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Hanna Kokko

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A.v.Humboldt professor at the University of Mainz. Evolutionary ecologist. Runs a research group that once prompted the description "in this [coffee] room there's almost always someone who is at least partially fun". (Which we then translated into Latin.)

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Professorship in population genetics in the field of evolutionary anthropology and medicine (W2) Faculties & Facilities

Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11.
www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...

05.03.2026 16:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 51 ๐Ÿ” 83 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We already have more than ๐Ÿ’ฏ participants for #ExE2026, but there are still places available.

Once you have registered, you have until April 1 to submit an abstract, so donโ€™t miss out and register now at sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/registra...

Everything you need to know is ๐Ÿ‘‡ and at evoxeco.uk!

02.03.2026 09:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Hiring for 3 positions: Research Assistant, Field Research Coordinator, and Postdoc I am looking to hire 3 people into my lab this year. I am still doing the paperwork to get the jobs officially posted but I want to send the word out and screen potential applications right away. Rโ€ฆ

I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...

19.02.2026 21:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 69 ๐Ÿ” 92 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Many of us from Mainz have just registered!

13.02.2026 10:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lectureships available with priorities in evolutionary biology, behavioural and sensory ecology, ecology and plants!

11.02.2026 19:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I hope to see some of you in Bielefeld for this upcoming workshop on measuring and modeling plasticity. ECRs in and around Germany with a penchant for statistics should consider applying while spots remain available!

05.02.2026 15:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Come to Hamburg and do a PhD on insect/spider traits with me!

03.02.2026 09:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

but I'm not fully satisfied until you give me 10 points and a parrot sticker (now you go online to find the origin of that phrase....)

01.02.2026 21:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that was a fun way to go snooping around Wikipedia and connect the dots

01.02.2026 21:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hawking?

01.02.2026 17:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Uppsala in late autumn

Uppsala in late autumn

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. Weโ€™re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

28.01.2026 20:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 158 ๐Ÿ” 186 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Explore a bird database with 11,500 species Twenty-six years ago, a PhD student's unanswered question sparked a bird data revolution.

BIRDBASE, a new publicly available dataset, brings together "ecological and life history traits for 11,589 bird species across 254 families." #ornithology

09.10.2025 19:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 101 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961

20.01.2026 14:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1016 ๐Ÿ” 243 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Shikhara Bhat joins the The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientistsโ„ข (LFHCfS) Shikhara Bhat has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientistsโ„ข (LFHCfS). He says: Iโ€™m Shikhara Bhat, a theoretical evolutionary ecologist. Iโ€™m currently a PhD student at the Univerโ€ฆ

The greatest addition to my CV so far: I am now officially part of The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists

improbable.com/2026/01/14/s...

14.01.2026 10:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ โ€“ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

For outstanding researchers from abroad who want to establish their research activities at a German institution โ€“ while continuing their position in their country of origin.

Join us on January 13th to find out more about the programme: bit.ly/4988BL0

09.01.2026 11:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Join us in Brittany? One week left to apply for this postdoc position deciphering the mysteries of inbreeding depression...

08.01.2026 06:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are pleased to welcome you to the 11th International Conference of the Evolutionary Demography Society, to be held at Colorado State University from June 16โ€“18, 2026.
For more information, please visit: evodemos11.weebly.com

17.12.2025 19:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences, and economics.

05.01.2026 17:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Es ist wieder soweit! It's time to take down and responsibly dispose of your xmas tree. Please consider the Christmas tree cannon

02.01.2026 12:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 188 ๐Ÿ” 88 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology

๐Ÿ“ข I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter

29.12.2025 11:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 59 ๐Ÿ” 65 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Goethe University Frankfurt hiring Professur (W1 mit Tenure Track) fรผr Evolutionรคre ร–kologie der Hymenopteren in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | LinkedIn Posted 11:13:19 PM. Die Professur wird zunรคchst auf sechs Jahre befristet besetzt, nach erfolgreicher Evaluationโ€ฆSee this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

๐Ÿšจ Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera ๐Ÿ๐Ÿœ

Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...

20.12.2025 16:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 38 ๐Ÿ” 47 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

obviously I couldn't agree more with the call for more theory...hence busy training young researchers doing precisely that! Thank you Chiara!

16.12.2025 12:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thrilled!

16.12.2025 11:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 78 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution Department of Zoology ย at Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees counting researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an internatio

We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

15.12.2025 11:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 48 ๐Ÿ” 73 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas.
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...

12.12.2025 14:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 74 ๐Ÿ” 63 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Empseb is simply the best. If you're a PhD student of evolutionary biology, do go there!

12.12.2025 08:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
course schedule as a table. Available at the link in the post.

course schedule as a table. Available at the link in the post.

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.

I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

09.12.2025 13:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 659 ๐Ÿ” 235 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Summer school:<br> Evolutionary Biology in Guarda Information about the annual summer school Evolutionary Biology in Guarda

The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.

tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...

10.12.2025 14:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 65 ๐Ÿ” 72 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Amazing and richly deserved! Congrats!!

09.12.2025 12:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking forward to the Modern Coexistence Theory workshop tomorrow.

Please repost :)

07.12.2025 21:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0