Elspeth Ready

I will be taking applications for one fully funded PhD student starting in September(ish) 2027 to work on one of 2 projects in @livingingroups.bsky.social and the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social Deadline for submission is Dec 1. imprs-qbee.mpg.de/133244/commu...

For this Indigenous Peoples Day, your astonishing artifact is the earliest known Indigenous depiction of a European — a wood carving from Nunavut dated to 1350. 🧪🏺

Hey fieldworkers! Do you need documentation (health & safety protocols, codes of conduct, feedback forms)? Do you have documentation that you think could help others do better fieldwork, but don’t know where to share it? We’ve got you covered in our new Fieldwork Repo! osf.io/4h7bu/overview

How does seasonal scarcity shape cooperation & defection in the use of natural resources? New study from #Pemba shows how seasonal fluctuations lead to illegal resource extraction, shedding light on the enduring human challenge of managing the commons. tinyurl.com/3k79uccd & doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...

This is new from scientists in my department: economic data from 300 households and 15 years of forestry/climate records. Really trying to do both the human and the ecology in human ecology.

📣 I'm hiring! Two positions (PhD student & Postdoc) in my ERC project Macroevolution of European Literature. Let's study the cultural evolution of literature using massive data 📚📈 📍Frankfurt | Apply by August 15 Details: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo... Please repost to help spread the word!

hmmm I wonder if there are any fields of study that focus on people as they go about their lives... 🤔https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01957-z

It's so hot in Leipzig the tar on the tramlines melted and swelled up like lava so they had to cancel the trams

my group is looking for a HiWi (student assistant) to help transcribe narrative interviews for our project on Inuit health and well-being. Must be a student enrolled in a bachelor or master's program at a German University. Link here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...

There is still time to apply!💼📝Deadline: April 6, 2026⌛ #jobalert #Humanevolution #academia

New preprint out with @elspethready.bsky.social : "The emergence of sharing networks through indirect signaling". osf.io/preprints/so...