Human Behavior & Evolution Society
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The Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES) is an international society for scientists studying the evolution of human behavior. Find us at https://www.hbes.com, or read our journal Evolution & Human Behavior. Account managed by Yunsuh "Nike" Wee
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology!
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Social Psychology – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
PRIO invites applications for a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher in social psychology/ psychology/ cognitive science or a closely related fiel ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology!
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
Postdoc Opportunity
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology to work on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 24, 2025
📍 Oslo, Norway
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#Anthropology #PostdocJobs #HBES
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology to work on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 24, 2025
📍 Oslo, Norway
🔗 www.prio.org/about/career...
#Anthropology #PostdocJobs #HBES
Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
PRIO invites applications for a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher in evolutionary, cultural or social anthropology, or a closely related field, ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Postdoc Opportunity
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology to work on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 24, 2025
📍 Oslo, Norway
🔗 www.prio.org/about/career...
#Anthropology #PostdocJobs #HBES
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology to work on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 24, 2025
📍 Oslo, Norway
🔗 www.prio.org/about/career...
#Anthropology #PostdocJobs #HBES
The 5th edition of Evolutionary Psychology by Workman and Reader is out now! 🧠🐒
Featuring the adorable Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin on the cover—symbolizing biparental care and our evolutionary kinship with other primates.
Read more 👉 www.hbes.com/evolutionary...
Featuring the adorable Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin on the cover—symbolizing biparental care and our evolutionary kinship with other primates.
Read more 👉 www.hbes.com/evolutionary...
Evolutionary Psychology, Fifth Edition, by Workman and Reader - HBES
We are pleased to announce that the fifth edition of our CUP book Evolutionary Psychology by Workman and Reader is now out and that the cover now has a lovely picture of a Golden Headed Lion Tamarin. ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The 5th edition of Evolutionary Psychology by Workman and Reader is out now! 🧠🐒
Featuring the adorable Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin on the cover—symbolizing biparental care and our evolutionary kinship with other primates.
Read more 👉 www.hbes.com/evolutionary...
Featuring the adorable Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin on the cover—symbolizing biparental care and our evolutionary kinship with other primates.
Read more 👉 www.hbes.com/evolutionary...
Why do women spend so much more on cosmetics than men? Jun-Hong Kim (2025) argues that the answer lies in male choice, paternal investment, and economic inequality. 🧵👇
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Paternal investment and economic inequality predict cross-cultural variation in male choice - HBES
— by Jun-Hong Kim Over 95% of placental mammals are polygynous, with females bearing sole responsibility for rearing offspring. This stems from the reproductive characteristics of placental mammals. F...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Why do women spend so much more on cosmetics than men? Jun-Hong Kim (2025) argues that the answer lies in male choice, paternal investment, and economic inequality. 🧵👇
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I’m recruiting #PhD students to join my Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! We study how infants learn about the natural world from others 🌱 If you’re interested in #devpsych, #EvPsych, and #infantstudies, please reach out and apply! More info below (1/2)
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m recruiting #PhD students to join my Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! We study how infants learn about the natural world from others 🌱 If you’re interested in #devpsych, #EvPsych, and #infantstudies, please reach out and apply! More info below (1/2)
Participants smelled T-shirts worn by men and rated how dominant or prestigious each wearer seemed based on scent.
The higher a man’s testosterone, the more dominant his scent was perceived to be.
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The higher a man’s testosterone, the more dominant his scent was perceived to be.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Participants smelled T-shirts worn by men and rated how dominant or prestigious each wearer seemed based on scent.
The higher a man’s testosterone, the more dominant his scent was perceived to be.
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The higher a man’s testosterone, the more dominant his scent was perceived to be.
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📢 Job opening: Penn State Psychology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology
Focus: using advanced methods to study complex social, cognitive, & behavioral phenomena.
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Focus: using advanced methods to study complex social, cognitive, & behavioral phenomena.
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Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology - Penn State - HBES
The Department of Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology. The position…
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October 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📢 Job opening: Penn State Psychology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology
Focus: using advanced methods to study complex social, cognitive, & behavioral phenomena.
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Focus: using advanced methods to study complex social, cognitive, & behavioral phenomena.
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📢 Job opening: Penn State Anthropology & Social Science Research Institute are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Human Reproductive Ecology
Focus: social & ecological determinants of reproductive health across diverse populations.
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Focus: social & ecological determinants of reproductive health across diverse populations.
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology - Penn State - HBES
The Department of Anthropology (https://anth.la.psu.edu/) and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI: https://ssri.psu.edu/) at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park invites…
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October 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢 Job opening: Penn State Anthropology & Social Science Research Institute are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Human Reproductive Ecology
Focus: social & ecological determinants of reproductive health across diverse populations.
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Focus: social & ecological determinants of reproductive health across diverse populations.
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📢 Job opening: Penn State Anthropology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Focus: sociopolitical stratification, human–environment interactions, & evolutionary variability.
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Focus: sociopolitical stratification, human–environment interactions, & evolutionary variability.
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Assistant Professor of Archaeology - Penn State - HBES
The Department of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park (https://anth.la.psu.edu/) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant…
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October 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢 Job opening: Penn State Anthropology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Focus: sociopolitical stratification, human–environment interactions, & evolutionary variability.
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Focus: sociopolitical stratification, human–environment interactions, & evolutionary variability.
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Big news! HBES President Ed Hagen has been awarded the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye Award 🎉
The EPE Award honors outstanding contributions to the public understanding of evolutionary perspectives on behavior. For more information, follow this: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...
The EPE Award honors outstanding contributions to the public understanding of evolutionary perspectives on behavior. For more information, follow this: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...
EPE Award | Evolution and Human Adaptation Program
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September 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Big news! HBES President Ed Hagen has been awarded the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye Award 🎉
The EPE Award honors outstanding contributions to the public understanding of evolutionary perspectives on behavior. For more information, follow this: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...
The EPE Award honors outstanding contributions to the public understanding of evolutionary perspectives on behavior. For more information, follow this: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...
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Full guidelines and requirements are available on the conference website.
🔗 Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/hbes2026
We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
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We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
September 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Full guidelines and requirements are available on the conference website.
🔗 Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/hbes2026
We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
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We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
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#NowHiring: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of #Anthropology (Health) – BowdoinCollege in #BrunswickME
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Bowdoin College Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Health) - Brunswick, Maine job with Bowdoin College, Department of Anthropology | 693747
Bowdoin seeks a TT Asst Professor cultural anthropologist whose research and teaching focus on health, medicine, or well-being.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
#NowHiring: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of #Anthropology (Health) – BowdoinCollege in #BrunswickME
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🚨 TT job alert! 🚨 The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology; open to ALL AREAS within social psych.
Review begins 10/10.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵
Review begins 10/10.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵
September 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚨 TT job alert! 🚨 The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology; open to ALL AREAS within social psych.
Review begins 10/10.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵
Review begins 10/10.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵
📊 HBES 2025 Conference Survey Results are out!
Read the highlights from member feedback after our Atlantic City meeting:
Read the highlights from member feedback after our Atlantic City meeting:
HBES 2025 Conference Survey Results - HBES
HBES Members, I am writing in my capacity as Communications Officer to share with you survey results about our recent meeting in Atlantic City. We had 127 responses, most of whom are faculty at…
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August 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
📊 HBES 2025 Conference Survey Results are out!
Read the highlights from member feedback after our Atlantic City meeting:
Read the highlights from member feedback after our Atlantic City meeting:
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These job ads have now been posted! 🎉
Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020
Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054
Please spread the word!
Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020
Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054
Please spread the word!
August 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
These job ads have now been posted! 🎉
Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020
Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054
Please spread the word!
Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020
Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054
Please spread the word!
What happens to mate preference evolution when people choose partners based on up to ten traits instead of just one or two? Does multivariate mate choice weaken preference evolution? Learn more in Kaitlyn Harper et al.’s latest #HBESblog:
Too Many Preferences, Too Little Evolution: Multivariate Mate Choice and the Limits of Mate Preference Evolution - HBES
– by Kaitlyn Harper As evolutionary psychologists, we love a good story about sexual selection. They usually go like this: humans have evolved to prefer a given trait (e.g. intelligence, facial…
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August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What happens to mate preference evolution when people choose partners based on up to ten traits instead of just one or two? Does multivariate mate choice weaken preference evolution? Learn more in Kaitlyn Harper et al.’s latest #HBESblog:
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🗓️Tomorrow, 2-3 PM ET: Join our next Free-Form Friday session as members of SPSP's Student Committee discuss how students are navigating the unpredictable, ever-changing funding environment for research funding in the United States.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🗓️Tomorrow, 2-3 PM ET: Join our next Free-Form Friday session as members of SPSP's Student Committee discuss how students are navigating the unpredictable, ever-changing funding environment for research funding in the United States.
✍️Sign up here: ow.ly/wmQR50WJy5K
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🧠 Want to integrate cultural evolution into your course using award winning materials created by the field's experts, and get paid $2000 to do it? 💵
🚨 The Cultural Evolution Society is seeking applications for the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards.
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🚨 The Cultural Evolution Society is seeking applications for the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards.
🔖 Apply here: vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🧠 Want to integrate cultural evolution into your course using award winning materials created by the field's experts, and get paid $2000 to do it? 💵
🚨 The Cultural Evolution Society is seeking applications for the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards.
🔖 Apply here: vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
🚨 The Cultural Evolution Society is seeking applications for the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards.
🔖 Apply here: vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#HBESblog Borrowing triggers social emotions like guilt and gratitude based on the welfare tradeoff ratio — the costs and benefits between borrower and lender. Learn more in Maria Brackin & Hugo Mercier’s latest HBES blog post:
Debt beyond money: how borrowing triggers our social emotions - HBES
— by Maria Brackin Neither a borrower, nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet Suppose that you borrow...
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August 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#HBESblog Borrowing triggers social emotions like guilt and gratitude based on the welfare tradeoff ratio — the costs and benefits between borrower and lender. Learn more in Maria Brackin & Hugo Mercier’s latest HBES blog post:
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This week, Drugs, Delusions, and Depression with @edhagen.net A wild ride!
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Drugs, Delusions, and Depression with Ed Hagen
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August 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This week, Drugs, Delusions, and Depression with @edhagen.net A wild ride!
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Postdoc Opening | University of Arizona
The SPECIEs Lab is hiring a 3-year postdoc.
Focus: interdependence, cooperation, fieldwork w/ the Mayangna (Nicaragua), cross-cultural surveys, experiments.
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The SPECIEs Lab is hiring a 3-year postdoc.
Focus: interdependence, cooperation, fieldwork w/ the Mayangna (Nicaragua), cross-cultural surveys, experiments.
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Postdoc focusing on interdependence and cooperation - University of Arizona - HBES
Dear colleagues, I wanted to circulate an opening for a postdoctoral position, and would like to kindly ask that you share this opportunity with grad students who may be interested in working with me…
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August 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Postdoc Opening | University of Arizona
The SPECIEs Lab is hiring a 3-year postdoc.
Focus: interdependence, cooperation, fieldwork w/ the Mayangna (Nicaragua), cross-cultural surveys, experiments.
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The SPECIEs Lab is hiring a 3-year postdoc.
Focus: interdependence, cooperation, fieldwork w/ the Mayangna (Nicaragua), cross-cultural surveys, experiments.
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Faculty Opening | University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology (Paleoanthropology), starting Fall 2026.
🗓️ Priority deadline: Oct 17, 2025
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The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology (Paleoanthropology), starting Fall 2026.
🗓️ Priority deadline: Oct 17, 2025
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Biological Anthropology Faculty Hire - University of Minnesota Twin Cities - HBES
UMN Search for a Biological Anthropologist in 2025-2026 About the Position The Department of Anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites application...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Faculty Opening | University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology (Paleoanthropology), starting Fall 2026.
🗓️ Priority deadline: Oct 17, 2025
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The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology (Paleoanthropology), starting Fall 2026.
🗓️ Priority deadline: Oct 17, 2025
www.hbes.com/biological-a...
Many think music evolved to promote social cohesion. But in some indigenous societies, collective singing & dancing are rare. Why? Dor Shilton and co-authors explore 4 societies, testing hypotheses on collective action, musical expertise & style.⬇️
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Studying the rarity of collective music-making in four indigenous societies - HBES
– by Dor Shilton, Aniruddh D. Patel, Kim Hill, and Chris von Rueden Many think that music evolved to promote or signal social cohesion. However, there are several societies in which group singing and ...
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August 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Many think music evolved to promote social cohesion. But in some indigenous societies, collective singing & dancing are rare. Why? Dor Shilton and co-authors explore 4 societies, testing hypotheses on collective action, musical expertise & style.⬇️
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🚨 Job Post: Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Focus on Indigenous & local knowledge for social & environmental sustainability.
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Focus on Indigenous & local knowledge for social & environmental sustainability.
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Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge - Stanford - HBES
We seek applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor level in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability in the field of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (also referred to as ...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🚨 Job Post: Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Focus on Indigenous & local knowledge for social & environmental sustainability.
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Focus on Indigenous & local knowledge for social & environmental sustainability.
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