Josefine Bohr Brask
@jbbrask.bsky.social
Social networks | network science | animal behaviour | behavioural ecology | complex systems. Assistant professor at University of Copenhagen.
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Josefine Bohr Brask
@jbbrask.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Animal Social Networks
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I have created a starter pack for animal social networks.
This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
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This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
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PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.
**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**
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PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.
**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**
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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.
**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**
Details below! Please RT
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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.
**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**
Details below! Please RT
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Less than 2 weeks left to apply for this! Come join us in @crab-exeter.bsky.social and as part of team MacaqueNet, to do some comparative social network and life-history research 🤩
Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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May 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Less than 2 weeks left to apply for this! Come join us in @crab-exeter.bsky.social and as part of team MacaqueNet, to do some comparative social network and life-history research 🤩
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Don't miss the satellite on Game Theory on Complex Systems at #CCS2025, with Sergey Gavrilets and Katerina Stankova already confirmed as invited speakers!
Join in Siena, Italy, and submit your abstract for a contributed talk this week to be part of it! 📬
Join in Siena, Italy, and submit your abstract for a contributed talk this week to be part of it! 📬
⏳ Two days left!
Submit your abstract for the AMETHYST satellite at #CSS2025 by May 21!
If you want to present your work on game theory in complex systems this September in Siena 🇮🇹, send us your 1–2 page abstract:
📧 amethystsatellite@gmail.com
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Submit your abstract for the AMETHYST satellite at #CSS2025 by May 21!
If you want to present your work on game theory in complex systems this September in Siena 🇮🇹, send us your 1–2 page abstract:
📧 amethystsatellite@gmail.com
More info on:
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AMETHYST
The fourth edition of the leading satellite on game theory at CCS, following three successful events at CCS 2021 in Lyon, France, CCS 2022 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and CCS 2024 in Exeter, United...
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May 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Don't miss the satellite on Game Theory on Complex Systems at #CCS2025, with Sergey Gavrilets and Katerina Stankova already confirmed as invited speakers!
Join in Siena, Italy, and submit your abstract for a contributed talk this week to be part of it! 📬
Join in Siena, Italy, and submit your abstract for a contributed talk this week to be part of it! 📬
The 'Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour' conference symposium (satellite) will be back at CCS this year!
A great place for complex systems researchers and animal behaviour researchers to connect.
Abstract submission is open!
sites.google.com/view/crab202...
A great place for complex systems researchers and animal behaviour researchers to connect.
Abstract submission is open!
sites.google.com/view/crab202...
CRAB2025
Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour
Satellite @ CCS 2025 - Siena, 3 September 2025
Animal groups can be considered as complex systems of interacting entities (the individuals). The collective beha...
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May 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The 'Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour' conference symposium (satellite) will be back at CCS this year!
A great place for complex systems researchers and animal behaviour researchers to connect.
Abstract submission is open!
sites.google.com/view/crab202...
A great place for complex systems researchers and animal behaviour researchers to connect.
Abstract submission is open!
sites.google.com/view/crab202...
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Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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May 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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What happens when a wood ant network is disrupted? New Open Access research shows that it depends on the resource. Networks are resilient to the loss of random resources, but a targetted removal of a key resource changes network structure 1/2 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
April 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What happens when a wood ant network is disrupted? New Open Access research shows that it depends on the resource. Networks are resilient to the loss of random resources, but a targetted removal of a key resource changes network structure 1/2 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Using the BISoN R package to analyse your social networks? Have a question? Post in our new bisonR github, in the Discussions section.
github.com/bison-team/b...
github.com/bison-team/b...
bison-team bisonR · Discussions
Explore the GitHub Discussions forum for bison-team bisonR. Discuss code, ask questions & collaborate with the developer community.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Using the BISoN R package to analyse your social networks? Have a question? Post in our new bisonR github, in the Discussions section.
github.com/bison-team/b...
github.com/bison-team/b...
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I am hiring PhD students and Postdocs to join me in beautiful Copenhagen. Together, we will develop data science methods to improve epidemic preparedness.
Copenhagen is amazing, salary is good, we have plenty of funding, and a great community.
Read more..: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Copenhagen is amazing, salary is good, we have plenty of funding, and a great community.
Read more..: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Ph.D. and postdoc positions in Data Science for epidemic preparedness at the NERDS research group
The NERDS (NEtwoRks, Data, and Society) team at the IT University of Copenhagen welcomes applications from aspiring PhD students and postdocs in the areas of Da
candidate.hr-manager.net
March 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I am hiring PhD students and Postdocs to join me in beautiful Copenhagen. Together, we will develop data science methods to improve epidemic preparedness.
Copenhagen is amazing, salary is good, we have plenty of funding, and a great community.
Read more..: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Copenhagen is amazing, salary is good, we have plenty of funding, and a great community.
Read more..: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Reposting this starter pack for new users.
If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know.
If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know.
If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
March 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Reposting this starter pack for new users.
If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know.
If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
If you are doing research on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know.
If you are doing research on other types of networks, it would be great if you could help sharing this - many thanks!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
Reposted by Josefine Bohr Brask
Apparently the doi doesn't work for some people, so here's the full link: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... ☺️
So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration
We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Apparently the doi doesn't work for some people, so here's the full link: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... ☺️
Reposted by Josefine Bohr Brask
So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration
We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365...
Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/
Reposted by Josefine Bohr Brask
Comparative research in animal social behaviour—where are we at, and what’s next?
In our symposium at #Behaviour2025 (S20) we explore the power & pitfalls of comparative approaches—and how to unlock their full potential.
Join us to brainstorm, share ideas, and push the field forward together!
In our symposium at #Behaviour2025 (S20) we explore the power & pitfalls of comparative approaches—and how to unlock their full potential.
Join us to brainstorm, share ideas, and push the field forward together!
Exciting News! 🎉 Behaviour 2025 symposia are finalized! 🌍🐾
Join thought-provoking discussions on behaviour variation, evolution, neuroethology, comparative research & AI.
Visit our website for details & plan your trip to Kolkata for an unforgettable experience! ✨
Join thought-provoking discussions on behaviour variation, evolution, neuroethology, comparative research & AI.
Visit our website for details & plan your trip to Kolkata for an unforgettable experience! ✨
February 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Comparative research in animal social behaviour—where are we at, and what’s next?
In our symposium at #Behaviour2025 (S20) we explore the power & pitfalls of comparative approaches—and how to unlock their full potential.
Join us to brainstorm, share ideas, and push the field forward together!
In our symposium at #Behaviour2025 (S20) we explore the power & pitfalls of comparative approaches—and how to unlock their full potential.
Join us to brainstorm, share ideas, and push the field forward together!
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Recruiting a #PhD student to work on collective behaviour in real and artificial systems. Oct 2025 start. Working with @shoalgroup.bsky.social, Rob Heathcote, @willallennz.bsky.social, @joefresna.bsky.social, @marinapapap.bsky.social Advert: www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline: 24.02
Deadline: 24.02
January 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Recruiting a #PhD student to work on collective behaviour in real and artificial systems. Oct 2025 start. Working with @shoalgroup.bsky.social, Rob Heathcote, @willallennz.bsky.social, @joefresna.bsky.social, @marinapapap.bsky.social Advert: www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline: 24.02
Deadline: 24.02
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We're organizing a NetSci'25 satellite workshop on Directed Acyclic Graphs — if you're working on, e.g., citation graphs, pedigrees, causality, temporal-network event graphs, network representations of spacetime, or any other areas where DAGs play a role, please contribute! www.dagshop.xyz
DAGSHOP’25 — A WORKSHOP ON DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPHS - Dagshop — a NetSci'25 satellite
DAGSHOP — A Workshop on directed acyclic graphs Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) appear in many contexts in network science, from citation networks and pedigrees to temporal-network event graphs and rep...
www.dagshop.xyz
January 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We're organizing a NetSci'25 satellite workshop on Directed Acyclic Graphs — if you're working on, e.g., citation graphs, pedigrees, causality, temporal-network event graphs, network representations of spacetime, or any other areas where DAGs play a role, please contribute! www.dagshop.xyz
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For those interdisciplinary students/scholars who are having identity crisis, this is for you (from 2018):
"How to survive as an interdisciplinary being"
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ho...
#NetSciX2025
"How to survive as an interdisciplinary being"
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ho...
#NetSciX2025
How to survive as an interdisciplinary being
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January 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
For those interdisciplinary students/scholars who are having identity crisis, this is for you (from 2018):
"How to survive as an interdisciplinary being"
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ho...
#NetSciX2025
"How to survive as an interdisciplinary being"
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ho...
#NetSciX2025
Reposting this for the new users.
A few people are having problems with the link. If clicking on it doesn't work, copy-paste instead.
If you are a researcher who works on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know!
A few people are having problems with the link. If clicking on it doesn't work, copy-paste instead.
If you are a researcher who works on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know!
I have created a starter pack for animal social networks.
This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
Animal Social Networks
Join the conversation
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November 27, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Reposting this for the new users.
A few people are having problems with the link. If clicking on it doesn't work, copy-paste instead.
If you are a researcher who works on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know!
A few people are having problems with the link. If clicking on it doesn't work, copy-paste instead.
If you are a researcher who works on animal social networks and would like to be added to the pack, just let me know!
Reposted by Josefine Bohr Brask
Resharing for new users to find collaborations or just people posting cool #animal #research! I think I've got a decent mix of taxonomic groups of interest, so hopefully this will be useful 🐟🦍🐠🦎🦗🦈🐧🦂🐬🕷️🐌🐢🐙🦟🐳🦁🦋🐊🐜🦆🐘🦃🦘🐛
DM to be added 😊
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#Behavior
DM to be added 😊
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#Behavior
November 26, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Resharing for new users to find collaborations or just people posting cool #animal #research! I think I've got a decent mix of taxonomic groups of interest, so hopefully this will be useful 🐟🦍🐠🦎🦗🦈🐧🦂🐬🕷️🐌🐢🐙🦟🐳🦁🦋🐊🐜🦆🐘🦃🦘🐛
DM to be added 😊
go.bsky.app/9CV3PAd
#Behavior
DM to be added 😊
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#Behavior
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New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance with me, @mdekauwe.bsky.social, and others. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC
Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
November 20, 2024 at 4:26 PM
New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance with me, @mdekauwe.bsky.social, and others. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC
Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Update: If clicking on the link below doesn't work, try copy-pasting it into your browser. Then it should work.
I have created a starter pack for animal social networks.
This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
Animal Social Networks
Join the conversation
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November 15, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Update: If clicking on the link below doesn't work, try copy-pasting it into your browser. Then it should work.
I have created a starter pack for animal social networks.
This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
Animal Social Networks
Join the conversation
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November 15, 2024 at 12:23 PM
I have created a starter pack for animal social networks.
This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
This is just the beginning - more people will be added.
If you would like to be added, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ
⭐️ New paper ⭐️
What happens to the spread of cooperation if cooperators occupy well-connected positions in social networks?
We investigated it here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What happens to the spread of cooperation if cooperators occupy well-connected positions in social networks?
We investigated it here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 21, 2024 at 11:48 AM
⭐️ New paper ⭐️
What happens to the spread of cooperation if cooperators occupy well-connected positions in social networks?
We investigated it here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What happens to the spread of cooperation if cooperators occupy well-connected positions in social networks?
We investigated it here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
⭐preprint alert! ⭐
In the first half, we give a general introduction to generative network models.
In the second half, we consider the use of generative network models in investigations of animal social systems.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
In the first half, we give a general introduction to generative network models.
In the second half, we consider the use of generative network models in investigations of animal social systems.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
An introduction to generative network models and how they may be used to study animal sociality
ecoevorxiv.org
October 8, 2024 at 11:48 AM
⭐preprint alert! ⭐
In the first half, we give a general introduction to generative network models.
In the second half, we consider the use of generative network models in investigations of animal social systems.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
In the first half, we give a general introduction to generative network models.
In the second half, we consider the use of generative network models in investigations of animal social systems.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
🌟 Come work with us in wonderful Copenhagen on an exciting project on social networks!🌟
1 PhD and 1 postdoc position available.
Deadline 6th October.
More info:
PhD: employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Postdoc: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...
1 PhD and 1 postdoc position available.
Deadline 6th October.
More info:
PhD: employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Postdoc: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...
October 3, 2024 at 12:20 PM
🌟 Come work with us in wonderful Copenhagen on an exciting project on social networks!🌟
1 PhD and 1 postdoc position available.
Deadline 6th October.
More info:
PhD: employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Postdoc: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...
1 PhD and 1 postdoc position available.
Deadline 6th October.
More info:
PhD: employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Postdoc: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...