@charlesefferson.bsky.social
Attender of meetings at the University of Lausanne. #culturalEvolution #geneCultureCoevolution #appliedCulturalEvolution #evolutionCooperation #coordination #socialNorms #humanEvolutionaryEcology
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I’m recruiting PhD students at NYU (start Sept 2026).
Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development.
Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon.
I’ll share more about the move & new work soon.
Please share with students & retweet!
Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development.
Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon.
I’ll share more about the move & new work soon.
Please share with students & retweet!
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’m recruiting PhD students at NYU (start Sept 2026).
Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development.
Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon.
I’ll share more about the move & new work soon.
Please share with students & retweet!
Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development.
Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon.
I’ll share more about the move & new work soon.
Please share with students & retweet!
Congratulations to Dr @mariapykala.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD thesis yesterday. Two big themes. 1) Social learning as a two-step process with psychological biases shaping both network formation and social learning given a network. 2) Cumulative cultural evolution in an AI world.
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Congratulations to Dr @mariapykala.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD thesis yesterday. Two big themes. 1) Social learning as a two-step process with psychological biases shaping both network formation and social learning given a network. 2) Cumulative cultural evolution in an AI world.
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Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
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Through experiments and simulations, this study shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shaping the processes involved in cultural evolution. @davidschultner.bsky.social @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social
@lucasmolleman.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@lucasmolleman.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Feature-based reward learning shapes human social learning strategies - Nature Human Behaviour
This research advances a mechanistic reward learning account of social learning strategies. Through experiments and simulations, it shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shapin...
www.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Through experiments and simulations, this study shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shaping the processes involved in cultural evolution. @davidschultner.bsky.social @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social
@lucasmolleman.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@lucasmolleman.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@jeremykoster.bsky.social @avbell.bsky.social @drelenamiu.bsky.social @duhe.bsky.social @eapower.bsky.social @kevinlala.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social
New 2 year post-doc position on cultural adaptation in complex environmental management.
Post-Doctoral Position on Cultural Adaptation in Forest Management
The University of Maine seeks a post-doctoral researcher for a two-year project on human cultural adaptation in forest management, requiring a strong quantitative background and experience in modeling.
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July 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Today @schimmelpfennig.bsky.social successfully defended his outstanding thesis on cultural evolution and organizational science. Congratulations, Dr. Schimmelpfennig!
June 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today @schimmelpfennig.bsky.social successfully defended his outstanding thesis on cultural evolution and organizational science. Congratulations, Dr. Schimmelpfennig!
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This socio-centric social network study estimates the social influence and social selection on preference for cutting female relatives using data from 5163 Ethiopian Arsi Oromo adults. @drsarahmyers.bsky.social @bristolantharch.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Social clustering of preference for female genital mutilation/cutting in south-central Ethiopia - Nature Human Behaviour
Recent estimates indicate that half of Ethiopian girls aged 15–19 years have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGMC). This socio-centric social network study estimates the social influenc...
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This socio-centric social network study estimates the social influence and social selection on preference for cutting female relatives using data from 5163 Ethiopian Arsi Oromo adults. @drsarahmyers.bsky.social @bristolantharch.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New paper with Eshetu Gurmu, Alex Alvergne
@danielredhead.bsky.social Janet Howard & Mhairi Gibson! rdcu.be/eqjfT
@danielredhead.bsky.social Janet Howard & Mhairi Gibson! rdcu.be/eqjfT
Social clustering of preference for female genital mutilation/cutting in south-central Ethiopia
Nature Human Behaviour - Recent estimates indicate that half of Ethiopian girls aged 15–19 years have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGMC). This socio-centric social...
rdcu.be
June 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New paper with Eshetu Gurmu, Alex Alvergne
@danielredhead.bsky.social Janet Howard & Mhairi Gibson! rdcu.be/eqjfT
@danielredhead.bsky.social Janet Howard & Mhairi Gibson! rdcu.be/eqjfT
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The new edition of 'Sense & Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour', co-authored with
@kevinlala.bsky.social , is available!
Get 30% off (promotion code ASPROMP8): global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Ebook is available on Kindle.
Thank you to Prof. Clark Barrett for the endorsement! 🧪
@kevinlala.bsky.social , is available!
Get 30% off (promotion code ASPROMP8): global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Ebook is available on Kindle.
Thank you to Prof. Clark Barrett for the endorsement! 🧪
May 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The new edition of 'Sense & Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour', co-authored with
@kevinlala.bsky.social , is available!
Get 30% off (promotion code ASPROMP8): global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Ebook is available on Kindle.
Thank you to Prof. Clark Barrett for the endorsement! 🧪
@kevinlala.bsky.social , is available!
Get 30% off (promotion code ASPROMP8): global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Ebook is available on Kindle.
Thank you to Prof. Clark Barrett for the endorsement! 🧪
Hello, Bluesky. I guess we're here now! New paper in EHS with Sonja Vogt. Among other activities, we replicate our original FGC results from Sudan (Efferson et al, 2015) with a new larger data set. tinyurl.com/knt2v9fr
The cover of randomness: validating implicit methods for the study of sensitive topics | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
The cover of randomness: validating implicit methods for the study of sensitive topics - Volume 7
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February 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hello, Bluesky. I guess we're here now! New paper in EHS with Sonja Vogt. Among other activities, we replicate our original FGC results from Sudan (Efferson et al, 2015) with a new larger data set. tinyurl.com/knt2v9fr