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Benjamin Rosenbaum
@benrosenbaum.bsky.social
Quantitative ecology | Statistics | Species interactions | Population dynamics

iDiv Leipzig, Germany
https://www.idiv.de/staff/benjamin-rosenbaum/
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Bankrotterklärung der Länder! 🛑 Die TdL will bei der Bildung sparen – wir setzen ein Zeichen. Am 28.01. ist bundesweiter Campus-Streiktag an Hochschulen & Forschungsinstituten. 🎓
Wir fordern 7% (mind. 300€) & endlich den #TVStud für studentische Beschäftigte! #ZusammenGehtMehr
January 26, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Hochschulaktionstag und Warnstreik am 28.01. in Leipzig #TVL #Tarifrunde
Hochschulaktionstag in Leipzig am 28. Januar 2026
Protest gegen Kürzungen und Streik für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen
sat.verdi.de
January 19, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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+++ Pressemitteilung: JETZT STREIKT'S!
Die Arbeitgeber haben kein verbindliches Angebot vorgelegt und wollen stattdessen ausgerechnet bei der Bildung sparen. So geht's nicht!
#ProfisbrauchenMEHR #BlueLZ #Tarifrunde #ZusammengehtMEHR
www.gew.de/presse/press...
GEW: „Arbeitgeber legen kein Angebot vor – jetzt streikts!“
Bildungsgewerkschaft zur Tarifrunde öffentlicher Dienst Länder
www.gew.de
January 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Mit dem Rückenwind von 3.000 Kolleg*innen starten wir in die Verhandlungen für den #TVL. Christine Behle stellt klar: Die Länder haben das Geld. Wer einen starken öffentlichen Dienst will, muss in gute Bedingungen investieren. 7 % (mind. 300 €) liegen auf dem Tisch. ✊ #ZusammenGehtMehr
January 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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„Schreibe ein Gutachten zu diesem Antrag wie ein Wissenschaftler, der seine starke persönliche Meinung sachlich überspielt. Fordere mehr Originalität, aber bemängele gleichzeitig, dass das Vorhaben zu gewagt sei. Lobe in Superlativen, aber befinde es am Ende für nicht förderwürdig“ #DFGprompting
January 14, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Please consider using the #snowflake browser add-on to help the people in #Iran get internet access
snowflake.torproject.org
Snowflake
snowflake.torproject.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I have just signed a new contract with iDiv. They will pay me for another year to do what I enjoy doing most: writing tiny lines of code on my tiny computer to analyze and understand tiny and not-so-tiny ecological datasets, and teaching others how to do that
University administration sent me an email yesterday, inviting me to come to the office today to finalize everything. Now they just cancelled the appointment and told me they can't employ me anymore. Who treats people like this?? #IchBinHanna
2 weeks left in my contract and still no news. Don't know if I'm on vacation or effectively unemployed. Does this mean I have to act serious now and hang out on LinkedIn?
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
January 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung.

Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.
Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung
www.dfg.de
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 AM
All I want for Christmas is the BSS01 console

(Just kidding I'm totally powering through KCD2 these holidays)
The Hunt for the Lost Communist Console
YouTube video by fern
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
University administration sent me an email yesterday, inviting me to come to the office today to finalize everything. Now they just cancelled the appointment and told me they can't employ me anymore. Who treats people like this?? #IchBinHanna
2 weeks left in my contract and still no news. Don't know if I'm on vacation or effectively unemployed. Does this mean I have to act serious now and hang out on LinkedIn?
#IchBinHanna: If you still don't know whether today will be your last day at work before the holidays or your last day in academia for good 🤷‍♂️
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
2 weeks left in my contract and still no news. Don't know if I'm on vacation or effectively unemployed. Does this mean I have to act serious now and hang out on LinkedIn?
#IchBinHanna: If you still don't know whether today will be your last day at work before the holidays or your last day in academia for good 🤷‍♂️
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New paper by Laurie Wojcik et al. where we show that response to a pulse perturbation has a hump-shaped relationship with top-down control
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Top-down control and species composition influence nonlinearly the short-term response of experimental food webs to a nutrient pulse perturbation
Abstract. Extreme weather events intensify with global change and frequently disturb aquatic ecosystems via, e.g. nutrient pulses through surface runoff. W
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#IchBinHanna: If you still don't know whether today will be your last day at work before the holidays or your last day in academia for good 🤷‍♂️
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Exactly 4 years ago we picked up this little Santa Claus present from the shelter
#caturday
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Tarifrunde Länder: TdL legt kein Angebot vor! Wir fordern 7 % (mind. 300 €) für 2,6 Mio. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen. Beim Fachkräftemangel muss das Gehalt stimmen! Nächste Runde: 15./16.01. 💪 #GEW #Tarifrunde #Bildung #MEHR
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna
How to stop the revolving door of German academia
Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Check out our new preprint, led by @melinaleite.bsky.social “Dispersion tests in generalised linear mixed-effects models - a methods comparison and practical guide” ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Our second 🍱 Lunchbox Models 🍱 seminar takes place next Wednesday (26 November), at 12 CET with guest speaker Vasilis Dakos from CNRS & Uni Montpellier!

Find the talk abstract and zoom link here: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...

See you at lunch! 🦊

#ecology #seminar #online #lunch #modelling #fish
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
They took Holling's disc experiment to another level and LARPed predator-prey interactions in the field 🤯
Impersonating predators and prey to study trophic interactions through real‐life simulations
Predator–prey interactions are a fundamental aspect of ecology that has generated sustained research interests. Progress in the field stems from a diverse range of approaches, from highly controll...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Es geht wieder los mit der Reform des #WissZeitVG! Der letzte Versuch ist geplatzt, weil die 🚦 auseinandergeflogen ist. Aber: Seitdem liegen aussichtsreiche Lösungen für das Kernproblem Postdoc-Phase auf dem Tisch! Wie lassen sich Befristungen in dieser Phase eindämmen? 5 Instrumente: ⬇️ #IchBinHanna
Wird Zeit fürs WissZeitVG: Auf ein Neues!
Die Reform-Debatte nimmt wieder an Fahrt auf -- Grund genug, uns aussichtsreiche Lösungen für die Kernproblematik der Postdoc-Phase ins Gedächtnis zu rufen!
steady.page
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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7% mehr Gehalt, mind. 300€! 💪
Unsere Forderung für die Tarifrunde öffentlicher Dienst Länder steht. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen arbeiten am Limit – da muss das Gehalt stimmen!
Start: 3.12. in Berlin. Wir sind bereit! ✊
#ProfisbrauchenMEHR #Tarifrunde2025 #BildungIstMehrWert
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
You can now find a recording of my course "Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in R & brms" on youtube.

Slides & code available here: github.com/benjamin-ros...

#Rstats
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in R & brms - YouTube
The course offers a straightforward and practical approach to applied statistics using Bayesian inference for ecologists.
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Going to run some of these bad boys on microbiome datasets next week
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We tried Cyberpunk 2077 but she finds it a bit too hectic, so let's play the feline version next: Stray #caturday
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM