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Elizabeth Hobson
@elizabethhobson.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, working on animal sociality, cognition, networks, conflict, & hierarchies. (she/her)
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Coverage of our paper in Forbes, new article by @grrlscientist.bsky.social! www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
How Parrots Make Friends
A new study reports that parrots who are strangers to each other “test the waters” by forming new relationships through a series of increasingly friendly interactions.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Coverage of our paper in Popular Science! www.popsci.com/environment/... (paper's full text here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...)
Image showing Popular Science article headline: “Parakeets teach a lesson in friendship” Subtitle: “When meeting new birds, parakeets will ‘test the waters’” Image shows close-up of two marked parakeets, one allopreening the other. Photo by Nina Conklin
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Some press about our new paper, led by Dr. Claire O'Connell! Our University of Cincinnati news office put out a nice press release, by Mike Miller: www.uc.edu/news/article... (full paper here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...)
Graphic showing title of U. Cincinnati News article "Parakeets 'test waters' of new relationships" with subtitle "it's not easy to make new friends. This bird can show us how" and pull quote "What's really fascinating about testing the waters is how intuitive it feels" from Claire O'Connell. Photos show Claire holding a monk parakeet and two photos of our study birds allopreening (grooming) each other.
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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For undergraduates curious about complex systems research, applications are now open for the 2026 Undergraduate Complexity Research (UCR) program — a fully funded, 10-week summer research experience at the Santa Fe Institute.

Apply by Jan. 14, 2026: santafe.edu/ucr
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM