Matthew Gervais
@matthewmgervais.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology @BrunelCCE.bsky.social Sentiments & sociality co-evolving with culture. Comparative field methods & ethics. Pickles & playgrounds & ponds on the side.
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/matthew-gervais
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/matthew-gervais
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
Job vacancy 🧪
Principal Conservation Scientist, RSPB Cymru
Can you provide the evidence needed to save and restore the iconic species and landscapes of Wales?
Deadline: 3rd Nov
Location: Flexible within Wales
Duration: Permanent
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
📷Jake Stephen
Principal Conservation Scientist, RSPB Cymru
Can you provide the evidence needed to save and restore the iconic species and landscapes of Wales?
Deadline: 3rd Nov
Location: Flexible within Wales
Duration: Permanent
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
📷Jake Stephen
October 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Job vacancy 🧪
Principal Conservation Scientist, RSPB Cymru
Can you provide the evidence needed to save and restore the iconic species and landscapes of Wales?
Deadline: 3rd Nov
Location: Flexible within Wales
Duration: Permanent
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
📷Jake Stephen
Principal Conservation Scientist, RSPB Cymru
Can you provide the evidence needed to save and restore the iconic species and landscapes of Wales?
Deadline: 3rd Nov
Location: Flexible within Wales
Duration: Permanent
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
📷Jake Stephen
With the placement option, this is a two-year MSc for folks looking to pivot INTO Psychology from other backgrounds. I teach qualitative research methods in the first semester. Please share with the psy-curious!
🚨 Exciting news! Our MSc Psychology (Conversion) now includes a 1-year placement option 🎓💼
Get hands-on experience, apply your learning in real-world settings, and boost your employability in psychology
Now accepting applications! @brunelgradschool.bsky.social
#Psychology #Placement #Postgrad
Get hands-on experience, apply your learning in real-world settings, and boost your employability in psychology
Now accepting applications! @brunelgradschool.bsky.social
#Psychology #Placement #Postgrad
July 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
With the placement option, this is a two-year MSc for folks looking to pivot INTO Psychology from other backgrounds. I teach qualitative research methods in the first semester. Please share with the psy-curious!
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
I teach mixed-methods on this course & lecture on the evolutionary & cultural science of emotions. We're a motley crew showcasing the full scope of human evolutionary studies: EP, cultural evo, HBE, experimental design, ethnography, computational modelling, history, ethics. Send us your keeners!
If you want to understand why we do the things we do, being trained in cross-cultural and evolutionary perspectives is a pretty good start 😊 excellent thread from CCE's @abbeyepage.bsky.social on our MSc in Psychology, Culture & Evolution, now accepting applications 👇
1/ 🌟📢 Applications for our MSc in Psychology, Culture & Evolution at @brunelpsy.bsky.social @brunelgradschool.bsky.social are OPEN for 2025/26 🎓 📢
Ever wondered how culture 🌍 and evolution 🧬 shape human behaviour? 🤔 This interdisciplinary program might be for you 🧵
Ever wondered how culture 🌍 and evolution 🧬 shape human behaviour? 🤔 This interdisciplinary program might be for you 🧵
March 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I teach mixed-methods on this course & lecture on the evolutionary & cultural science of emotions. We're a motley crew showcasing the full scope of human evolutionary studies: EP, cultural evo, HBE, experimental design, ethnography, computational modelling, history, ethics. Send us your keeners!
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
🚨 JOB ALERT!! We're looking for a PhD student to join our group! Are you interested in evolutionary medicine / anthropology? Already have a master's? Apply with your own project ideas! See link: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... #EvMed @bioanth.org @ehbea.bsky.social Please RT!
UZH: PhD position in evolutionary anthropology and medicine
The Human Ecology Group of the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM) Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich, led by Prof. Adrian Jaeggi, is inviting applications from prospe...
jobs.uzh.ch
December 2, 2024 at 1:10 PM
🚨 JOB ALERT!! We're looking for a PhD student to join our group! Are you interested in evolutionary medicine / anthropology? Already have a master's? Apply with your own project ideas! See link: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... #EvMed @bioanth.org @ehbea.bsky.social Please RT!
Rain ahead ✅
Sun behind ✅
Cloudbreak ✅
Sun behind ✅
Cloudbreak ✅
December 10, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Rain ahead ✅
Sun behind ✅
Cloudbreak ✅
Sun behind ✅
Cloudbreak ✅
New space heater and the dogs have become fast friends
December 9, 2024 at 3:24 PM
New space heater and the dogs have become fast friends
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
On Dec 12, Sarah Hrdy will do a "Legacy Interview" live on zoom. Sponsored by a mental health organization with commentators. There is a fee. Her work is foundational for understanding relationships. I look forward to this event.
mindinmind.org.uk/event/sarah-...
mindinmind.org.uk/event/sarah-...
Sarah Hrdy: Rethinking Maternal Instinct | Live Legacy Interview | MINDinMIND
Join us for a special Live Legacy Interview exploring the life and work of Sarah Hrdy, a pioneering anthropologist and primatologist who has revolutionised our understanding of maternal behaviour, att...
mindinmind.org.uk
December 4, 2024 at 11:22 PM
On Dec 12, Sarah Hrdy will do a "Legacy Interview" live on zoom. Sponsored by a mental health organization with commentators. There is a fee. Her work is foundational for understanding relationships. I look forward to this event.
mindinmind.org.uk/event/sarah-...
mindinmind.org.uk/event/sarah-...
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
I will never, ever get over this.
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I will never, ever get over this.
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
Webinar coming up today 👇
📢 Next up in the CCE seminar series is @garybrase.bsky.social presenting on "how to incite a scientific revolution" 📢
📆 THIS Wed 4th Dec 2024 - 14:30 GMT
💫 ONLINE ONLY - all welcome - joining info 👇
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
📆 THIS Wed 4th Dec 2024 - 14:30 GMT
💫 ONLINE ONLY - all welcome - joining info 👇
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
December 4, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Webinar coming up today 👇
Our five-year-old's contribution to the new vibe 🦋🐛🐜🌸
November 29, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Our five-year-old's contribution to the new vibe 🦋🐛🐜🌸
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
🎉IAS is recruiting🎉
UCSB Integrative Anth Sciences is hiring a tenure-track evo anthropologist (assist/assoc prof):
Apply by 1/06/25
To apply: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02866
Please retweet!
Estimate: Assist:$95,000-$135,000 & Assoc:$120,000-$180,000. UCSB is an AA/EOE, including disability/vets.
UCSB Integrative Anth Sciences is hiring a tenure-track evo anthropologist (assist/assoc prof):
Apply by 1/06/25
To apply: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02866
Please retweet!
Estimate: Assist:$95,000-$135,000 & Assoc:$120,000-$180,000. UCSB is an AA/EOE, including disability/vets.
Assistant/Associate Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology/Anthropology of Health
University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu
November 22, 2024 at 7:17 PM
🎉IAS is recruiting🎉
UCSB Integrative Anth Sciences is hiring a tenure-track evo anthropologist (assist/assoc prof):
Apply by 1/06/25
To apply: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02866
Please retweet!
Estimate: Assist:$95,000-$135,000 & Assoc:$120,000-$180,000. UCSB is an AA/EOE, including disability/vets.
UCSB Integrative Anth Sciences is hiring a tenure-track evo anthropologist (assist/assoc prof):
Apply by 1/06/25
To apply: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02866
Please retweet!
Estimate: Assist:$95,000-$135,000 & Assoc:$120,000-$180,000. UCSB is an AA/EOE, including disability/vets.
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
November 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
Those three brief reports I just posted are part of a larger effort, published in Practicing Anthropology, with lots to dig into,
Advancing Methods in Anthropology: The New Big Tent Guest Editors: A. Wutich, H.R. Bernard, A. Ruth, M. Beresford, and R. Nelson
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpay20/4...
Advancing Methods in Anthropology: The New Big Tent Guest Editors: A. Wutich, H.R. Bernard, A. Ruth, M. Beresford, and R. Nelson
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpay20/4...
November 26, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Those three brief reports I just posted are part of a larger effort, published in Practicing Anthropology, with lots to dig into,
Advancing Methods in Anthropology: The New Big Tent Guest Editors: A. Wutich, H.R. Bernard, A. Ruth, M. Beresford, and R. Nelson
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpay20/4...
Advancing Methods in Anthropology: The New Big Tent Guest Editors: A. Wutich, H.R. Bernard, A. Ruth, M. Beresford, and R. Nelson
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpay20/4...
View from the office @brunelcce.bsky.social @brunelpsy.bsky.social. Ungodly 3:45pm sunset but the clouds lifted for a day, anyway 🙏
November 26, 2024 at 3:55 PM
View from the office @brunelcce.bsky.social @brunelpsy.bsky.social. Ungodly 3:45pm sunset but the clouds lifted for a day, anyway 🙏
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
This is the antithesis of robust & rigorous social science. Social science actually engages w/ real people to better understand aspects of their lives; to challenge seen/unseen assumptions abt behavior/culture/belief/resource accessibility/etc. This is not the work- this is lazy unethical shite
The idea “is to give social science researchers more freedom when conducting studies. By creating digital replicas which behave like the real people they’re based on, scientists can run studies without the expense of bringing in thousands of human participants every time.” 🫠
AI can now clone your personality in only two hours – and that's a dream for deepfake scammers
Two hours is all it takes to create your digital doppelgänger
www.techradar.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:35 PM
This is the antithesis of robust & rigorous social science. Social science actually engages w/ real people to better understand aspects of their lives; to challenge seen/unseen assumptions abt behavior/culture/belief/resource accessibility/etc. This is not the work- this is lazy unethical shite
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
Scientists should stop arguing about whether science is political and get on with defending science against increasingly powerful attacks on it, which, yes, means scientists should be political advocates 🔥🔥
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists as political advocates
Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...
www.science.org
November 22, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Scientists should stop arguing about whether science is political and get on with defending science against increasingly powerful attacks on it, which, yes, means scientists should be political advocates 🔥🔥
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
Abstract submission for the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association conference closes early this year - 2 December - so make sure not to miss the deadline 😊
Guess what?!?!
⭐Only **17 sleeps** until abstract submission is due! #EHBEA2025 😴
So put the date in your calendar - or even better - submit today! @ehbea.bsky.social
We can't wait to read all the interesting work you've been doing!
#Evolution #BehaviouralSciences #Conference
⭐Only **17 sleeps** until abstract submission is due! #EHBEA2025 😴
So put the date in your calendar - or even better - submit today! @ehbea.bsky.social
We can't wait to read all the interesting work you've been doing!
#Evolution #BehaviouralSciences #Conference
November 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Abstract submission for the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association conference closes early this year - 2 December - so make sure not to miss the deadline 😊
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
1/ 4🧵 Curious about the spiritual community in Glastonbury??
Of course you are so let’s dive into the Spirits and Sources project! 👇✨
Of course you are so let’s dive into the Spirits and Sources project! 👇✨
November 18, 2024 at 4:59 PM
1/ 4🧵 Curious about the spiritual community in Glastonbury??
Of course you are so let’s dive into the Spirits and Sources project! 👇✨
Of course you are so let’s dive into the Spirits and Sources project! 👇✨
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
Gökhan Gonul, @karrineldner and I are editing a special issue in Acta Psychologia on innovation and creativity in children and nonhuman animals - we encourage submissions from diverse perspectives (empirical, theoretical, methodological). Please share widely:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Acta Psychologica | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Acta Psychologica | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Read the latest articles of Acta Psychologica at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Gökhan Gonul, @karrineldner and I are editing a special issue in Acta Psychologia on innovation and creativity in children and nonhuman animals - we encourage submissions from diverse perspectives (empirical, theoretical, methodological). Please share widely:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
⏰ Happening TOMORROW at 12:45 GMT in Brunel or online
🔓Open to all
💬 DM for an invite for click on the link below 👇
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
🔓Open to all
💬 DM for an invite for click on the link below 👇
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
November 12, 2024 at 2:33 PM
⏰ Happening TOMORROW at 12:45 GMT in Brunel or online
🔓Open to all
💬 DM for an invite for click on the link below 👇
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
🔓Open to all
💬 DM for an invite for click on the link below 👇
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
Really useful resource for finding relevant starter packs 📦👇
More people you follow the better BlueSky is 💙
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
More people you follow the better BlueSky is 💙
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 10, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Really useful resource for finding relevant starter packs 📦👇
More people you follow the better BlueSky is 💙
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
More people you follow the better BlueSky is 💙
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
November 9, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Reposted by Matthew Gervais
Nobody: "why do you like your @brunelcce.bsky.social colleagues so much?"
Me: * reads quote from CCE director @rebeccasear.bsky.social calling out racist pseudoscience in the Guardian*
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Me: * reads quote from CCE director @rebeccasear.bsky.social calling out racist pseudoscience in the Guardian*
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Nobody: "why do you like your @brunelcce.bsky.social colleagues so much?"
Me: * reads quote from CCE director @rebeccasear.bsky.social calling out racist pseudoscience in the Guardian*
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Me: * reads quote from CCE director @rebeccasear.bsky.social calling out racist pseudoscience in the Guardian*
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
I'd also like to know this 👀
Can anyone recommend an open-source free platform that helps with coding/analysis of qualitative research? My colleague recommended Dedoose but they are charging now.
October 4, 2024 at 10:51 AM
I'd also like to know this 👀