On December 4th, Professor Mariska Kret will receive the KNAW Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize 2025. She will also be hosting a symposium on the realities of #research and #motherhood (in English). And you can join! Admission is free, but please sign up via: knaw.nl/en/events/sy...

📢 Call for abstracts!
🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉
🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th
📝 300 words
🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com

🌟 Huge congratulations to Mariska Kret, Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour, on receiving the 2025 Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize from @knaw-nl.bsky.social🏆for her groundbreaking work on emotion, behaviour and social cognition.👏

🔗 www.knaw.nl/en/news/mari...

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Leiden looking good today ;-)
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com

🌿 Excited to announce Elisabetta Palagi as the speaker for the 2nd Frans de Waal Honorary Lecture at #CBEN2026 in Leiden (14 April)! 🐒✨

A celebration of empathy, play & evolution – and of what connects us all. 💚

#CBEN2026 #Ethology #Empathy #Evolution @ehbea2026.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social

📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour.
🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14)
⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026!
@ehbea2026.bsky.social

🚨𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀!
www.ehbea2026.com is now live for our 2026 European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association (EHBEA) conference in Leiden (NL🇳🇱) Check for 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, first 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 & the [𝗔𝗜]𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸!
🗓️ 14–17 Apr 2026 | CBEN pre-conf 14 Apr
📍Pesthuis
#EHBEA2026

PhD candidates Kia Radovanović and Karlijn van Heijst on the Tobii website about eye tracking research with great apes!
www.tobii.com/blog/eye-tra...

Heeft jouw kind altijd al willen weten hoe het is om mee te doen aan een psychologisch experiment? Bezoek dan onze tent op expeditie NEXT! Hier kan je je hartslag, oogbewegingen, en zweetniveau meten terwijl wij uitleggen hoe het gebruikt wordt in echte experimenten. Kom gezellig langs!

Our group is working on a solution designed to help you strengthen your emotional intelligence and navigate stress more effectively. We'd love your input!
Can you spare 5 minutes to complete this quick survey?
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#EmotionalIntelligence #StressManagement #Survey #Wellbeing

(1/2) New paper out: doi.org/10.1177/1745.... Professor Mariska Kret & RA Karlijn van Heijst, together with collaborator Dr. Annemie Ploeger reply to commentary by Barrett and colleagues on their previous publication (doi.org/10.1177/1745...), ...

Professor Mariska Kret was appointed member in The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities in February! www.medewerkers.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...

In an interview (in Dutch) with Leiden University, PhD candidate Anouschka van Dijk talks about her experience answering questions from children in a science show www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Postdoc Iliana Samara was interviewed by the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad about offline dating! www.ad.nl/binnenland/b...

Two new blogs (in Dutch) by professor Mariska Kret on our website! www.mariskakret.com/blog/mijn-go...