In case y'all didn't know what an impressive scholar, mentor, & teacher Kris Smith is -- and he's just getting started 🚀. Go Kris!!

Two more weeks until the deadline!

Postdoc job alert!

The Collective Cognition Lab is moving moving to Stanford University in the Department of Environmental Social Sciences Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability & looking for a postdoctoral scholar interested in the psychology of climate beliefs and behaviors.

Apply now: forms.gle/smfec81pMR8XzK…

Are you interested in social-ecological dynamics, have savvy data modeling skills, and looking for a postdoc?

Join our lab, Örjan Bodin, & WCSKenya to model dynamic social-ecological networks in coral reefs!

4 days left to apply!: ➡️ tinyurl.com/USYDpostdoc

12. The solar eclipse from a Starlink satellite on orbit

Want to practice giving a talk and visiting a department in a low-stress environment?? Have you recently (or will soon) finish your PhD? Come hang out with us! Self-nominations due by April 30th for our Early Career Scholar Seminar Program!

How do people resolve conflicts, and who does so in a traditional society? Find out in Zach Garfield's new HBES blog post on his work among the Hamar of Ethiopia: hbes.com/between_clans_…
Read the original EHB article here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

1. Much human genetic variation is phenotypically meaningless. Why? Cooperative genes are locked in a forever war w/ selfish genes. The cooperative genes have won most battles but now our genomes are littered with the dead & decaying bodies of a million selfish genes. 🧵

📣Now hiring! I'm looking to recruit a full-time Postdoctoral Associate to join the Mind & Culture Lab at Duke University. The ideal candidate has a PhD in Psychology or Anthropology & is interested in cross-cultural work. Apply here! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27429

The Human Sociality Lab is starting a new chapter! We're a lab built around our people, & we'll now be at two campuses: Penn State & WSU. We're accepting fully funded PhD students for Fall 2025 at Penn State too 👀. Here's to new things, new places, & new faces! 🐾🦁

We’re so excited for our new colleague! How lucky are we?! Welcome, Dr. Pisor!

📣Now hiring! I'm looking to recruit a full-time Associate in Research (Lab Manager) to join the Mind & Culture Lab at Duke University. This position offers substantial research experience & the ability to work both locally & internationally. Apply here! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27431

Arguments against individual climate action are posted at a never-ending pace. Here’s a 🧵from a behavioral scientist on why individual behavior change is in fact critical for tackling the climate crisis. #individualANDsystemchange

So how about we start acknowledging that both individual and systemic changes are pivotal and not mutually exclusive!🤞Time is short so let's applaud all efforts that help make real change happen! 🌍

Our recent #AABA2024 session got great coverage in Science Magazine. One of my favorite session take-homes: making human diversity all about genetic diversity feeds into essentialism, when genetic differences are essentially meaningless & there is so much more to diversity.

Suggestions for culturally sensitive research from Pablo Nepomnaschy at #AABA2024 : Avoid RCTs, use before and after approaches instead; use naturalistic experiments; build programmes based on ancestral traditions which may have been disrupted by colonisation

The talk by Anne Pisor demonstrated how behavioural science can contribute to undermining race science by providing alternatives to race science narratives #AABA2024

'Applications are welcome in all branches of palaeoanthropology, with the expectation that the successful candidate will add insights into hominin evolutionary biology, adaptation and phylogenetic history.'