New paper out from the Evolutionary Demography of Religion team in Royal Society Publishing ! This one summarizes lessons from building and running our cross-cultural mixed-methods project. We hope it will be helpful to others!

🔗 find the OA paper here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
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Newly Published: Misperception of peer beliefs reinforces inequitable gender norms among Tanzanian men | Evolutionary Human Sciences bit.ly/43rWjIP

By David W. Lawson, Zhian Chen et al

#AcademicTwitter #Cultural_Evolution #Gender_Norms #Social_Norms #Global_Health

The following is a statement by faculty at the department of sociology at Columbia University. (1/16)

Want to know more about Health & Demographic Surveillance Sites (HDSS)? Estelle McLean's paper 'demonstrates the utility of using HDSS data for secondary analyses & provides guidance on these analyses'

Versatility, value & limitations of using HDSS data

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Student-led art show explores perspectives on reproductive biology
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We'll likely have a 2-year postdoc position in our lab (MetaMelb) in psych at Melbourne Uni, starting later this year.
If you have a PhD, do relevant stuff, & want to spend 2 years in Melbourne studying psychology research methods & practices, please get in touch!
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Leaving Montpellier and its modern art behind after a wonderful #ehbea2024 . HUGE thanks to the organisers for making the conference such a success 🙏 Great plenaries, excellent talks and posters, and fun social events (maybe some EHBEA attendees are still dancing 😉)

Thank you EHBEA 2024 🇫🇷 ❤️ especially Alex Alvergne & the organizers, for a wonderful meeting & opportunity to share our research!

See you all next year!

#ehbea2024 EHBEA

Agent-based models of the cultural evolution of occupational #GenderRoles . Read the full #RSOS paper: ow.ly/88lv50Re7hW #EHBEA2024

Queer in STEM and in the US? Share your experiences as part of the LGBTQual Project!

Focus groups both online and in Boston are available, and they’ll also be hosting a creative workshop at Tufts.

The NRF invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025.

Full details are available here: nrf.ac.za/nrf-call-for-p…

The universities set their own internal deadlines for NRF applications. Please consult your particular university's postgrad/research office.

Cultural evolution is better with kittens.

I dont know who needs to hear this but: If you are a researcher with field-based projects in Latin America, please hire local field assistants and local technicians. We have a surplus of extremely qualified biologists working in call centers, as uber drivers, etc... 🦎🐬🦐🦞🪷

Just updated!

We updated our massive database of funding opportunities for POSTDOC fellowships.

Each entry (316!), we provide the $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, description, and link to funder.

Download this database freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-op…

How we classify countries & people—& why it matters: 'The terminology used to divide the world into haves & have nots has continually changed since colonial times to reflect changing political environment. But every new term implies an inherent unevenness' gh.bmj.com/content/7/6/e0…

Excited to host Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá for the first time McGill University McGill School of Population and Global Health McGill Global Health Programs!

Join in person or virtually!

Talk: Unfair knowledge practices in global health

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Misperception of peer beliefs reinforces inequitable gender norms among Tanzanian men by David W Lawson et al (one of the first out from our forthcoming collection on Researching Sensitive Topics) | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/43rWjIP

📢Applications are open! We're offering flexible grants to help our members attend a scientific conference in 2024. Funds can be used to cover any caregiving expenses necessary for conference participation. Deadline is March 24. Apply now: shorturl.at/gnCU2 Academic Mom, PhD

Oh my goodness I love this video showing why Alex Brewis (Slade)'s approach is so special & inspirational. Fab cameos by our faves Dean Madga Hinojosa & Prof. Barbara Piperata, plus sightings of Cindi SturtzSreetharan Alissa Ruth Abigail York

Sex & gender essentialism in textbooks: 'We content-analyzed 6 of the most widely used US textbooks & found they depart from established scientific knowledge about sex & gender, instead portraying these categories in a manner consistent with essentialism' science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…