Eythan Cousin
@eythancousin.bsky.social
Macacologist 🐒🐵
PhD candidate interested in sociality, culture and the consequences of inter-group differences in rhesus macaques.
Animal Behaviour and Cognition - Primate Culture Origins Group - Utrecht University ☀️
he/him
PhD candidate interested in sociality, culture and the consequences of inter-group differences in rhesus macaques.
Animal Behaviour and Cognition - Primate Culture Origins Group - Utrecht University ☀️
he/him
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The Culture Conference 2026 programme is out! 🎉
From keynotes to talks and posters, we are excited to share a diverse and interdisciplinary lineup. A big thank you to all contributors.
With the conference coming up in two weeks, we’re very much looking forward to welcoming you in Utrecht 🙌
From keynotes to talks and posters, we are excited to share a diverse and interdisciplinary lineup. A big thank you to all contributors.
With the conference coming up in two weeks, we’re very much looking forward to welcoming you in Utrecht 🙌
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The Culture Conference 2026 programme is out! 🎉
From keynotes to talks and posters, we are excited to share a diverse and interdisciplinary lineup. A big thank you to all contributors.
With the conference coming up in two weeks, we’re very much looking forward to welcoming you in Utrecht 🙌
From keynotes to talks and posters, we are excited to share a diverse and interdisciplinary lineup. A big thank you to all contributors.
With the conference coming up in two weeks, we’re very much looking forward to welcoming you in Utrecht 🙌
If you want to get hands-on experience using STBayes, come join the Culture Conference workshop, animated by @mchimento.bsky.social!
👉 culture-conference.com/workshop/
👉 culture-conference.com/workshop/
New blog post!!🚨
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Studying social transmission using STbayes
Post provided by Michael Chimento. When studying animal culture, it’s important to establish whether novel behaviours or information have spread through social contact, or are rather innovated or p…
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January 29, 2026 at 12:37 PM
If you want to get hands-on experience using STBayes, come join the Culture Conference workshop, animated by @mchimento.bsky.social!
👉 culture-conference.com/workshop/
👉 culture-conference.com/workshop/
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New blog post!!🚨
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Studying social transmission using STbayes
Post provided by Michael Chimento. When studying animal culture, it’s important to establish whether novel behaviours or information have spread through social contact, or are rather innovated or p…
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
New blog post!!🚨
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Join us for a few drinks in Utrecht just before the conference! 🙌🍻
Want to socialise ahead of the conference? Join the Early Career Researchers drinks on the evening of 25th/02! 🍻 An excellent opportunity to meet fellow researchers in a relaxed way. Contact us to join.
Reminder: conference and workshop registration is still open (forms on our website) 🔎
Reminder: conference and workshop registration is still open (forms on our website) 🔎
January 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Join us for a few drinks in Utrecht just before the conference! 🙌🍻
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Happy New Year from the Culture Conference organisers 🎉 We wish you a year filled with kindness, curiosity, and fruitful research.
We still have a few spots available for presentations. Feel free to send us your abstract if you’d like to share your work with us in February!
We still have a few spots available for presentations. Feel free to send us your abstract if you’d like to share your work with us in February!
January 15, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Happy New Year from the Culture Conference organisers 🎉 We wish you a year filled with kindness, curiosity, and fruitful research.
We still have a few spots available for presentations. Feel free to send us your abstract if you’d like to share your work with us in February!
We still have a few spots available for presentations. Feel free to send us your abstract if you’d like to share your work with us in February!
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Registrations are now open 📢 Want to join the conference and/or the workshop? Head to our website: culture-conference.com/registration/
As every year, attendance at the conference is free 🎉 (the workshop has a small fee).
Reminder: Abstract submission closes soon—submit yours before Monday!
As every year, attendance at the conference is free 🎉 (the workshop has a small fee).
Reminder: Abstract submission closes soon—submit yours before Monday!
Registration
Registrations for the conference and the pre-conference workshop are now OPEN! Register for the conference (26-27/02): Culture Conference 2026 – Registration form Register for the workshop (2…
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December 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Registrations are now open 📢 Want to join the conference and/or the workshop? Head to our website: culture-conference.com/registration/
As every year, attendance at the conference is free 🎉 (the workshop has a small fee).
Reminder: Abstract submission closes soon—submit yours before Monday!
As every year, attendance at the conference is free 🎉 (the workshop has a small fee).
Reminder: Abstract submission closes soon—submit yours before Monday!
Still 10 days to submit your abstract 👇👇
The Culture Conference is (once again) indulging in that grand old tradition of EXTENDING the submission deadline‼️
The new deadline for abstract submissions is December 15th.
Registration will open very soon—stay tuned!
culture-conference.com/abstract-sub...
The new deadline for abstract submissions is December 15th.
Registration will open very soon—stay tuned!
culture-conference.com/abstract-sub...
Abstract Submission
The call for abstracts for Culture Conference 2026 is NOW OPEN! We call for submissions of abstracts of no more than 250 words, summarising the background, aims, methods and results of your work.&n…
culture-conference.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Still 10 days to submit your abstract 👇👇
‼️Reminder‼️
5 days left to submit an abstract and come present your work in Utrecht in February for the Culture Conference 2026!
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5 days left to submit an abstract and come present your work in Utrecht in February for the Culture Conference 2026!
👇
Only a few days left before abstract submission closes!
Don’t forget to submit your work 👉 culture-conference.com/abstract-sub...
Don’t forget to submit your work 👉 culture-conference.com/abstract-sub...
December 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
‼️Reminder‼️
5 days left to submit an abstract and come present your work in Utrecht in February for the Culture Conference 2026!
👇
5 days left to submit an abstract and come present your work in Utrecht in February for the Culture Conference 2026!
👇
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🔔 New paper out on Social evaluation of skill and competence in primates
@mariehirel.bsky.social, @williamohearn.bsky.social and @julxf.bsky.social made this happen
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@mariehirel.bsky.social, @williamohearn.bsky.social and @julxf.bsky.social made this happen
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Social evaluation of skill and competence in primates
Social life is a continuous interplay of observing and interacting with conspecifics, predicting their behavior, and responding to their actions. This…
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August 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🔔 New paper out on Social evaluation of skill and competence in primates
@mariehirel.bsky.social, @williamohearn.bsky.social and @julxf.bsky.social made this happen
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@mariehirel.bsky.social, @williamohearn.bsky.social and @julxf.bsky.social made this happen
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Come join this exciting workshop on social network analysis and social transmission, all within a Bayesian framework!! 💻
And many thanks to @danielredhead.bsky.social and @mchimento.bsky.social for conducting it, I'm looking forward 🤩
More information below 👇
And many thanks to @danielredhead.bsky.social and @mchimento.bsky.social for conducting it, I'm looking forward 🤩
More information below 👇
⏰ Reminder: 10 days left to submit your abstract for Culture Conference 2026!
🧠 Workshop details are now live! Join us for a hands-on day on cutting-edge tools for analysing social networks & social transmission (registration opens soon).
Find all details here: culture-conference.com/workshop/
🧠 Workshop details are now live! Join us for a hands-on day on cutting-edge tools for analysing social networks & social transmission (registration opens soon).
Find all details here: culture-conference.com/workshop/
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Come join this exciting workshop on social network analysis and social transmission, all within a Bayesian framework!! 💻
And many thanks to @danielredhead.bsky.social and @mchimento.bsky.social for conducting it, I'm looking forward 🤩
More information below 👇
And many thanks to @danielredhead.bsky.social and @mchimento.bsky.social for conducting it, I'm looking forward 🤩
More information below 👇
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Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
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November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
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Excited to present next year among this wonderful group!
Meet our 3rd keynote: Dr. Erin Wessling!
Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures.
Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com
Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures.
Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Excited to present next year among this wonderful group!
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Last keynote announcement: Dr. Taylor Hersh!
She explores how animal communication varies over space and time, with a particular focus on cetacean social communication and the cultural processes that shape group-specific vocal traditions.
Discover her research here 👉 taylorhersh.weebly.com
She explores how animal communication varies over space and time, with a particular focus on cetacean social communication and the cultural processes that shape group-specific vocal traditions.
Discover her research here 👉 taylorhersh.weebly.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Last keynote announcement: Dr. Taylor Hersh!
She explores how animal communication varies over space and time, with a particular focus on cetacean social communication and the cultural processes that shape group-specific vocal traditions.
Discover her research here 👉 taylorhersh.weebly.com
She explores how animal communication varies over space and time, with a particular focus on cetacean social communication and the cultural processes that shape group-specific vocal traditions.
Discover her research here 👉 taylorhersh.weebly.com
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Meet our 3rd keynote: Dr. Erin Wessling!
Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures.
Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com
Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures.
Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Meet our 3rd keynote: Dr. Erin Wessling!
Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures.
Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com
Her work connects research on Pan behavioural ecology with conservation practice, with a focus on understanding and protecting chimpanzee cultures.
Learn more about Erin’s work 👉 erinwessling.com
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2nd keynote!
Dr. Sabine Nöbel, from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg!
She studies how socially learned mating preferences spread and persist across generations in Drosophila and explores the evolutionary consequences of animal culture.
Discover her work: sabinenoebel.wordpress.com
Dr. Sabine Nöbel, from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg!
She studies how socially learned mating preferences spread and persist across generations in Drosophila and explores the evolutionary consequences of animal culture.
Discover her work: sabinenoebel.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
2nd keynote!
Dr. Sabine Nöbel, from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg!
She studies how socially learned mating preferences spread and persist across generations in Drosophila and explores the evolutionary consequences of animal culture.
Discover her work: sabinenoebel.wordpress.com
Dr. Sabine Nöbel, from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg!
She studies how socially learned mating preferences spread and persist across generations in Drosophila and explores the evolutionary consequences of animal culture.
Discover her work: sabinenoebel.wordpress.com
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‼️SAVE THE DATE‼️
We are excited to welcome you again in Utrecht, NL for the next Culture Conference on the 26th & 27th of February 2026!
And surprise! We will also host a hands-on workshop on the 25th/02 🙌💻
So stay tuned for future announcements here & on the website 🔎
culture-conference.com
We are excited to welcome you again in Utrecht, NL for the next Culture Conference on the 26th & 27th of February 2026!
And surprise! We will also host a hands-on workshop on the 25th/02 🙌💻
So stay tuned for future announcements here & on the website 🔎
culture-conference.com
Culture Conference 2026
26th & 27th February, Utrecht, The Netherlands
culture-conference.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
‼️SAVE THE DATE‼️
We are excited to welcome you again in Utrecht, NL for the next Culture Conference on the 26th & 27th of February 2026!
And surprise! We will also host a hands-on workshop on the 25th/02 🙌💻
So stay tuned for future announcements here & on the website 🔎
culture-conference.com
We are excited to welcome you again in Utrecht, NL for the next Culture Conference on the 26th & 27th of February 2026!
And surprise! We will also host a hands-on workshop on the 25th/02 🙌💻
So stay tuned for future announcements here & on the website 🔎
culture-conference.com