@saraneven
PhD Candidate - Computational Behavioral Ecology @ University of Amsterdam | Complex systems & animal behaviour | Currently trying to understand collective behaviour in predator avoidance 🐠🐠 | 🌱| WWCS & yrCSS & CORE
New (competition funded) PhD opportunity with me,
@iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.
I had a great time the last two years, but it's time to leave the yrCSS. Who will be replacing @elenacandellone.bsky.social, @sepante.bsky.social, and me next year?
Some pics of last week, still has me very nostalgic and already hoping I get to see you all very soon! ♥️ @wwcs.bsky.social
Final Call: WWCS 26 Applications Close Today!
There’s still time to complete your application, don’t miss your chance to be part of WWCS 26 ❄️
🚨 Only 3 days left to apply to join us in Mallorca! Don’t miss out—apply now and come along!
wwcs2026.github.io/application/
Now at the biology session, @saraneven.bsky.social explores different mechanisms to explain how fish can integrate social information. Her work shows that speed is key to integrate local information!
#CCS2025
We start day 2 with a panel about the unseen CV and failures in academia.
#yrCSSWarmUp
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The last activity of the day was fun! Everyone used their best creative skills to come up with unusual projects. If you wanna know more about anti-aphrodisiac perfumes or dragon kingdoms, ask the winners 🐲🌊
#yrCSSWarmUp
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Then we had an amazing talk by our second keynote speaker, @karowiesner.bsky.social from Potsdam University, about her scientific journey.
#yrCSSWarmUp
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❤️❤️❤️
We’re visiting the Santa Chiara Lab that is hosting the Warm-Up.
Thank you for the hospitality and for letting us take a close look at your labs! 🔬🥬
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Introduction time!! Finding out that some people sing in the shower and nobody is wearing mismatched socks is exactly the information you need! @css-conference.bsky.social
The first keynote speaker is Dr. Rossana Mastrandrea from the University of Turin, with a talk titled "The Two-Way Journey: Research and Life in Dialogue - Interdisciplinarity, Parenthood, and Gender Challenges in Academia"
#yrCSSWarmUp
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The yrCSS Warm-up had started🔥🔥
Prof. Riccaboni, president of Santa Chiara Lab and previous Rector of the University of Siena, greeted the participants in this stunning location!
#yrCSSWarmUp
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Then Dr. Giovanna Dimitri, co-chair of the CCS conference, together with Prof. Chiara Mocenni, came to say hi too!
#yrCSSWarmUp
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Finally, our chair @saraneven.bsky.social introduced the yrCSS grants and activities! We can get started 🔥
#yrCSSWarmUp
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☀️ As summer winds down, we’re getting closer to the Winter Workshop on Complex Systems! ❄️
Get ready cause the 2026 workshop will be held in Serra de Tramuntana in Mallorca, Spain. Prepare for an immersive edition in a stunning location!
Stay tuned for more information coming soon.
The #CRAB2025 🦀 programme is out!
Join us in Siena on Sept 3 at #CCS25 for the 2nd edition of the Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour satellite 🐜🐦🦋🐳🐙🐝
🧑🏫 Invited talks by S. Melillo & P. Bartashevich
Full programme: sites.google.com/view/crab202...
@jbbrask.bsky.social @saraneven.bsky.social
The deadline to apply for the warmup has been extended to the 27th of July (this time for real!)
Your last chance to apply: forms.gle/DxatcCQt4LBk...
See you in Siena 🇮🇹
We're thrilled to announce our second speaker for the CCS2025 Warm-Up in Siena: Prof. Karoline Wiesner!
Spots are limited. Apply now to secure yours.
Harder, shorter, sharper, forward: A comparison of women's and men's elite football gameplay (2020-2025) arxiv.org/abs/2506.22119
What a week at #complexity72h! Huge thanks to my team for the collaboration, support, and all the new insights, both academic and personal. It’s been a pleasure working and learning from you all.
⌛ We are at the 24 hour mark! ⌛
Our teams have been hard at work, on to the final stretch 🏃🏃♀️
#Complexity72h
We're excited to announce our first speaker for the CCS2025 Warm-Up in Siena: Prof. Alberto Antonioni!
Spots are limited. Apply now to secure yours.
Visitors at Het Grote Amsterdamse Vogel Spel, or ‘The Big Amsterdam Bird Game’
Visitors at Het Grote Amsterdamse Vogel Spel, or ‘The Big Amsterdam Bird Game’
Visitors at Het Grote Amsterdamse Vogel Spel, or ‘The Big Amsterdam Bird Game’
Visitors at Het Grote Amsterdamse Vogel Spel, or ‘The Big Amsterdam Bird Game’
Still buzzing from this weekend’s festival on Amsterdam’s closed ring road, part of the city’s 750th birthday celebrations. A unique chance to share our science and all about the birds 🪶 moving in and above the city. It's not every day you get to do #scicomm 🧪 at a festival w/ 250,000 attendees!
Interested in predator / prey / collective behaviour in fishes?
With or without anthropogenic change?
I am keen to help develop MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship applications - get in touch!
Please spread the word!
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
@erc.europa.eu @asab.org
Very well deserved win!
🌍 Are you a young researcher heading to #CCS2025 in Siena?
Join us a few days earlier and enjoy the Warm-Up by yrCSS on Aug 29–30, two days of fun, networking & activities designed for young researchers!
🛏️ Optional accommodation
📍 Limited spots!
💶 Registration: 55€
🔗 Apply: forms.gle/DxatcCQt4LBk...
📢 Early-Career researchers! Did your abstract for @css-conference.bsky.social get accepted, but you're struggling to find funding? ✨Apply for our special CCS - SECS grants!✨ Applications are open until June 30th. 💸
yrcss.cssociety.org/grants/secs/
Come and give a talk at our satellite! 🦀#CCS2025
