Gabriella E. Smith
@explanimals.bsky.social
Seeking a post-doc for 2026! ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐
Animal listener โข BA @bu-biology.bsky.social โข MA @huntercollege.bsky.social โข PhD student @vetmedunivienna & @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social๐ฆ๐ต
https://sites.google.com/view/gabriella-e-smith/home?authuser=1
Animal listener โข BA @bu-biology.bsky.social โข MA @huntercollege.bsky.social โข PhD student @vetmedunivienna & @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social๐ฆ๐ต
https://sites.google.com/view/gabriella-e-smith/home?authuser=1
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Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April '26 l will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna๐คฉ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฆ๐น
With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
Website belowโบ๏ธ
With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
Website belowโบ๏ธ
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๐จ JOB ALERT ๐จ
2-year postdoc in canine behaviour at Linkรถping University, Sweden.
#AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
2-year postdoc in canine behaviour at Linkรถping University, Sweden.
#AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
February 7, 2026 at 8:51 AM
๐จ JOB ALERT ๐จ
2-year postdoc in canine behaviour at Linkรถping University, Sweden.
#AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
2-year postdoc in canine behaviour at Linkรถping University, Sweden.
#AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
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Today at 9pm ET/PT is the US premiere of the @pbs.org NOVA documentary "Can Dogs Talk?". It covers the project @cclabucsd.bsky.social has been running with thousands of button trained dogs. It is a true honor to be on NOVA and we hope you will find it engaging: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
Can Dogs Talk?
Do speech buttons really allow dogs to talk to us? Scientists investigate.
www.pbs.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Today at 9pm ET/PT is the US premiere of the @pbs.org NOVA documentary "Can Dogs Talk?". It covers the project @cclabucsd.bsky.social has been running with thousands of button trained dogs. It is a true honor to be on NOVA and we hope you will find it engaging: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
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We are looking for a PhD student to help us improve welfare of farmed fish. Behaviour, Cognition, Welfare, Fish - join us at Wageningen University and Research!
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
February 3, 2026 at 10:42 AM
We are looking for a PhD student to help us improve welfare of farmed fish. Behaviour, Cognition, Welfare, Fish - join us at Wageningen University and Research!
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
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๐ฃ Earth Species Project is #hiring! ๐ฃ
Weโre looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help us build the foundational pipelines to decode #animalcommunication with advanced #AI.
If youโre excited about building high-performance infrastructure, apply today! www.earthspecies.org/blog/were-hi...
Weโre looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help us build the foundational pipelines to decode #animalcommunication with advanced #AI.
If youโre excited about building high-performance infrastructure, apply today! www.earthspecies.org/blog/were-hi...
We're Hiring! Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Backend/Data Performance) - Earth Species Project
www.earthspecies.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:20 PM
๐ฃ Earth Species Project is #hiring! ๐ฃ
Weโre looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help us build the foundational pipelines to decode #animalcommunication with advanced #AI.
If youโre excited about building high-performance infrastructure, apply today! www.earthspecies.org/blog/were-hi...
Weโre looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help us build the foundational pipelines to decode #animalcommunication with advanced #AI.
If youโre excited about building high-performance infrastructure, apply today! www.earthspecies.org/blog/were-hi...
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I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
February 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
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January can be tough enough without an extra deadline looming. That's why we've extended our #ECBB2026 call for symposia to 15 February 2026!
For more information and for the submission form click the link: www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
For more information and for the submission form click the link: www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
January 28, 2026 at 7:23 AM
January can be tough enough without an extra deadline looming. That's why we've extended our #ECBB2026 call for symposia to 15 February 2026!
For more information and for the submission form click the link: www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
For more information and for the submission form click the link: www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-...
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Aaaand we're back!!
Two Postdocs in Philosophy of Mind (one ot two years), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp
- to work with me!
Deadline: March 20, 2026
More info on PhilJobs
Two Postdocs in Philosophy of Mind (one ot two years), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp
- to work with me!
Deadline: March 20, 2026
More info on PhilJobs
January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Aaaand we're back!!
Two Postdocs in Philosophy of Mind (one ot two years), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp
- to work with me!
Deadline: March 20, 2026
More info on PhilJobs
Two Postdocs in Philosophy of Mind (one ot two years), Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp
- to work with me!
Deadline: March 20, 2026
More info on PhilJobs
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One year field technician position to work on White Storks in Portugal.
Deadline 3 Feb 2026!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/402634
Deadline 3 Feb 2026!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/402634
Junior Technician
BIOPOLIS Association hereby opens an international selection procedure for the recruitment of a Junior Technician to carry out research activities, under an open-ended fixed-term employment contract w...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
January 21, 2026 at 9:57 AM
One year field technician position to work on White Storks in Portugal.
Deadline 3 Feb 2026!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/402634
Deadline 3 Feb 2026!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/402634
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๐ถโ๏ธโ๏ธ
Weโre studying how dogs are affected by cold and heat stress. If you have a dog, please consider completing our anonymous online questionnaire (15โ30 min) or sharing it with others who might be interested.
๐ survey.vetmeduni.ac.at/index.php/83...
#DogWelfare #CitizenScience
Weโre studying how dogs are affected by cold and heat stress. If you have a dog, please consider completing our anonymous online questionnaire (15โ30 min) or sharing it with others who might be interested.
๐ survey.vetmeduni.ac.at/index.php/83...
#DogWelfare #CitizenScience
January 20, 2026 at 11:10 AM
๐ถโ๏ธโ๏ธ
Weโre studying how dogs are affected by cold and heat stress. If you have a dog, please consider completing our anonymous online questionnaire (15โ30 min) or sharing it with others who might be interested.
๐ survey.vetmeduni.ac.at/index.php/83...
#DogWelfare #CitizenScience
Weโre studying how dogs are affected by cold and heat stress. If you have a dog, please consider completing our anonymous online questionnaire (15โ30 min) or sharing it with others who might be interested.
๐ survey.vetmeduni.ac.at/index.php/83...
#DogWelfare #CitizenScience
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We are hiring! We have an open position for a new lab coordinator in #primate #cognition and #behavior in the Cognitive Evolution Group at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Find out more at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...
January 20, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are hiring! We have an open position for a new lab coordinator in #primate #cognition and #behavior in the Cognitive Evolution Group at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Find out more at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...
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๐ข We're looking for a PhD student to focus on habitat use of wintering Curlew in and around coastal SPAs. Apply now โก๏ธ bit.ly/CurlewPhD
The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years.
๐ Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology
The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years.
๐ Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology
January 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
๐ข We're looking for a PhD student to focus on habitat use of wintering Curlew in and around coastal SPAs. Apply now โก๏ธ bit.ly/CurlewPhD
The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years.
๐ Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology
The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years.
๐ Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology
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A few more weeks left to apply for this PhD position ๐
Deadline 22nd Feb
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
Deadline 22nd Feb
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of London
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 AM
A few more weeks left to apply for this PhD position ๐
Deadline 22nd Feb
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
Deadline 22nd Feb
@birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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We are hiring โ postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
January 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
We are hiring โ postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
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๐ Iโm hosting a paid summer research internship at Oxford on how fish communicate to manage cooperation and conflict ๐
Itโs part of UNIQ+ which is open to UK undergraduates from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds.
โน๏ธ More info & apply: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
โฐ Deadline: 18 Feb
Itโs part of UNIQ+ which is open to UK undergraduates from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds.
โน๏ธ More info & apply: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
โฐ Deadline: 18 Feb
UNIQplus projects | University of Oxford
Projects available for entry in 2026As part of your UNIQplus Research Internship, you will be working on a project under the supervision of academic staff from our community of world-leading
www.ox.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
๐ Iโm hosting a paid summer research internship at Oxford on how fish communicate to manage cooperation and conflict ๐
Itโs part of UNIQ+ which is open to UK undergraduates from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds.
โน๏ธ More info & apply: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
โฐ Deadline: 18 Feb
Itโs part of UNIQ+ which is open to UK undergraduates from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds.
โน๏ธ More info & apply: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
โฐ Deadline: 18 Feb
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The Trust's Early Career Fellowships offer a three-year salaried post for researchers at the beginning of their academic career to undertake a significant piece of research. Interested? Apply here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career... Closing date: 19 February 2026, 4pm
January 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The Trust's Early Career Fellowships offer a three-year salaried post for researchers at the beginning of their academic career to undertake a significant piece of research. Interested? Apply here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career... Closing date: 19 February 2026, 4pm
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Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! ๐ฆโโฌ
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! ๐ฆโโฌ
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
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These rare dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words. โUnder the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children.โ arstechnica.com/science/2026...
These dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words
โUnder the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children.โ...
arstechnica.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
These rare dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words. โUnder the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children.โ arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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The application deadline for our advertised PhD position โฌ๏ธ on mental simulation in nonhuman apes & children is approaching (January 11th). If you know someone who might be interested please let them know.๐
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!๐
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!๐
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
January 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
The application deadline for our advertised PhD position โฌ๏ธ on mental simulation in nonhuman apes & children is approaching (January 11th). If you know someone who might be interested please let them know.๐
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We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
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Please repost: ๐จField assistant position ๐ง
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Please repost: ๐จField assistant position ๐ง
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
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Iโm thrilled to announce that Iโm recruiting a funded PhD student at Nottingham Trent University to study the cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in parenting in rhesus macaques!
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Fully funded PhD project available at Nottingham Trent University. Linked to a BBSRC funded grant, this project will investigate how primates perceive and respond to infants, combining cutting-edge cognitive testing with behavioural data. See ๐งต
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Iโm thrilled to announce that Iโm recruiting a funded PhD student at Nottingham Trent University to study the cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in parenting in rhesus macaques!
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
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Check out the new and improved linktree! ๐ฎ
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... Iโve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... Iโve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
@animalbehavioropps | Linktree
Linktree. Make your link do more.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Check out the new and improved linktree! ๐ฎ
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... Iโve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... Iโve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
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I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
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I had the honour of working to bring @auersperga.bsky.socialโs baby to life. Itโs a VERY heavy baby - over 200 references (and yes I read them all) - but necessary to do justice to our new hypothesis of combinatory tool use origins ๐๐ถ๐ ๏ธ
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The flexible, the stereotyped and the inโbetween: putting together the combinatory tool use origins hypothesis
Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherite...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I had the honour of working to bring @auersperga.bsky.socialโs baby to life. Itโs a VERY heavy baby - over 200 references (and yes I read them all) - but necessary to do justice to our new hypothesis of combinatory tool use origins ๐๐ถ๐ ๏ธ
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Christmas borbles are extra round this year ๐๐๐๏ธ @birdfybynetvue.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Christmas borbles are extra round this year ๐๐๐๏ธ @birdfybynetvue.bsky.social