🎉Welcome to the official Bluesky account for EFP 2026 !!! 🎉

Join us in sunny Montpellier from 29 June to 3 July 2026 for an unforgettable conference.

Follow us for updates, sneak peeks, and all things EFP! ☀️📅🌿

New steps for Open Science actions at Queen Mary University of London, including the official support to the Peer Community In Initiative www.seresearch.qmul.ac.uk/news/4917/ne...

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/

You can now apply for our 3 year postdoc looking at the role of culture and group size in social coordination and collaboration in the UK, Uganda and Republic of Korea!

Any questions please don’t hesitate to drop me a dm or email (sophie.milward@port.ac.uk)

mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...

Fully funded PhD studentship using imaging methods to quantify variation in faces - would suit candidates with coding skills or computational methods. Get in touch! www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...

Together with @leanneproops.bsky.social and Cressida Bowyer, we are looking for PhD applicants for a project using human behaviour change theory to develop educational programmes promoting the conservation of crested macaques. More information here: www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...

PhD position: Wild orangutan grammatical rules and the evolution of language.
University of Warwick www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Looking for a PhD candidate for our project on uncertainty in communicative interactions as indicators of affective valence. Supervised by Dr Jérôme Micheletta (@jmicheletta.bsky.social), Prof Bridget Waller and me. Get in touch if interested. See details here:

Advertising for 2 fully funded PhD projects on cooperation in children, apes and across cultures. Co-supervised by Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social and Esther Herrmann. See below for links. Message me if interested!

New preprint! 🚨 Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use (tinyurl.com/2j324t9p). For short synopsis, see 🧵.

Tai Chimpanzees: Adult chimp play fosters cooperation: now in Nature highlights:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu-E...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Great video from @lirsamuni.bsky.social: Adult play in Tai chimpanzees fosters cooperation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu-E...

I have a really exciting PhD opportunity on a highly novel topic: flow state in animals! This is open to students worldwide, drawing on the University of Bristol's strengths in animal cognition, animal welfare and human game design www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Access the paper here:
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

New paper alert 📢
Chimpanzees playing bouts fosters cooperation in adults! @lirsamuni.bsky.social and colleagues from the Taï Chimpanzee Project show how playing between adult chimpanzees predict cooperation between adults in the group. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…

NEW RESEARCH: Social Play fosters cooperation in wild adult chimpanzees out in Current Biology. More great work from @lirsamuni.bsky.social, @alexmielke.bsky.social on our Tai Chimpanzees
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Are you a UK based parent to a 1-6yr old?
We're looking for parents to complete a 15-20min survey to share thoughts on parenting around playtime & more generally.

Help us better understand this aspect of parenthood and childhood!
Study link: tinyurl.com/SurveyEHYFMA

Thanks so much for your time!