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Bridget Waller
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Professor of Evolution and Social Behaviour | Communication, faces, social interaction | ERC Consolidator grant FACEDIFF www.FACEDIFF.co.uk | NTU 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 |
President, Primate Society of Great Britain @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
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Fixed-term Research Assistant post in primate behaviour, likely desk based but good experience before applying for PhD funding. Join us at NTU! @ntupsychology.bsky.social
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Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour:City Campus
Join us as a Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour! Gain excellent experience and skills working with a range of primatologists across NTU. A great stepping stone before embarking on a PhD!
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This position is an ideal starter position for someone interested in gaining experience before applying for PhD funding. For further information: vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour:City Campus
Join us as a Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour! Gain excellent experience and skills working with a range of primatologists across NTU. A great stepping stone before embarking on a PhD!
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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It's hiring season at @iast.fr!

- 2y research postdoc contract
- Full autonomy, you are your own PI
- Awesome multidisciplinary environment
- All social and behavioral sciences welcome
- Seed funding for projects and workshops
- Gorgeous city in the south of France

www.iast.fr/research-fel...
September 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Fixed-term Research Assistant post in primate behaviour, likely desk based but good experience before applying for PhD funding. Join us at NTU! @ntupsychology.bsky.social
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour:City Campus
Join us as a Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour! Gain excellent experience and skills working with a range of primatologists across NTU. A great stepping stone before embarking on a PhD!
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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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.
Shaped by domestication: Did the evolution of facial muscle anatomy and ear morphology in dogs reflect adaptations to humans’ unconscious preferences?
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October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour.
🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14)
⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026!
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Conversational turn-taking feels effortless, but it's a complex dance. We find social context—who you're talking to and what you're talking about—fundamentally changes conversational dynamics in both autistic & TD children. 1/

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Social Context Matters for Turn‐Taking Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Autistic and Typically Developing Children
Engaging in fluent conversation is a surprisingly complex task that requires interlocutors to promptly respond to each other in a way that is appropriate to the social context. In this study, we dise...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Vote for your favourite t-shirt design for PSGB! Winning designs will be sold to raise money for the charitable work of PSGB! @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
Voting is open for our t-shirt design contest!! 🎨 Cast your votes, and we will print the winning design on t-shirts in our online shop. All proceeds help us to conduct vital work in primate research, conservation, and captive care. Cast your vote by the 20th of October: forms.gle/HTyHN46spfYD...
Vote for Your Favourite T-Shirt Design!
Welcome to the PSGB T-Shirt Design Contest! 🎨👕 Each person can vote once for their favourite design, so make it count! Voting closes soon winners will be announced on October 20th. Thanks for supporti...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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It is with profound sadness that the Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) acknowledges the passing of Dame Jane Goodall, who died on 1 October 2025 at the age of 91.
October 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Very sad to hear about Jane Goodall’s passing. 🌿 An inspiration whose legacy in primatology will live on. @primatesocietygb.bsky.social #JaneGoodall
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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APA is offering paid editorial fellowships for early-career researchers. 🧪

I was the editorial fellow at Journal of Comparative Psychology last year and I can highly recommend it!

www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
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September 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Postdoc job alert! We are hiring a NYU-based postdoc to work on our project on the social and environmental determinants of aging. The 3 year post will be based in James Higham's lab and will focus on endocrine, immune, and inflammatory aspects of aging. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/173938
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September 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Interested in creative design AND supporting primates? Enter our competition to have your primate design featured on PSGB t-shirts! @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
Calling all artists! 🧑‍🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵
September 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Do you have a passion for primates and a precise editorial eye? We’re looking for a new editor for the PSGB Primate Eye Newsletter. 🦧 📝 Curate Issues; highlight members’ achievements, and act as a critical mouthpiece for PSGB. 📧 editor@psgb.org for more information about how to apply.
September 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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We are delighted to announce that our 2025 Winter Meeting will be hosted at the National Museum in Cardiff, Wales (27th & 28th Nov).

Proposals for workshops are now open! Submit a workshop proposal in any area of primate research, conservation or captive care. www.psgb.org/pages/104-ps...
September 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November

www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!

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September 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Are you doing research on impression formation, face perception, personality judgment, or related topics?

Then you might be interested in joining our collaborative study!

Follow the link for more information: tilburgss.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky
September 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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🧠 What?! A meeting just on disgust?! Yes!!
📍 @iast.fr, France | 🗓 Dec 4–5, 2025
💥 Keynotes by Paul Rozin @upenn.edu, @cr-amo.bsky.social, Philip Powell @sheffielduni.bsky.social & Cindy Kam
🌍 From Psychology to Politics, Biology & beyond
🎓 Abstract submissions until Aug 31: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...
August 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Last day to apply! 📣
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
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August 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...
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August 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The Association of Animal Artists Charity Auction is now underway - currently standing at £1900 with every penny being donated to Wild Welfare!

There are over 90 original artworks. Lots start from just £5 so do go and support this wonderful cause!

www.jumblebee.co.uk/charityaucti...
August 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Calling all artists! 🧑‍🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵
July 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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We need your help to raise money for our Field Skills Workshop! 🤝 Our workshop provides critical training for emerging primatologists who otherwise would not have opportunities to gain field experience. Consider donating to support this goal via the 🔗: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £1000 to Support the PSGB Field Skills Workshop 2025 – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Support the PSGB Field Skills Workshop 2025. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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July 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
See below links for auctioned art work to support PSGB - thank you Trentham Monkey Forest!
Trentham Monkey Forest is turning 20 years old! 🐒 To celebrate, they are running an auction for some amazing artwork of their iconic Barbary macaques (🎨 by the award winning creative, Becca Barron). All proceeds are going to PSGB to support our vital work - want to take part? Follow the link below:
Conservation Auction for Drawing Made in Monkey Forest by Award Winning Wildlife Artist
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July 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Trentham Monkey Forest is turning 20 years old! 🐒 To celebrate, they are running an auction for some amazing artwork of their iconic Barbary macaques (🎨 by the award winning creative, Becca Barron). All proceeds are going to PSGB to support our vital work - want to take part? Follow the link below:
Conservation Auction for Drawing Made in Monkey Forest by Award Winning Wildlife Artist
monkey-forest.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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📣Our July issue is live!

Cover: Facial expression production & perception in non-human primates

Also in this issue:
👉Suicide & self-harm in older adults
👉Social interaction & abstract concept formation
👉Adaptive compression & episodic and semantic memory

Read more: go.nature.com/3TspAiq
July 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM