Sam Passmore
@sampassmore.bsky.social
Research Fellow with the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative @ ANU
www.sampassmore.com
www.kinbank.net
Kinship | Language | Methods | Diversity
The despair when your niche interest appears has a brief appearance on social media but you miss it by half a day because of time zones / your own kin-ties get up at 4am so you go to bed early 😅
Please check out kinbank.net for all your kinship terminology variational needs!
Please check out kinbank.net for all your kinship terminology variational needs!
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The despair when your niche interest appears has a brief appearance on social media but you miss it by half a day because of time zones / your own kin-ties get up at 4am so you go to bed early 😅
Please check out kinbank.net for all your kinship terminology variational needs!
Please check out kinbank.net for all your kinship terminology variational needs!
Solomon Island Pijin has increased its first-language speaker pop. by 8,281.85% since 1976, according the Solomon Island Census. In 1976, 1,212 people listed their first language as SIP, but in 2019, that number had increased to 101,588. An incredible transformation of the linguistic environment.
solomons.gov.sb
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Solomon Island Pijin has increased its first-language speaker pop. by 8,281.85% since 1976, according the Solomon Island Census. In 1976, 1,212 people listed their first language as SIP, but in 2019, that number had increased to 101,588. An incredible transformation of the linguistic environment.
NEW PAPER: English acoustic models perform well in the forced alignment of two Pacific Creoles (Tok Pisin 🇵🇬 & Bislama 🇻🇺). We show that applying existing research to low-resource languages can help speed up their study, particularly for English Creoles.
#ACL2025
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
#ACL2025
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
English-based acoustic models perform well in the forced alignment of two English-based Pacific Creoles
Sam Passmore, Lila San Roque, Kirsty Gillespie, Saurabh Nath, Kira Davey, Keira Mullan, Tim Cawley, Jennifer Biggs, Rosey Billington, Bethwyn Evans, Nick Thieberger, Danielle Barth. Proceedings of the...
aclanthology.org
July 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
NEW PAPER: English acoustic models perform well in the forced alignment of two Pacific Creoles (Tok Pisin 🇵🇬 & Bislama 🇻🇺). We show that applying existing research to low-resource languages can help speed up their study, particularly for English Creoles.
#ACL2025
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
#ACL2025
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
Reposted by Sam Passmore
The 2025 Cultural Evolution Society awards are now open for applications!
-Outreach Award (2 awards, up to $2,500 each) forms.gle/Eq6BhtnptQLQ...
-ECR Grant (2 awards, up to $3,000 each) forms.gle/69DpptguwRqN...
-Building Research Capacity Award (1 award, up to $6,000) forms.gle/ZLGEW612GbZ4...
-Outreach Award (2 awards, up to $2,500 each) forms.gle/Eq6BhtnptQLQ...
-ECR Grant (2 awards, up to $3,000 each) forms.gle/69DpptguwRqN...
-Building Research Capacity Award (1 award, up to $6,000) forms.gle/ZLGEW612GbZ4...
ACE Outreach Awards
CES will give out two awards of up to $2500 each to support activities that translate cultural evolution research for a non-academic audience or for students outside of the field of cultural evolution...
forms.gle
April 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The 2025 Cultural Evolution Society awards are now open for applications!
-Outreach Award (2 awards, up to $2,500 each) forms.gle/Eq6BhtnptQLQ...
-ECR Grant (2 awards, up to $3,000 each) forms.gle/69DpptguwRqN...
-Building Research Capacity Award (1 award, up to $6,000) forms.gle/ZLGEW612GbZ4...
-Outreach Award (2 awards, up to $2,500 each) forms.gle/Eq6BhtnptQLQ...
-ECR Grant (2 awards, up to $3,000 each) forms.gle/69DpptguwRqN...
-Building Research Capacity Award (1 award, up to $6,000) forms.gle/ZLGEW612GbZ4...
NEW PAPER: Linguistics has long debated the scientific cost of narrow sampling, but growing language endangerment makes this debate urgent. We compare studied and unstudied languages in child language acquisition to assess how narrow sampling limits our understanding
doi.org/10.1162/opmi...
doi.org/10.1162/opmi...
April 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
NEW PAPER: Linguistics has long debated the scientific cost of narrow sampling, but growing language endangerment makes this debate urgent. We compare studied and unstudied languages in child language acquisition to assess how narrow sampling limits our understanding
doi.org/10.1162/opmi...
doi.org/10.1162/opmi...
Reposted by Sam Passmore
Please repost - keen to find someone grear
Two Fully-Funded PhD positions at Auckland Uni!
Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity.
#linguistics #evolution #academia #phd
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity.
#linguistics #evolution #academia #phd
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
April 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Please repost - keen to find someone grear
More great PhD opportunities, this time with @felicitymeakins.bsky.social
study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
Dingo Lingo: Australia's past through the lens of biology, language & music
study.uq.edu.au
March 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
More great PhD opportunities, this time with @felicitymeakins.bsky.social
study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
If you're looking for a fun PhD project - I don't think you'll find many better than this!
Two Fully-Funded PhD positions at Auckland Uni!
Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity.
#linguistics #evolution #academia #phd
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity.
#linguistics #evolution #academia #phd
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
March 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If you're looking for a fun PhD project - I don't think you'll find many better than this!
Reposted by Sam Passmore
You can submit paper proposals here: worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/papers/
March 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
You can submit paper proposals here: worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/papers/
Reposted by Sam Passmore
February 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposted by Sam Passmore
A reminder that we are currently accepting submissions for a special issue on 'Advances in the Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia' in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Submissions are due February 28 and include any human and animal related studies.
January 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A reminder that we are currently accepting submissions for a special issue on 'Advances in the Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia' in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Submissions are due February 28 and include any human and animal related studies.
Reposted by Sam Passmore
🎉 Transform Indigenous genomics! Join SING Australia, a week-long workshop in Gimuy/Cairns (21–25 July 2025). 🌏 Learn lab skills, ethics, & more. Open to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders in health, science, & humanities. Apply now & shape the future! 🧬✨
January 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
🎉 Transform Indigenous genomics! Join SING Australia, a week-long workshop in Gimuy/Cairns (21–25 July 2025). 🌏 Learn lab skills, ethics, & more. Open to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders in health, science, & humanities. Apply now & shape the future! 🧬✨
Reposted by Sam Passmore
Lovely blog post about our recent paper in Ornithology (@amornith.bsky.social)! We applied agent-based models and machine learning to 36 yrs of mourning warbler song, and found evidence that males have a learning bias for more complex syllables: americanornithology.org/cultural-evo...
Cultural evolution in song of Geothlypis philadelphia (Mourning Warbler) - American Ornithological Society
We used a long-term database of songs recorded over 36 years from throughout the breeding range of Geothlypis philadelphia (Mourning Warbler) to answer questions about the current and historical patte...
americanornithology.org
December 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Lovely blog post about our recent paper in Ornithology (@amornith.bsky.social)! We applied agent-based models and machine learning to 36 yrs of mourning warbler song, and found evidence that males have a learning bias for more complex syllables: americanornithology.org/cultural-evo...
Reposted by Sam Passmore
Reupping this POSTDOC position
- deadline Dec 20th
Some more info 👇 1/3
- deadline Dec 20th
Some more info 👇 1/3
Modeller? Interested in linguistic diversity? *Postdoc* position on DYNAMICS OF MULTILINGUALISM available in my group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit... 2 yrs working with an international & interdisciplinary team led by @justynaolko.bsky.social
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
December 6, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Reupping this POSTDOC position
- deadline Dec 20th
Some more info 👇 1/3
- deadline Dec 20th
Some more info 👇 1/3
Reposted by Sam Passmore
1️⃣ An agent-based model simulates a dynamic population of professional speed climbers.
2️⃣ BayesFlow handles amortized parameter estimation in the SBI setting.
📣 Shoutout to @masonyoungblood.bsky.social & @sampassmore.bsky.social
📄 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
💻 Code: github.com/masonyoungbl...
2️⃣ BayesFlow handles amortized parameter estimation in the SBI setting.
📣 Shoutout to @masonyoungblood.bsky.social & @sampassmore.bsky.social
📄 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
💻 Code: github.com/masonyoungbl...
December 10, 2024 at 1:34 AM
1️⃣ An agent-based model simulates a dynamic population of professional speed climbers.
2️⃣ BayesFlow handles amortized parameter estimation in the SBI setting.
📣 Shoutout to @masonyoungblood.bsky.social & @sampassmore.bsky.social
📄 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
💻 Code: github.com/masonyoungbl...
2️⃣ BayesFlow handles amortized parameter estimation in the SBI setting.
📣 Shoutout to @masonyoungblood.bsky.social & @sampassmore.bsky.social
📄 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
💻 Code: github.com/masonyoungbl...
Reposted by Sam Passmore
One of the most surprising uses of simulation-based inference: agent based models of olympic speed climbers
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
December 10, 2024 at 12:33 AM
One of the most surprising uses of simulation-based inference: agent based models of olympic speed climbers
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Sam Passmore
Just released a big update to my R package `RCLDF` for reading Cross-lInguistic Data Files':
github.com/SimonGreenhi...
github.com/SimonGreenhi...
December 2, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Just released a big update to my R package `RCLDF` for reading Cross-lInguistic Data Files':
github.com/SimonGreenhi...
github.com/SimonGreenhi...
Reposted by Sam Passmore
Neat job alert - Lecturer in Medical Anthropology @ the ANU jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
Lecturer in Medical Anthropology - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: Academic Level BSalary package: $112,916 - $128,026 per annum plus 17% superannuation
Term: Full time, Continuing
Location: Canberra / ACT
The opportunity to work within a colla...
jobs.anu.edu.au
November 21, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Neat job alert - Lecturer in Medical Anthropology @ the ANU jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
Reposted by Sam Passmore
Modeller? Interested in linguistic diversity? *Postdoc* position on DYNAMICS OF MULTILINGUALISM available in my group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit... 2 yrs working with an international & interdisciplinary team led by @justynaolko.bsky.social
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
November 19, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Modeller? Interested in linguistic diversity? *Postdoc* position on DYNAMICS OF MULTILINGUALISM available in my group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit... 2 yrs working with an international & interdisciplinary team led by @justynaolko.bsky.social
Reposted by Sam Passmore
Missed early-bird registration for #ALS2024? You can still register for the conference - tomorrow is the last day!
Registration
ALS 2024 Registration
als.asn.au
November 14, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Missed early-bird registration for #ALS2024? You can still register for the conference - tomorrow is the last day!
Reposted by Sam Passmore
For Halloween, I made a video game about fairies who race in pushchairs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACj-... You can play it online for free! correlation-machine.com/PramTurismo/
Prams will crash! So might the game!
#gamedev #SpaceGhostTrain #prams
Prams will crash! So might the game!
#gamedev #SpaceGhostTrain #prams
Pram Turismo (Space Ghost Train XI)
YouTube video by SeanGeraintRoberts
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2024 at 9:26 AM
For Halloween, I made a video game about fairies who race in pushchairs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACj-... You can play it online for free! correlation-machine.com/PramTurismo/
Prams will crash! So might the game!
#gamedev #SpaceGhostTrain #prams
Prams will crash! So might the game!
#gamedev #SpaceGhostTrain #prams
Reposted by Sam Passmore
Fully-funded PhD position available on the cultural evolution of tea!
With me, Sabine Parrish, and David Burslem at the University of Aberdeen (🏴), come combine anthropology and biology to think about why people drink tea and how that may change in the future.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
With me, Sabine Parrish, and David Burslem at the University of Aberdeen (🏴), come combine anthropology and biology to think about why people drink tea and how that may change in the future.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
People and tea: past, present, and future at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - People and tea: past, present, and future at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 29, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Fully-funded PhD position available on the cultural evolution of tea!
With me, Sabine Parrish, and David Burslem at the University of Aberdeen (🏴), come combine anthropology and biology to think about why people drink tea and how that may change in the future.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
With me, Sabine Parrish, and David Burslem at the University of Aberdeen (🏴), come combine anthropology and biology to think about why people drink tea and how that may change in the future.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Reposted by Sam Passmore
Now an additional piece up with this excellent graphic summary.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidd...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidd...
October 16, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Now an additional piece up with this excellent graphic summary.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidd...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidd...