Nicola Koyama
@nicolakoyama.bsky.social
Biologist (she/her). Reader in Primate Behaviour at LJMU. Equity in science.
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🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all?
We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
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We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6...
Amplifying global voices: Removing language barriers in academic conferences
We invite you to share your experiences with language barriers at academic conferences. Your insights will help shape more inclusive and multilingual events across disciplines and formats.
This surve...
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September 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🌍 Have you experienced language barriers at academic conferences, or not at all?
We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6...
We want to hear from everyone to better understand how language shapes participation and accessibility.
📝 Take our short survey and help make conferences more inclusive and multilingual:
forms.gle/u8ESktcJP8Y6...
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Two weeks to go before Capturing Ecology closes!
Explore our 8 categories and enter your best photos 📸 that champion the wonders of ecology.
Competition closes on 30 September.
https://f.mtr.cool/bbujqjypnj
Explore our 8 categories and enter your best photos 📸 that champion the wonders of ecology.
Competition closes on 30 September.
https://f.mtr.cool/bbujqjypnj
September 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Two weeks to go before Capturing Ecology closes!
Explore our 8 categories and enter your best photos 📸 that champion the wonders of ecology.
Competition closes on 30 September.
https://f.mtr.cool/bbujqjypnj
Explore our 8 categories and enter your best photos 📸 that champion the wonders of ecology.
Competition closes on 30 September.
https://f.mtr.cool/bbujqjypnj
Balanced and considered account of scientific racism in the evolutionary sciences and what academics can do to counter it:
Our article "Impediments to countering racist pseudoscience" (with @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social, @kztwyman.bsky.social & Marc Feldman) is now published online.
We describe five factors that contribute to the spread of racism and suggest strategies for countering them.
doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
We describe five factors that contribute to the spread of racism and suggest strategies for countering them.
doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
September 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Balanced and considered account of scientific racism in the evolutionary sciences and what academics can do to counter it:
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Calling all artists! 🧑🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵
July 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Calling all artists! 🧑🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵
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🏞️Fieldwork is one of the most inspiring parts of environmental science. Let’s make sure it’s also one of the safest and most inclusive! 🥇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Improving university policies and risk assessment to support inclusive fieldwork in environmental sciences
Among 90 UK higher education institutions, there was patchy mention of protected and other identity-related characteristics in fieldwork policy and risk assessments, and very limited consideration of...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🏞️Fieldwork is one of the most inspiring parts of environmental science. Let’s make sure it’s also one of the safest and most inclusive! 🥇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
go.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
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Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
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🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨
Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
September 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨
Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
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🌍🧪Ecology needs inclusive systems and equitable opportunities.
Our new BES report shares evidence, lived experience, and practical steps to dismantle barriers in science.
Written by BES Network members, part-funded by Pride in STEM.
Read the full report here:
Our new BES report shares evidence, lived experience, and practical steps to dismantle barriers in science.
Written by BES Network members, part-funded by Pride in STEM.
Read the full report here:
f.mtr.cool
September 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🌍🧪Ecology needs inclusive systems and equitable opportunities.
Our new BES report shares evidence, lived experience, and practical steps to dismantle barriers in science.
Written by BES Network members, part-funded by Pride in STEM.
Read the full report here:
Our new BES report shares evidence, lived experience, and practical steps to dismantle barriers in science.
Written by BES Network members, part-funded by Pride in STEM.
Read the full report here:
The free online animal behaviour conference!
⏳ Time is ticking… Only 5 days left!
Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2025, our free online conference on animal behavior research.
🎤 15-min oral talks
🎥 5-min video posters
📅 Deadline: September 7
📄 Submit your abstract now 👉 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2025, our free online conference on animal behavior research.
🎤 15-min oral talks
🎥 5-min video posters
📅 Deadline: September 7
📄 Submit your abstract now 👉 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The free online animal behaviour conference!
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Joe Harkness reveals how neurodiverse conservationists find their “superpowers” can make them uniquely effective at their job, with skills including lateral thinking, hyperfocus, memory skills and empathy, as well as having an aptitude for fieldwork.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Intrinsically connected’: how human neurodiversity could help save nature
Biodiversity is linked to people’s diversity, and nature lends itself to people who are different, says author Joe Harkness
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Joe Harkness reveals how neurodiverse conservationists find their “superpowers” can make them uniquely effective at their job, with skills including lateral thinking, hyperfocus, memory skills and empathy, as well as having an aptitude for fieldwork.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Insightful #psgbfieldskills2025 panel discussion with in-country researchers.
First steps to community-based conservation? Build relationships first, arrive to learn not fix, be interested in others and their priorities, make friends, don't assume, show yourself as a person first, not a researcher.
First steps to community-based conservation? Build relationships first, arrive to learn not fix, be interested in others and their priorities, make friends, don't assume, show yourself as a person first, not a researcher.
August 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Insightful #psgbfieldskills2025 panel discussion with in-country researchers.
First steps to community-based conservation? Build relationships first, arrive to learn not fix, be interested in others and their priorities, make friends, don't assume, show yourself as a person first, not a researcher.
First steps to community-based conservation? Build relationships first, arrive to learn not fix, be interested in others and their priorities, make friends, don't assume, show yourself as a person first, not a researcher.
It's a wrap! #psgbfieldskills2025 #zsl #asab has flown by! Day 3: ethics, logistics, permits and wildlife health via scenario-based learning (Matt Gardiner), inspiring panel discussions on community conservation (Praneetha Monipi) and collecting data at the human-primate interface (Kelly Sambucci) 👏
August 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's a wrap! #psgbfieldskills2025 #zsl #asab has flown by! Day 3: ethics, logistics, permits and wildlife health via scenario-based learning (Matt Gardiner), inspiring panel discussions on community conservation (Praneetha Monipi) and collecting data at the human-primate interface (Kelly Sambucci) 👏
A fantastic Day 2 on #psgbfieldskills2025 #zsl workshop: vegetation and wildlife surveys @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social bioacoustics @wascherclaudia.bsky.social tracking, camera traps @lizallo.bsky.social and mental health in the field with Praneetha Monipi @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @asab.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A fantastic Day 2 on #psgbfieldskills2025 #zsl workshop: vegetation and wildlife surveys @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social bioacoustics @wascherclaudia.bsky.social tracking, camera traps @lizallo.bsky.social and mental health in the field with Praneetha Monipi @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @asab.org
Why talk about LGBTQIA+Inclusion in the field?
45% of those participating in fieldwork have faced gender discrimination 👇
#psgbfieldskills2025 workshop
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
@asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social
45% of those participating in fieldwork have faced gender discrimination 👇
#psgbfieldskills2025 workshop
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
@asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Why talk about LGBTQIA+Inclusion in the field?
45% of those participating in fieldwork have faced gender discrimination 👇
#psgbfieldskills2025 workshop
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
@asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social
45% of those participating in fieldwork have faced gender discrimination 👇
#psgbfieldskills2025 workshop
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
@asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social
Our #psgbfieldskills2025 workshop has started! Great to hear Kat @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social
talk on different perspectives in the development of animal behaviour methods
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
Thanks to @asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social for their amazing support
talk on different perspectives in the development of animal behaviour methods
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
Thanks to @asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social for their amazing support
August 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Our #psgbfieldskills2025 workshop has started! Great to hear Kat @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social
talk on different perspectives in the development of animal behaviour methods
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
Thanks to @asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social for their amazing support
talk on different perspectives in the development of animal behaviour methods
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
Thanks to @asab.org @zslscience.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social for their amazing support
The amazing field skills workshop! 👀 Funds go directly towards helping those in need attend:
We need your help to raise money for our Field Skills Workshop! 🤝 Our workshop provides critical training for emerging primatologists who otherwise would not have opportunities to gain field experience. Consider donating to support this goal via the 🔗: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £1000 to Support the PSGB Field Skills Workshop 2025 – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Support the PSGB Field Skills Workshop 2025. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The amazing field skills workshop! 👀 Funds go directly towards helping those in need attend:
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📢 Call for abstracts! Want to present your animal behaviour research online & for free? Submit a 5-min video poster for #ABL2025. Hosted on YouTube with live Q&A on Discord!
📅 Nov 13–14 | Free, online, worldwide 🌍
🔗 Learn more, register, submit ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#animalbehaviorresearch
📅 Nov 13–14 | Free, online, worldwide 🌍
🔗 Learn more, register, submit ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#animalbehaviorresearch
July 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
📢 Call for abstracts! Want to present your animal behaviour research online & for free? Submit a 5-min video poster for #ABL2025. Hosted on YouTube with live Q&A on Discord!
📅 Nov 13–14 | Free, online, worldwide 🌍
🔗 Learn more, register, submit ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#animalbehaviorresearch
📅 Nov 13–14 | Free, online, worldwide 🌍
🔗 Learn more, register, submit ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#animalbehaviorresearch
A great opportunity for in-country community-based primate conservationists to share experiences and challenges in our online Panel Discussion (30 Aug '25). Send in your expression of interest by 10 Aug!
@lemurnetwork.bsky.social @neoprego.org
@ips-primatenews.bsky.social
@lemurnetwork.bsky.social @neoprego.org
@ips-primatenews.bsky.social
We are looking for panelists! 🦧 If you are working in community-based conservation, (or know someone who is) apply to speak on our panel at PSGB's 2025 Field Skills Workshop. See 🧵 and video: youtube.com/shorts/YBJLr...
July 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A great opportunity for in-country community-based primate conservationists to share experiences and challenges in our online Panel Discussion (30 Aug '25). Send in your expression of interest by 10 Aug!
@lemurnetwork.bsky.social @neoprego.org
@ips-primatenews.bsky.social
@lemurnetwork.bsky.social @neoprego.org
@ips-primatenews.bsky.social
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July 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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[COMMENTARY]
Tools like drones & GPS apps allow local & indigenous communities to track deforestation & respond to territorial threats quickly.
But these tools must be introduced with local realities and cultural wisdom in mind.
** The views expressed are author's, not necessarily Mongabay's.
Tools like drones & GPS apps allow local & indigenous communities to track deforestation & respond to territorial threats quickly.
But these tools must be introduced with local realities and cultural wisdom in mind.
** The views expressed are author's, not necessarily Mongabay's.
Conservation tech without Indigenous knowledge and local context has limits (commentary)
Technology can be a powerful ally in conservation, but it’s not a silver bullet. Too often, tools like drones, GPS apps or satellite imagery are introduced as standalone solutions, disconnected from…
news.mongabay.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
[COMMENTARY]
Tools like drones & GPS apps allow local & indigenous communities to track deforestation & respond to territorial threats quickly.
But these tools must be introduced with local realities and cultural wisdom in mind.
** The views expressed are author's, not necessarily Mongabay's.
Tools like drones & GPS apps allow local & indigenous communities to track deforestation & respond to territorial threats quickly.
But these tools must be introduced with local realities and cultural wisdom in mind.
** The views expressed are author's, not necessarily Mongabay's.
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Marie Curie Fellowships are open (tinyurl.com/bdewf876) - if interested in studying how wild Barbary macaques are adjusting to human impacts (tinyurl.com/5n6hxwwz), please get in touch! We're particularly keen for someone to work with all the metagenomic data we have!
May 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Marie Curie Fellowships are open (tinyurl.com/bdewf876) - if interested in studying how wild Barbary macaques are adjusting to human impacts (tinyurl.com/5n6hxwwz), please get in touch! We're particularly keen for someone to work with all the metagenomic data we have!
An amazing opportunity for UK-based students who've faced challenges developing field skills: deadline 15 June.
Could you help support a student attend? Check the justgiving link below!
Could you help support a student attend? Check the justgiving link below!
Apply for the 2025 field skills workshop at London Zoo (28-30th Aug)! 🤓 🦧
More info @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA-b... and our website: psgb.org/pages/psgb-f....
Want to help us raise money to create opportunities for future primatologists? Consider a donation: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
More info @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA-b... and our website: psgb.org/pages/psgb-f....
Want to help us raise money to create opportunities for future primatologists? Consider a donation: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
May 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
An amazing opportunity for UK-based students who've faced challenges developing field skills: deadline 15 June.
Could you help support a student attend? Check the justgiving link below!
Could you help support a student attend? Check the justgiving link below!
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Applications are now open for our 2025 Field Skills Workshop! The Field Skills Workshop is a 3-day workshop aimed to develop theory and practice in field skills. See 🧵
May 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Applications are now open for our 2025 Field Skills Workshop! The Field Skills Workshop is a 3-day workshop aimed to develop theory and practice in field skills. See 🧵