Ella Williamson
@ellawilliamson.bsky.social
PhD student in Psychology at the University of York. Researching human-dog communication and dog social cognition 🐕🧠🗣️ part-time footballer and dog sport enthusiast ⚽️🐕🦺🏃♀️ https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/postgrads/williamson,-ella/
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Please repost! Fully funded four-year PhD studentship opportunity on sleep deprivation and neurovascular dysfunction on the BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership, including annual stipend, research costs and home tuition fees tinyurl.com/ms7v2pcx
Disrupted Sleep: Mechanisms Linking Sleep Deprivation, Neurovascular Dysfunction, and Metabolic Pathways at Leeds Beckett University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Disrupted Sleep: Mechanisms Linking Sleep Deprivation, Neurovascular Dysfunction, and Metabolic Pathways at Leeds Beckett University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Please repost! Fully funded four-year PhD studentship opportunity on sleep deprivation and neurovascular dysfunction on the BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership, including annual stipend, research costs and home tuition fees tinyurl.com/ms7v2pcx
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New amazing open Postdoc position, w/t opportunities to 1) get closely involved in our next @themanybirds.bsky.social study on innovation and problem-solving; 2) work with @ecobird.bsky.social on avian innovation, cognition & invasiveness. Advert: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
New amazing open Postdoc position, w/t opportunities to 1) get closely involved in our next @themanybirds.bsky.social study on innovation and problem-solving; 2) work with @ecobird.bsky.social on avian innovation, cognition & invasiveness. Advert: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Loved being involved in this project with so many others! Including the birds at York Bird of Prey Centre 🦅🦉 it’s super excited to see it published - a brilliant leadership team! 👏
My first (and definitely not last!) contribution to a Big Team Science effort! 🌟
My first (and definitely not last!) contribution to a Big Team Science effort! 🌟
🐦 Exciting news! Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology:
“A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.”
Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
“A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.”
Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia
Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...
journals.plos.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Loved being involved in this project with so many others! Including the birds at York Bird of Prey Centre 🦅🦉 it’s super excited to see it published - a brilliant leadership team! 👏
My first (and definitely not last!) contribution to a Big Team Science effort! 🌟
My first (and definitely not last!) contribution to a Big Team Science effort! 🌟
I arrived in Göttingen this week to complete a 3 week linear models course at the German Primate Centre lead by Roger Mundry. Enjoying the course so far and looking forward to learning more 📚
October 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I arrived in Göttingen this week to complete a 3 week linear models course at the German Primate Centre lead by Roger Mundry. Enjoying the course so far and looking forward to learning more 📚
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📣 New publication alert! In a large, diverse sample, #CompanionDogs with a history of trauma before 6 months were seen as more fearful and/or aggressive than trauma-free dogs or those with trauma later on in life
🧪 #CanineScience #DogBehaviour #EarlyLifeAdversity doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🧪 #CanineScience #DogBehaviour #EarlyLifeAdversity doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Influence of early life adversity and breed on aggression and fear in dogs - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Influence of early life adversity and breed on aggression and fear in dogs
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October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📣 New publication alert! In a large, diverse sample, #CompanionDogs with a history of trauma before 6 months were seen as more fearful and/or aggressive than trauma-free dogs or those with trauma later on in life
🧪 #CanineScience #DogBehaviour #EarlyLifeAdversity doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🧪 #CanineScience #DogBehaviour #EarlyLifeAdversity doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas
Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas
Experts are finding new and more humane ways to protect the last 74 southern resident killer whales
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas
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What an incredible woman and life well lived ❤️ A childhood inspiration and role model for so many of us who have gone on to study animal minds & behaviour 🐵🦍🦧
Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind, has died. She was 91.
Read more about her legacy www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...
Read more about her legacy www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...
October 2, 2025 at 5:34 AM
What an incredible woman and life well lived ❤️ A childhood inspiration and role model for so many of us who have gone on to study animal minds & behaviour 🐵🦍🦧
My lovely dad has supported bereaved families in my hometown, Hornsea, as a funeral director for nearly 30 years now. Next year, he plans to run 6 ultra marathons to raise money for the charities affected by the alleged malpractice of a funeral director in Hull. Watch here:
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October 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
My lovely dad has supported bereaved families in my hometown, Hornsea, as a funeral director for nearly 30 years now. Next year, he plans to run 6 ultra marathons to raise money for the charities affected by the alleged malpractice of a funeral director in Hull. Watch here:
videopress.com/v/eoHrDJcj
videopress.com/v/eoHrDJcj
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@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Fees and Funding - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Look what arrived in the post today! 📚 The updated version of ‘Inside of a dog’ by @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social 🐶 the boys won this copy through a recent photo competition by Dr Horowitz - we’re excited to read! 📖 (and retrieve in Russo’s case)
September 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Look what arrived in the post today! 📚 The updated version of ‘Inside of a dog’ by @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social 🐶 the boys won this copy through a recent photo competition by Dr Horowitz - we’re excited to read! 📖 (and retrieve in Russo’s case)
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Our P.I., and dog vocalization expert @tamsa42.bsky.social gave this nice interview during #CSF2025
Check it out if you are curious about our work on dog vocal communication and vocal learning :)
www.linkedin.com/posts/dogs-a...
Check it out if you are curious about our work on dog vocal communication and vocal learning :)
www.linkedin.com/posts/dogs-a...
#dogethology #dogcommunication #bioacousticsresearch #canineethology | Dogs and Science
What can your dog’s barks and growls really tell you?
At the Canine Science Forum 2025, our Social Media Manager, Jennifer Somers, sat down with canine ethologist and bioacoustician Dr. Tamás Faragó...
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September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Our P.I., and dog vocalization expert @tamsa42.bsky.social gave this nice interview during #CSF2025
Check it out if you are curious about our work on dog vocal communication and vocal learning :)
www.linkedin.com/posts/dogs-a...
Check it out if you are curious about our work on dog vocal communication and vocal learning :)
www.linkedin.com/posts/dogs-a...
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This is Jude. He had a long day and just wants to relax with his tunes. Which he can notably turn on all by himself. 13/10 (TT: heyjudethebeagle)
September 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is Jude. He had a long day and just wants to relax with his tunes. Which he can notably turn on all by himself. 13/10 (TT: heyjudethebeagle)
Had a lovely few days away from PhDing on annual leave last week including two agility comps with my Russo. Bagged his first clear KC jumping run at grade 1 🥇made all his contacts in an agility run placing 2nd 🥈and placed 3rd in a Helter Skelter special 🥉
Ready to get stuck back into my projects! 🐶
Ready to get stuck back into my projects! 🐶
September 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Had a lovely few days away from PhDing on annual leave last week including two agility comps with my Russo. Bagged his first clear KC jumping run at grade 1 🥇made all his contacts in an agility run placing 2nd 🥈and placed 3rd in a Helter Skelter special 🥉
Ready to get stuck back into my projects! 🐶
Ready to get stuck back into my projects! 🐶
Alongside my PhD I tutor GCSE Maths and Psychology and all of my tutees have absolutely smashed their exams! 🌟📝 100% pass rate (or higher!) 🙌
It’s days like this which remind me teaching did have its good days. I feel very fortunate to be able to continue teaching through private tuition ☺️
It’s days like this which remind me teaching did have its good days. I feel very fortunate to be able to continue teaching through private tuition ☺️
August 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Alongside my PhD I tutor GCSE Maths and Psychology and all of my tutees have absolutely smashed their exams! 🌟📝 100% pass rate (or higher!) 🙌
It’s days like this which remind me teaching did have its good days. I feel very fortunate to be able to continue teaching through private tuition ☺️
It’s days like this which remind me teaching did have its good days. I feel very fortunate to be able to continue teaching through private tuition ☺️
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"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor … then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." https://scim.ag/4lt1Ru0
August 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor … then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." https://scim.ag/4lt1Ru0
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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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If you are a dog owner from the 🇬🇧 or 🇫🇮, please consider contributing by filling out this questionnaire. Thank you!
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August 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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!
lnkd.in/edHgUPap
If you are a dog owner from the 🇬🇧 or 🇫🇮, please consider contributing by filling out this questionnaire. Thank you!
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I'm looking for ~25 more people with a gastrointestinal disorder to complete an online survey on interoception. You can find this survey here: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
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Lucy Stafford - Take part in my research
⬇️Scroll down for links to the BODY experiment and the online surveys.⬇️
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July 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I'm looking for ~25 more people with a gastrointestinal disorder to complete an online survey on interoception. You can find this survey here: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
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Unreal! What a team, it’s ✨ staying ✨ home 🏴⚽️
July 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Unreal! What a team, it’s ✨ staying ✨ home 🏴⚽️
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2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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🚨 Calling all dog behavior & cognition researchers - ManyDogs Project is launching ManyDogs 2!
🔍🐕🦺We're studying overimitation: Do dogs copy irrelevant actions just b/c their favorite human does them?
Email manydogsproject2@gmail.com to collaborate globally and contribute to reproducible science!
🔍🐕🦺We're studying overimitation: Do dogs copy irrelevant actions just b/c their favorite human does them?
Email manydogsproject2@gmail.com to collaborate globally and contribute to reproducible science!
July 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
🚨 Calling all dog behavior & cognition researchers - ManyDogs Project is launching ManyDogs 2!
🔍🐕🦺We're studying overimitation: Do dogs copy irrelevant actions just b/c their favorite human does them?
Email manydogsproject2@gmail.com to collaborate globally and contribute to reproducible science!
🔍🐕🦺We're studying overimitation: Do dogs copy irrelevant actions just b/c their favorite human does them?
Email manydogsproject2@gmail.com to collaborate globally and contribute to reproducible science!
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Our new study looking for participants investigating the human-pet bond for those with eating difficulties edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
July 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our new study looking for participants investigating the human-pet bond for those with eating difficulties edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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📣 We are still accepting applications for our brand new shiny MSc in Data Science (Human Behaviour), designed to upskill psych/social sci grads for careers working with data 🎓@yorkpsychology.bsky.social www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr... #datascience #rstats #statistics
MSc Data Science (Human Behaviour)
Prepare for a career in data science with this interdisciplinary course investigating human behavioural data.
www.york.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📣 We are still accepting applications for our brand new shiny MSc in Data Science (Human Behaviour), designed to upskill psych/social sci grads for careers working with data 🎓@yorkpsychology.bsky.social www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr... #datascience #rstats #statistics
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My paper on brain-behavior differences in premodern and modern breed dogs is officially published — and my dog Tamsin made the cover! 🐶 🧠 www.jneurosci.org/content/45/2...
July 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My paper on brain-behavior differences in premodern and modern breed dogs is officially published — and my dog Tamsin made the cover! 🐶 🧠 www.jneurosci.org/content/45/2...
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📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social