Reminder: two weeks are left to apply for the PhD and postdoc positions in my lab. See more info here www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo...
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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦
Профиль VivelyI use big data to research the cultural evolution of arts @ Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics More: https://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/institut/mitarbeiterinnen/oleg-sobchuk.html
Cool new paper about correcting the biases in cultural data using methods from ecology. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
Correcting collection bias in comparative studies of diversityAbstract. Comparative analyses of diversity in human populations often rely on historical, archival and observational data, which are systematically shapedroyalsocietypublishing.orgWow, looking forward to this! And such a cool cover 🔥
Ricard SoléThe first copy of my new @princetonupress.bsky.social book has just arrived at the office. It explores death in all its forms, from cells to minds, machines, languages and information. A complexity/evolutionary perspective, from Frankenstein to neuroscience. Soon out: www.amazon.com/Endless-Endi...
📣 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!
Had a chance to present our new work on literary evolution at @ces2026.bsky.social conference. What you see on that slide is a dynamic network of influences between genres of fiction
Alex MesoudiSupercool work by @sobchuk.bsky.social mapping dynamic networks of books / literature
New paper 🚨 "Cultural evolution – of the arts". Together with @masonyoungblood.bsky.social we wrote a short paper – half essay, half bibliometric analysis – aiming to describe this emerging research area (1/3) doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
Cultural evolution – of the arts | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge CoreCultural evolution – of the arts - Volume 8doi.orgMy group at the MPI for Empirical Aesthetics now has a name: Cultural Evolution of the Arts! You can read a bit more about the idea behind the group at the group's web page: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/research/... And here's the obligatory door nameplate :)