky.social on the cultural evolution of strategies in the game Go, including the convergence of AI on established strategies. #ehbea2026

Second day of @ehbea2026.bsky.social done! Full day, full of nice discussions, a wonderful talk from Anna Rotkirch, a fruitful panel discussion about AI and science, and poster session! Looking forward for tomorrow! 👀 #ehbea2026

Thrilled to be en route to Leiden for my first EHBEA conference @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2026.bsky.social! Giving a poster on Thursday afternoon: Sentiments, Respect, and the Evolution of Norm Psychology. Been slow cooking this framework for 20 years(😱). Come tuck in!

Fabulous, wide-ranging plenary from @ehbea.bsky.social’s 2026 New Investigator winner Nicole Walasek at #ehbea2026. Her work on the evolution and development of sensitive periods highlighted the benefits of multi-species work and the importance of formal modelling of verbal theories 👏👏

COME AND JOIN OUR MEET & GREET! 📽️❤️‍🔥 On the weekend before @ehbea2026.bsky.social , @aashira.bsky.social talks to us about herself, and her role in @ehbea.bsky.social as the Student representative, leaving a warm welcome to everybody 🙌 Have a look and #MeetTheBoard 👇👇👇 youtube.com/shorts/nRHbw...