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Leanne Proops
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Associate Professor, Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, University of Portsmouth, UK · comparative psychology · evolution · social cognition · thanatology · equid behaviour · animal welfare · working equids 🐎 · she / they 🏳️‍🌈
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Something we've been meaning to do for years - documenting horse facial expressions during social interactions using EquiFACS. Well done @kate-lewis.bsky.social! And thanks for the netFACS support @jmicheletta.bsky.social 🐴
@parkerlab.bsky.social
I had an interesting and inspiring time at #ReadEmo25, thanks for inviting me! It was great to catch up on the latest in human emotion research and to bring horses to the event (not literally!) 🐎😁
Our last session at #ReadEmo25 is a first for the series, with Leanne Proops talking about facial expressions in non-human animals, presenting her work with horses! 🐎
June 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Check out my article in The Conversation, all about our latest paper, which created an extensive catalogue of horse facial expressions 🐴 Thank you so much for inviting me to contribute! #TheConversation #equineresearch #facialexpressions

theconversation.com/horses-have-...
Horses have a complex repertoire of facial expressions, just like primates
The study has created a catalogue of horse facial expressions to help people understand how to read these incredible animals.
theconversation.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Something we've been meaning to do for years - documenting horse facial expressions during social interactions using EquiFACS. Well done @kate-lewis.bsky.social! And thanks for the netFACS support @jmicheletta.bsky.social 🐴
@parkerlab.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨

We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴

Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193...

@leanneproops.bsky.social
@uop-ccep.bsky.social
An ethogram of facial behaviour in domestic horses: evolutionary perspectives on form and function
Understanding cause and function of animal facial behaviour can provide key insights into the animal’s cognitive and emotional state. The Equine Facial Action Coding System (EquiFACS) has characterise...
peerj.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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📢 The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call is now open!
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.

We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses

🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA
Postdoctoral Fellowships call: 6 steps to prepare your application
These tips and tricks will help you find the best host organisation and prepare a successful proposal.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
May 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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New postdoc positions at the (DISI-affiliated) Center for Possible Minds at Indiana University.

Looking for scholars interested in interdisciplinary research on the nature of biological, artificial, and collective intelligence.

Please share widely!

indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/29547
Center for Possible Minds Postdoctoral Fellow
The Center for Possible Minds at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellows to join its Program for Advanced Research in Diverse Intelligences. The fellowship provi...
indiana.peopleadmin.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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We had a fantastic time showcasing our research at the Science is Wonderful! fair organised by the European Commission in Brussels. Thanks to #MSCA for the invitation and to all children who visited our booth 😃 🐒 @francescadp.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social @teresa-romero.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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We want you to work with us!

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences:

bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
December 17, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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Thanks to the Bristol Zoological Society for hosting such a great @primatesocietygb.bsky.social meeting! It was nice to catch up with our @uop-ccep.bsky.social PhD students: Luke Collins, @louiseloyant.bsky.social, @sarahsalphati.bsky.social and Amanda Bartlett.
December 13, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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🐵📢 I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work for 6-months on our NSF-BBSRC project investigating the form and function of primate natal coats. Why are some🐒 babies🍊?!

www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...

Please pass on to potential applicants and get in touch if considering applying.
November 22, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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I’m very excited to have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust grant to study co-representation across 3 cultures (Uganda, Republic of Korea and UK) in dyads and groups.

I’ll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc. More details to follow, but please drop me a message if you’re interested! 😊🌍
November 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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We should be worried about the UK's capacity to adequately monitor and enforce animal welfare regulations
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK failing animals with just one welfare inspector for every 878 farms – report
Only 2.5% of more than 300,000 farms were inspected at least once in 2022 and 2023, researchers find
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Predatory publisher MDPI is trying to influence the Polish government to prevent them from giving low scores for predatory journals, asking scientists to support them in this letter. I encourage Polish scientists to do exactly the opposite, and support the current project proposed by our government.
November 21, 2024 at 10:51 AM
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New episode!! 🎉🎙️

A conversation w/ @jaapderoode.bsky.social and Dr. Michael Huffman!

We think of medicine as a quintessentially human art. But animals—from bees to bears—have long healed themselves. And, in fact, we humans long learned from their medicinal ways.

Listen: disi.org/animal-heal-...
November 18, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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We are currently advertising two fully-funded PhD scholarships to work on a new project preventing extinctions of Australia’s threatened mammals with ancient DNA.
#sediments #aDNA #eDNA

For further details, please see:
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
November 19, 2024 at 1:45 AM
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Join us for a free online seminar about ecology and conservation by Prof. Susanne Shultz.

Date: Wednesday 27 November 2024
Time: 17:00 Hong Kong Time, 09:00 United Kingdom Time

Scan the QR code below or use the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... to register.
November 12, 2024 at 10:43 PM