Alex Mesoudi
@alexmesoudi.com
Cultural evolution researcher at the University of Exeter (Penryn campus), UK.
President of the Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
Website: alexmesoudi.com
President of the Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
Website: alexmesoudi.com
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A week before his defence @rug.nl, the publication of @euantheyoung.bsky.social's chapter on the lifespan cost of reproduction in @science.org Advances - with @hannahdugdale.bsky.social, @lummaalab.bsky.social and myself - couldn't have been better timed! 👍 🥳 🥂https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz6422
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A week before his defence @rug.nl, the publication of @euantheyoung.bsky.social's chapter on the lifespan cost of reproduction in @science.org Advances - with @hannahdugdale.bsky.social, @lummaalab.bsky.social and myself - couldn't have been better timed! 👍 🥳 🥂https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz6422
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BehaveAI is live!
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
BehaveAI is live!
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
Really enjoyed this podcast with @sheinalew.bsky.social and @dorsaamir.bsky.social on evolution and childhood. Super-smart people talking about a super-interesting topic
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Varieties of childhood
Podcast Episode · Many Minds · 10/07/2025 · 1h 29m
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November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Really enjoyed this podcast with @sheinalew.bsky.social and @dorsaamir.bsky.social on evolution and childhood. Super-smart people talking about a super-interesting topic
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
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👉 A reminder that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the CES 2026 #CESRabat is the 16th of November.
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique - FGSES
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November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
👉 A reminder that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the CES 2026 #CESRabat is the 16th of November.
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
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Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur...
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution
ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution
posted on October 16, 2025
We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual for a ful...
hmc-lab.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur...
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
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Excited to announce the first ACE Course Design Awards for excellent cultural education teaching. Those award winning classes will be placed in an open teaching repository for anyone looking to enhance cultural evolution content in their courses.
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
ACE Course Design Awardees Announced - Cultural Evolution Society
culturalevolutionsociety.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Excited to announce the first ACE Course Design Awards for excellent cultural education teaching. Those award winning classes will be placed in an open teaching repository for anyone looking to enhance cultural evolution content in their courses.
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
Agreed! It was one of my 5 recommended books on cultural evolution here:
shepherd.com/best-books/c...
shepherd.com/best-books/c...
October 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Agreed! It was one of my 5 recommended books on cultural evolution here:
shepherd.com/best-books/c...
shepherd.com/best-books/c...
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We're pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the Advancing Cultural Evolution Course Design Awards! This competition recognises leading educators in the field of cultural evolution and their existing efforts to advance its teaching.
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the Advancing Cultural Evolution Course Design Awards! This competition recognises leading educators in the field of cultural evolution and their existing efforts to advance its teaching.
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
We have 7 winners and 2 runners up (listed below):
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ACE Teaching Innovation Awards empower scholars to incorporate high-quality cultural evolution course materials into their teaching. This is a great opportunity for those from majority-world countries and ECR academics, but everyone can apply!
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
ACE Teaching Innovation Awards empower scholars to incorporate high-quality cultural evolution course materials into their teaching. This is a great opportunity for those from majority-world countries and ECR academics, but everyone can apply!
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
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We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
September 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
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The next Asian Cultural Evolution seminar is happening next Monday!! Come join the talk & discussion if you are interested in philosophy + agent-based modelling!
🔔ACE Seminar:
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Siyang Luo from Sun Yat-sen University!
🗓 Mon, Sep 22 at 7:00 PM JST (18:00 (Perth/Singapore/Beijing), 19:00 (Tokyo/Seoul), 20:00 (Sydney))
✉️ To receive the Zoom link, send a blank email to: ace-seminar+subscribe@googlegroups.com
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Siyang Luo from Sun Yat-sen University!
🗓 Mon, Sep 22 at 7:00 PM JST (18:00 (Perth/Singapore/Beijing), 19:00 (Tokyo/Seoul), 20:00 (Sydney))
✉️ To receive the Zoom link, send a blank email to: ace-seminar+subscribe@googlegroups.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The next Asian Cultural Evolution seminar is happening next Monday!! Come join the talk & discussion if you are interested in philosophy + agent-based modelling!
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🚨 Last days to submit! 🚨
Join the Workshop on Cultural Evolution of Planet X at @alife2025.bsky.social (Kyoto, Oct 7).
We welcome abstracts on cultural evolution and emergent culture in artificial systems. Work presented elsewhere too!
📅 Deadline: Sept 20
🔗 sites.google.com/view/planetx...
Join the Workshop on Cultural Evolution of Planet X at @alife2025.bsky.social (Kyoto, Oct 7).
We welcome abstracts on cultural evolution and emergent culture in artificial systems. Work presented elsewhere too!
📅 Deadline: Sept 20
🔗 sites.google.com/view/planetx...
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚨 Last days to submit! 🚨
Join the Workshop on Cultural Evolution of Planet X at @alife2025.bsky.social (Kyoto, Oct 7).
We welcome abstracts on cultural evolution and emergent culture in artificial systems. Work presented elsewhere too!
📅 Deadline: Sept 20
🔗 sites.google.com/view/planetx...
Join the Workshop on Cultural Evolution of Planet X at @alife2025.bsky.social (Kyoto, Oct 7).
We welcome abstracts on cultural evolution and emergent culture in artificial systems. Work presented elsewhere too!
📅 Deadline: Sept 20
🔗 sites.google.com/view/planetx...
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How to quantify the impact of AI on long-run cultural evolution? Published today, I give it a go!
400+ years of strategic dynamics in the game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi), from feudalism to AlphaGo!
400+ years of strategic dynamics in the game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi), from feudalism to AlphaGo!
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
How to quantify the impact of AI on long-run cultural evolution? Published today, I give it a go!
400+ years of strategic dynamics in the game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi), from feudalism to AlphaGo!
400+ years of strategic dynamics in the game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi), from feudalism to AlphaGo!
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Abstract submission now open for the next Cultural Evolution Society conference in Rabat, Morocco next May @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @ces2026.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce that the CES2026 conference website is now live! We invite you to submit your presentation proposals using the link on the webpage, deadline November 16th:
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique - FGSES
airess.fgses-um6p.ma
September 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Abstract submission now open for the next Cultural Evolution Society conference in Rabat, Morocco next May @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @ces2026.bsky.social
Abstract submission now open for the next Cultural Evolution Society conference in Rabat, Morocco next May @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @ces2026.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce that the CES2026 conference website is now live! We invite you to submit your presentation proposals using the link on the webpage, deadline November 16th:
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique - FGSES
airess.fgses-um6p.ma
September 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Abstract submission now open for the next Cultural Evolution Society conference in Rabat, Morocco next May @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @ces2026.bsky.social
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We are delighted to announce that the CES2026 conference website is now live! We invite you to submit your presentation proposals using the link on the webpage, deadline November 16th:
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique - FGSES
airess.fgses-um6p.ma
September 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We are delighted to announce that the CES2026 conference website is now live! We invite you to submit your presentation proposals using the link on the webpage, deadline November 16th:
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
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The count down starts for #CESRabat! Follow @ces2026.bsky.social and join us May 11-13 next year for an exciting meeting in Rabat, Morocco.
Massive thanks to the #CESRabat organising committee:
Sarah Alami (co-chair)
Mathieu Charbonneau (co-chair)
Zachary Garfield
Edmond Seabright
Massive thanks to the #CESRabat organising committee:
Sarah Alami (co-chair)
Mathieu Charbonneau (co-chair)
Zachary Garfield
Edmond Seabright
September 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The count down starts for #CESRabat! Follow @ces2026.bsky.social and join us May 11-13 next year for an exciting meeting in Rabat, Morocco.
Massive thanks to the #CESRabat organising committee:
Sarah Alami (co-chair)
Mathieu Charbonneau (co-chair)
Zachary Garfield
Edmond Seabright
Massive thanks to the #CESRabat organising committee:
Sarah Alami (co-chair)
Mathieu Charbonneau (co-chair)
Zachary Garfield
Edmond Seabright
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@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Fees and Funding - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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@helenamiton.bsky.social and I have a new paper out:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Past theories focus on how we evolve complex technologies (jet engines), but neglect cultural innovations that help us operate these technologies (pilot checklist)
Paper has tons of examples and new theory!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Past theories focus on how we evolve complex technologies (jet engines), but neglect cultural innovations that help us operate these technologies (pilot checklist)
Paper has tons of examples and new theory!
September 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
@helenamiton.bsky.social and I have a new paper out:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Past theories focus on how we evolve complex technologies (jet engines), but neglect cultural innovations that help us operate these technologies (pilot checklist)
Paper has tons of examples and new theory!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Past theories focus on how we evolve complex technologies (jet engines), but neglect cultural innovations that help us operate these technologies (pilot checklist)
Paper has tons of examples and new theory!
Friends and colleagues in the Berlin area:
Next week (8-12 Sep) I will be visiting the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB) (Berlin Social Science Centre) @wzb.bsky.social
Let me know if you'd like to meet for a coffee / drink / currywurst
Next week (8-12 Sep) I will be visiting the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB) (Berlin Social Science Centre) @wzb.bsky.social
Let me know if you'd like to meet for a coffee / drink / currywurst
September 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Friends and colleagues in the Berlin area:
Next week (8-12 Sep) I will be visiting the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB) (Berlin Social Science Centre) @wzb.bsky.social
Let me know if you'd like to meet for a coffee / drink / currywurst
Next week (8-12 Sep) I will be visiting the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB) (Berlin Social Science Centre) @wzb.bsky.social
Let me know if you'd like to meet for a coffee / drink / currywurst
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Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
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⚡ Autumn 2025 Cooperation Colloquia ⚡
We are excited to announce the next run of Cooperation Colloquia. With @talbotmandrews.bsky.social, @setayeshradkani.bsky.social, @kris-smith.bsky.social, @alexmesoudi.com, & more.
Every second Friday, 15:00 CE(S)T
Sign up here: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...
We are excited to announce the next run of Cooperation Colloquia. With @talbotmandrews.bsky.social, @setayeshradkani.bsky.social, @kris-smith.bsky.social, @alexmesoudi.com, & more.
Every second Friday, 15:00 CE(S)T
Sign up here: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...
August 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
⚡ Autumn 2025 Cooperation Colloquia ⚡
We are excited to announce the next run of Cooperation Colloquia. With @talbotmandrews.bsky.social, @setayeshradkani.bsky.social, @kris-smith.bsky.social, @alexmesoudi.com, & more.
Every second Friday, 15:00 CE(S)T
Sign up here: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...
We are excited to announce the next run of Cooperation Colloquia. With @talbotmandrews.bsky.social, @setayeshradkani.bsky.social, @kris-smith.bsky.social, @alexmesoudi.com, & more.
Every second Friday, 15:00 CE(S)T
Sign up here: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...
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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.
🔖 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_...
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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_...
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📣 Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... 🧪
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📣 Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... 🧪
"Trusting the experts" is not just a feature of modern science and democracy, it's a feature of our evolved capacity for culture, and a major driver of human cultural evolution more broadly.
For more, see this paper called, coincidentally, "Trusting the experts".
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
For more, see this paper called, coincidentally, "Trusting the experts".
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
August 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
"Trusting the experts" is not just a feature of modern science and democracy, it's a feature of our evolved capacity for culture, and a major driver of human cultural evolution more broadly.
For more, see this paper called, coincidentally, "Trusting the experts".
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
For more, see this paper called, coincidentally, "Trusting the experts".
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...