Congratulations to Laith Al-Shawaf, winner of the 2026 Evolution in the Public Eye Award! @laithalshawaf.bsky.social's prolific science communication, podcasting, & debunking of misconceptions make him a leading voice in explaining the complexities of evolutionary psychology to a worldwide audience.
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Very exciting news @ehbea.bsky.social!
Other exciting updates:
W+EBS will be hosting social events at both #CES2026 and #HBES2026 this year! 🎉
Details coming soon — stay tuned for times, locations, and how to join us. Keep an eye on this account! 👀
#DiversityInSTEM #WplusEBS
Attending #HBES2026 or #CES2026?
Join W+EBS for our lunch on May 13th as part of the Lunch Across Societies session! 🍽️
"Allyship as a Social Process: Norms, Institutions, and Care Across Contexts"
Come connect, eat, and think together. All are welcome! 🌱
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Great opportunity!!
We're pleased to announce the call for the 2026 Richerson Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research, for a recent PhD dissertation that significantly contributes to the field of CE.
Recipients receive a $300 award, a 3-yr CES membership and CES conference registration.
forms.gle/p4MqcskCs2Yz...
📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢
We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline.
Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city
Details here:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Great new work by @dorsaamir.bsky.social 🙌🙌
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Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! See this exciting job opportunity!!
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Risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections may be elevated for women during the days when the endometrium is receptive to embryo implantation (“the implantation window”).
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Happy #WplusEBSWednesday pt 2!
New paper out now by @sheinalew.bsky.social & colleagues! 🙌🙌
"When social contexts regularly expose children to out-group collaboration, inter-ethnic norms are acquired at similar timelines to intra-ethnic ones, as part of children’s broader cooperative repertoire"
Happy #WplusEBSWednesday!
Reposting this 🙌
Submit your abstracts for the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health by March 1st!
#conferences #WplusEBS #evolution
Do you have a new paper, a new resource, or a useful tip you think would be helpful to members of #WplusEBS?
Drop them in this form or in the comments below so we can promote it in our semi-weekly #WplusEBSWednesday posts!
⏰Last call!
Submissions for #HBES2026 close today.
If you’re planning to submit an abstract, now’s the moment
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/hbes2026
See you in Rabat!
It's that time of year! Please reach out if you'd like to give a (paid) guest lecture (on zoom) in my Primate class this semester :) Currently looking for speakers for 20 or 23 Feb!
🚨Two postdoc positions @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr 🚨
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
"Applicants who possess advanced statistical knowledge, who utilize innovative or leading-edge methods, and whose work shows evidence of integration across subareas of
psychology are of particular interest."
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"Possible subfields of specialization include, but are not limited to, culture, intergroup processes, social cognition, self, interpersonal relationships, health, and well-being." (2/3)
Happy #WplusWednesday!
Today, we're highlighting a tenure-track job opening:
Cal State Northridge is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology to start August 2026.
Applications are due January 20th!
See the job listing here: csucareers.calstate.edu/en-us/job/55...
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Reminder to apply to present your work at #HBES2026!
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Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! Today we’re highlighting 2 postdoc opportunities — applications due in a few days!
Just in time for this week’s #WplusEBSWednesday, here’s an update on the stats resource mentioned last Wednesday!
As always, please make sure to fill out this form with any helpful resources for our community (tutorials, job opportunities, interesting papers, etc.)! We'd love to highlight your recommendations in future #WplusEBSWednesday posts!
Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! Interested in learning about Bayesian data analysis but unsure how to start?
Today, a follower would like to recommend a great online resource: a series of YouTube videos by @rmcelreath.bsky.social based on his book Statistical Rethinking!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdnM...
The paper is open access. Click on the link for the full text
Still citing Trivers (1972) on parental investment? There's been a ton of empirical and theoretical work since then. Kokko and Jennions overheard a couple of goby fish chatting about some of the complexities 🧪 #BioAnth 🧵 1/2 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Working on some cool project about human evolution? Do not hesitate to submit an abstract for @ehbea2026.bsky.social 🙌
Deadline? December 15th
More info? Below 👇
Second, a new paper by @matildabrindle.bsky.social and colleagues explores the evolution of kissing.
Kissing may date back 21.5 million years, appears across large apes, and potentially occurred among Neanderthals as well!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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