Sofia Forss

Folks, don’t miss this amazing opportunity to join an amazing research group and also the legendary Kalahari meerkat research 👇🏼🤍

PhD at Swansea/Exeter investigating how urban living shapes reproductive decisions and success in herring gulls. Details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo... How to apply: www.swbio.ac.uk/agriculture-... Please share. Supervisors listed below for more info.

Zurich in Spring is ALWAYS a good idea ☀️EHBEA a great reason to come over ☀️👇🏼

The Artificial and Natural Minds center at Princeton is a lovely place to be, this opportunity is very exciting for those who is looking to expand networks during a guest research stay 👇🏼

🎤 The lineup is here! We’re delighted to introduce the keynote speakers for the Culture Conference 2027, taking place in Leipzig from 31 March to 2 April! And there are five of them this year! 🎉 Explore the lineup on our website: culture-conference.com/keynote-spea... 🧵 Read on to meet them all!

I am recruiting for a 2-year postdoc position with our group at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior! Learn more & apply here: tinyurl.com/3n88uv2p Deadline: 20 Dec 2026 Start date: Flexible in 2027 @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social

We are offering 3 #PhD positions in our Ecology of Animal Societies Department @livingingroups.bsky.social at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior - check them out! imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current

Looking for a PhD in animal/ collective behavior, don’t miss this amazing opportunity 👇🏼🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋

Learning over an extended childhood has been fundamental to survival during human evolutionary history. Researchers show how Sumatran orangutans use their 8 years of dependency to master a broad diet, necessary for independent survival. Read more in this week’s issue: https://scim.ag/4xDjOfh

That’s our pups 🥰💪🏻

What a ⭐️ opportunity ⭐️ to work with Chris👇🏼

Interested in joining the #RSOS editorial board? We seek enthusiastic & engaged Associate Editors who will perform a range of valuable tasks for the journal and the communities it serves. The application deadline is 30 October 2026. Find out more: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/pages/e...

#ECBB2026 What can we learn from studying curiosity in animals? @sofiaforss.bsky.social shares her insights from primatology.

Excited to be starting today as an Executive Editor of Animal Behaviour. I look forward to working with the rest of the editorial and production team and, of course, authors to deliver a great experience and top quality science for a wonderful society journal. @asab.org @animbehsociety.bsky.social

Not biased at all, but 🇫🇮 may just be the best country to live in 🌲❄️☀️👇🏼

Interested in animal urbanization and human wildlife co-existence, join our team this fall 👇🏼

The annual Kalahari Research Centre conference in Zurich 2026. Always amazed by how many diverse research topics we cover at this truly unique site 🫶 @arispeshkin.bsky.social @animal-sounds.bsky.social @paniw.bsky.social @domcram.bsky.social @mathildemartin.bsky.social and all involved 🫶

🚨*New Paper Alert*🚨 Excited to share our latest paper, published today in @asab.org, showing that #exploration and #problem-solving behaviours in #wild red #foxes are explained by length, not rate, of #urbanisation 🦊🧠🧩🌃 #CoexistProject Link to paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Alongside our colleagues working on capuchins, macaques and baboons, the UVP was holding a Symposium on Human-Primate Co-Existence at the European Federation of Primatology conference 2026 in Montpellier. 🐒 @efp2026.bsky.social

🚨New primate urbanization paper🚨We looked at weather anthropogenic experiences link to within population innovativeness. Our new results from @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social can be found here 👇🏼 Behavioral flexibility and its drivers in semi-urban vervet monkeys academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

Very much impressed by the beautiful Princeton University and thankful for the invitation to Diverse Intelligence Summit 2026 hosted by the Natural and Artificial Minds center @divintelligence.bsky.social

Just because a study is non‑invasive doesn't mean it's harmless. Observation, camera traps, etc – all can stress, habituate, or disturb wildlife. Rowe 2026 argues: No non‑invasive activity should be precluded from ethical review. #ResearchEthics link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Postdoc Opportunity! 4-year @royalsociety.org funded post @uniexecec.bsky.social: “Understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology”. Closes: 5 June 2026. More info & to apply: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78... Wt: @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social & Wildwood Trust

PhD Opportunity! 4-year funded PhD @uniexecec.bsky.social: “From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions”. Closes: 5 June 2026. Funding: @royalsociety.org (UK/Home students only). More info & to apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 1/

Isn’t Fieldwork the Best when you can share it with loved ones! This week, I had the privilege to show my family the Simbithi site of the @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social

We have an open MSc Project Position at the Urban Vervet Project, and are currently looking for a motivated teammate to discover species interactions in a human altered environment 👇🏼 For more INFO👇🏼

Just have had the best “Kick-Off” to Field Season 2026 at the Kalahari Research Centre with an incredible talented team of Girl power 💪🏻 🙏🏻 Mijke, Nicole & Laura

We are offering two 4-year PhD positions in our new SNF project "The Evolutionary Roots of Altercentrism"

Congratulations @krisanathema.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy ✨ I am looking forward to work with you on individuals and societies 🙌🏼

I fully second @katelaskowski.bsky.social on this aspect, science writing is defining our relationship to our work and I also think creative writing is a valuable skill for students to learn (and enjoy!). Don’t get lazy - thrive in your creativity 🤟🏼🙌🏼

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE

Our latest newsletter from the field is out — projects & troops updates 💡 Enjoy the read! urbanvervetproject.weebly.com/newsmonthly-...

This is THE Summer school you want to do: expand your knowledge and your view on intelligence whilst getting to network across disciplines and inspiring people ⭐️🤟🏼👇🏼

🚨New Paper on Bonobo and Chimpanzee tool flexibility. As so often performance is leveraged by the captivity effect yet the two species differ in explorative behavior and how readily they switch between tool types. For more 👇🏼 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... @rachelaharrison.bsky.social

urban impacts on primate diet in areas of human co-existence - find out more in our latest paper 🐒🏡@urbanvervetproject.bsky.social Anthropogenic and Social Influences on Diet of Semi‐Urban Vervet Monkeys Using DNA Metabarcoding - Ecology and Evolution - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

sometimes you have to pause and just be grateful ✨for having such kind and awesome colleagues - who knows exactly what you need 🫶🏼

So proud and happy to have such an amazing field team, wishing you all a very joyful festive season with our latest Newsletter ✨👇🏼

Excellent piece from Kelsey Piper at The Argument. How getting richer made teenagers less free . I really like The Argument, in general, worth checking out. open.substack.com/pub/theargum...

Lovely piece on how meerkats deal with climate change by @chameauleon.bsky.social in National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... I had the pleasure to chat with Camille about the importance of understanding how extreme heat changes food availability 🐛 for meerkats

Can’t imagine a better PhD topic 😉👇🏼 Cognitive development i. ecologically relevant settings 💪🏻

Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt

3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich. #bioacoustics 🧪

Interested in early life learning and cognitive development ? In our new pre-print we present data on developmental trajectories of three cognitive traits spanning wild meerkat pups critical life transitions 👇🏼 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Field Activities 🙌🏼

Looking for a #PhD? Interested in #SocialBehaviour #BiologicalMarkets #Fieldwork? Want to be based in #Bristol? Check out this project with me, @ljnbrent.bsky.social & #PatrickKennedy: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 For UK-domiciled Black-heritage applicants Get in touch for more information Please #share

❓ Want to join us? 📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates 🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork 👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy 🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🙏Share widely