Professor of Interdisciplinary Stuff @ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), and Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST). Mathematical models of cooperation and conflict. https://jorgeapenas.github.io
Looking for an Associate Prof position? Interested in behavioural ecology & cultural evolution? Come join us at the Dpt of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne🇨🇭 @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! Great department & great place to live. Pls RP. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
Out now in PNAS. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Thank you to all peers and colleagues who provided invaluable feedback during the process!
A demographic theory of similarity-biased social learning | PNASWe develop a demographic theory of similarity-biased social learning that formalizes
our understanding of when and why individuals should preferent...www.pnas.orgAlejandro Pérez VelillaNew preprint with @psmaldino.bsky.social on the evolution of similarity-biased learning: osf.io/preprints/so... This mathematical treatment both simplifies and extends our previous simulation treatment of the subject: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Publishers: Would you like to write a textbook? Me: Maybe. Will I get paid a lot? P: Not at all. M: Oh so it will be affordable for students? P: Also no. M: But at least I can easily make edits after release? P: Definitely not. ….
Jennifer N. VictorToday, in middle-aged academics' rage, I learned that a paperback version of the course textbook I've used for 20+ years costs $265!! The electronic version, which requires students to read it through the publisher's proprietary software interface, is $98. RIP books! 😩
Open position of Associate Professor in Behavioral ecology and cultural evolution at the @dee-unil.bsky.social! You can toggle the ad to English on top right: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
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Hear me out, what if Nolan tried to keep the linearity by cutting the timeline down to a day and setting it in Dublin
The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H
This campaign needs you nowStop Redundancies at the University of Exeterc.org
Many thanks to the Toronto Star for inadvertently showing us why we should all use the Oxford Comma. Apparently Sylvia had some, let's say, complicated hobbies:
How can we collectively contain the threat of dishonest delegation to AI? Our paper "Whistleblowers can contain the unethical externalities of human–AI delegation" is out in PNAS, with @nckobis.bsky.social , Andrew Samuel, and @jfbonnefon.bsky.social. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...www.pnas.org
For me this paper is a career highlight..truly astonishing biology! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal - NatureNaked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) queens produce isopropyl myristate, a low-volatility ester that high-ranking animals detect and avoid, which alters prolactin and progesterone in other females t...www.nature.com
I had a paper accepted and learned that PNAS got rid of their free, “closed access” (preprint ok) option - they now charge at least $3K to publish because they are greedy little pigs who have no shame.
Why do societies rely on rigid moral rules? Don't lie. Keep your promises. Don't steal. We all recognize there are good reasons to make exceptions. So why are moral rules so often categorical? Our new paper proposes an answer. 🧵
Peer review is unpaid. Click "claim credit" for a review and that record enters a database owned by Clarivate, the company that also sells the impact factor. Your free labour becomes their inventory, and once anonymised, raw material for profit. academicrenewal.substack.com/p/who-owns-y...
Who owns your peer review?The reward for reviewing has quietly become an asset on someone else's balance sheet.academicrenewal.substack.com
"A journal" was @biologyopen.bsky.social from the @biologists.bsky.social
NatureA journal trialled paying their reviewers and found it led to faster first editorial decisions – and increased review quality go.nature.com/3RcRfpY
Preprint: Electoral Systems Shape the Entry and Entrenchment of Extremist Parties w @chasnew.bsky.social, Tyler Marghetis & @bradleveck.bsky.social We compare proportional representation v plurality voting & compare how each represent voters & are susceptible to extremism osf.io/preprints/so...
Have ideas for your own, independent research program in Theoretical Biology? Then come and join us as a Group Leader at the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social in Plön, Germany!
Group Leader in Theoretical Biology (m/f/d)Experience in Theoretical Biology, Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physicswww.mpg.de
If you have (or will soon) complete your PhD & would like to join a thriving cultural evolution research group in NEW ZEALAND, drop me a line. UoA offers a handful of funded research fellowships. Applications must be made by a faculty member. Deadline August. Pls share with your students
📣 I'm hiring! Two positions (PhD student & Postdoc) in my ERC project Macroevolution of European Literature. Let's study the cultural evolution of literature using massive data 📚📈 📍Frankfurt | Apply by August 15 Details: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo... Please repost to help spread the word!
