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Congratulations to Hannah!
by Pawel Fedurek 11 Aug '23

11 Aug '23

Dear BERGers Congratulations to BERG's Prof Hannah Buchanan-Smith for being awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland!! RZSS recognise Hannah as "an integral key figure within the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland for many years, strengthening and promoting the charity’s knowledge and understanding of animal welfare, while building RZSS relationships with the University of Stirling and the Scottish Primate Research Group, as one of its core members." These relationships with RZSS and SPRG benefit considerably many of us within BERG, so thank you for your hard work, Hannah! Best wishes, Pawel on behalf of BERG ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Post doc in HAI
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 31 Jul '23

31 Jul '23

Application Deadline 21 August About the Role Feeling the HEAT - Human Emotion Recognition & Affect Transfer in Meerkats This project uses a multi-disciplinary approach to evaluate the mechanisms around human emotion recognition and affect transfer in zoo-housed meerkats. This project will be of interest for those working in psychology, biology, evolutionary theory, social communication and captive animal management fields as the ramifications from this will contribute to questions currently being asked in human-animal interaction research within each of these fields. Additionally, with increasing research into the impacts of human-animal interactions across farm, domestic, laboratory and zoo animal disciplines, understanding the fundamental principles underlying these interactions are now vital to fully appreciate the implications they may have. This research will help us better understand the mechanisms of human-animal interactions, with implications for our evolutionary understanding of animal minds and for the successful management of zoo animals regarding the context and quality of human-animal interactions they encounter daily. https://vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=12853&fbclid=IwAR0XnPcRbgJ9… Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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PhD position on orang-utan communication
by Pawel Fedurek 26 Jul '23

26 Jul '23

Dear All, Some of you might be interested: https://uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/stellenangebote/newsfullview-stellena… Best wishes, Pawel ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) winter meeting 13-14 Dec in Edinburgh
by Clare Andrews 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

Dear BERG, I thought this would be of interest to some: The ASAB winter meeting has been announced, and will take place 13-14 December in Edinburgh. The theme is ‘Animal Cognition: Pure to Applied’. It’s free to attend, but the registration deadline (and abstract submission deadline) is 30 Aug. Details and registration: https://asabwinter2023.org/ Best wishes, Clare __________________________________________________________ Students: book to talk with me here<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/PsychologyY1PersonalTuteesTutorD…>. Dr Clare Andrews (preferred pronouns: she/her) Lecturer in Psychology, Course Director for MSc/MA Human-Animal Interaction Psychology Division University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA ResearchGate<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clare_Andrews> Twitter<https://twitter.com/clarepandrews?lang=en> [First Aider for Mental Health logo] I aim to read and respond to email within 3 working days, but during busy periods my response may take longer. I check my emails at varying times of day and I do not expect an immediate response from my correspondents. Equality, diversity, and inclusion matter to me. Discrimination in any form is not okay. If you’re suffering discrimination, talk to me. You can report gender-based or sexual incidents here<https://reportandsupport.stir.ac.uk/> too. It’s ok not to be ok: Student Hub Wellbeing<https://www.stir.ac.uk/student-life/support-wellbeing/student-support-servi…>; Samaritans - Tel: 116 123 (24hr Freephone number) or jo(a)samaritans.org<mailto:jo@samaritans.org> [Facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/universityofstirling/> [Twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/StirUni> [LinkedIn icon] <https://www.linkedin.com/edu/university-of-stirling-12676> [Instagram icon] <https://www.instagram.com/universityofstirling/> [Youtbue icon] <https://www.youtube.com/user/UniversityOfStirling> [Banner]<https://www.stir.ac.uk/> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Sophia Daoudi-Simison for ASAB communications officer
by Sharon Kessler 23 Jun '23

23 Jun '23

Hi everyone, Sophia Daoudi-Simison is running for the communicaitons officer role in ASAB. If you are a member, these are her plans for the role below! Sharon As an early career lecturer, I am keen to gain more experience and contribute as a council member of ASAB, and in particular for the above role of communications officer. In terms of my own experience, during my PhD I was in charge of the social media profiles (e.g. Facebook and Twitter) of the Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (University of Stirling), advertising talks for weekly meetings, staff and student achievements, conferences and grant opportunities. Furthermore, when co-organising the Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour, I designed the event webpage, conference applications (abstract submissions and payment), as well as monitoring email enquiries. More recently as a PostDoc at Newcastle University I actively contributed to the organisation and advertising of the Spring 2022 meeting (and I designed the logo). I believe that my existing skill set and enthusiasm for animal behaviour research make me an ideal candidate. Wish me luck! Sophia -------------------------- Sharon Kessler (she/her), PhD Lecturer in Psychology Cottrell Building Room 3B92, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, SCOTLAND Tel: +44(0)1786 467 651 Email: sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk Website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1104622#research; https://www.sharonekessler.com/ Book review editor: International Journal of Primatology Academic editor: PLOS ONE ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Fully funded PhD - Quantification of responses to anthropogenically induced stressors
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

Please see details below of a fully funded PhD position that may be of interest to some of you... The deadline is 16th July 2023. Interesting the grant is based on the excellent PhD work of an ex-HAI MSc student of ours , Morgan Welch. Morgan will be the named post doc on the grant. https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/quantification-of-responses-to-anthro… [https://www.findaphd.com/images/FAP-social-icon.jpg]<https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/quantification-of-responses-to-anthro…> Quantification of responses to anthropogenically induced stressors in the lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros at University of Chester on FindAPhD.com<https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/quantification-of-responses-to-anthro…> PhD Project - Quantification of responses to anthropogenically induced stressors in the lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros at University of Chester, listed on FindAPhD.com www.findaphd.com ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Participants Needed - Water & Climate Study
by Sharon Kessler 09 Jun '23

09 Jun '23

Dear BERGers, Clare and I are recruiting participants for a study on how people process emotions related to climate change and water issues. All are welcome to participate -- it will include an action workshop, a climate cafe discussion of emotions, and a creative writing workshop! We are running the event four times -- info attached! Please distribute this widely! Sharon ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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PhD opportunity
by Pawel Fedurek 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

Dear All, Some of you might be interested - please see below. Best wishes, Pawel https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/health-and-wellbeing-in-an-endangered… [https://www.findaphd.com/images/FAP-social-icon.jpg]<https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/health-and-wellbeing-in-an-endangered…> Health and wellbeing in an endangered non-human primate across an anthropogenic gradient at Liverpool John Moores University on FindAPhD.com<https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/health-and-wellbeing-in-an-endangered…> PhD Project - Health and wellbeing in an endangered non-human primate across an anthropogenic gradient at Liverpool John Moores University, listed on FindAPhD.com www.findaphd.com ------------------------------- Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his) Lecturer in Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844> Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling> Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…> I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday). ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Informal UFAW Conference 'hublet' for BERG (20-21 June)
by Clare Andrews 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Dear BERGers, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) are holding their annual conference<https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/ufaw-online-animal-welfare-conference-2…> online this year. To make things a bit more social, I'm organising an informal 'hublet' (AKA watch party) in the Psychology Common Room 20 June and 21 June for those registered to attend the conference to tune in together. The idea is that we join together in real life to watch the talks together and have the sorts of informal discussions that we might at an in-real-life conference. If you want to join in (PGRs and Masters students welcome too!), please first register for the meeting here<https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/ufaw-online-animal-welfare-conference-2…> (UFAW is a charity; conference registration is £30.00 for students/unwaged). Then join us IRL in the common room on 20th June (from 1015) / 21 June (from 0800) to 'watch-party' together for as many of the sessions as you wish. UFAW's conference has two great Keynote speakers<https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/ufaw-online-animal-welfare-conference-2…> (below) plus a wide variety of research talks and speed talks looking at many aspects of animal welfare and Human-Animal Interaction in species from chickens to cats to fish to Komodo Dragons! Dr Beth Ventura (University of Lincoln, UK) Title: Animal welfare: The elephant in the room is us Professor Lars Chittka (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) Title: Bee sentience and its welfare implications Plus a special shout out for Stirling's own Sarah Weir (PhD student) and Lynsey McDevitt (former MSc student) who will have a virtual poster presentation at the meeting too. Look forward to seeing many of you for the UFAW watch-party (or virtually at the meeting), Clare Students: book to talk with me here<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/PsychologyY1PersonalTuteesTutorD…>. Dr Clare Andrews (preferred pronouns: she/her), DPhil, FHEA Lecturer in Psychology and Course Director for MSc/MA Human-Animal Interaction Psychology Division University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA ResearchGate<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clare_Andrews> Twitter<https://twitter.com/clarepandrews?lang=en> [First Aider for Mental Health logo] I aim to read and respond to email within 3 working days, but during busy periods my response may take longer. I check my emails at varying times of day and I do not expect an immediate response from my correspondents. Equality, diversity, and inclusion matter to me. Discrimination in any form is not okay. If you're suffering discrimination, talk to me. You can report gender-based or sexual incidents here<https://reportandsupport.stir.ac.uk/> too. It's ok not to be ok: Student Hub Wellbeing<https://www.stir.ac.uk/student-life/support-wellbeing/student-support-servi…>; Samaritans - Tel: 116 123 (24hr Freephone number) or jo(a)samaritans.org<mailto:jo@samaritans.org> [Facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/universityofstirling/> [Twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/StirUni> [LinkedIn icon] <https://www.linkedin.com/edu/university-of-stirling-12676> [Instagram icon] <https://www.instagram.com/universityofstirling/> [Youtbue icon] <https://www.youtube.com/user/UniversityOfStirling> [Banner]<https://www.stir.ac.uk/> ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Fw: Beyond "training" - helping reactive dogs
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 27 May '23

27 May '23

May be of interest to some....and it's free but your need to register. All links below. ________________________________ From: Karolina Westlund <karolina(a)illis.se> Sent: 25 May 2023 12:41 To: Hannah Buchanan-Smith <h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: Beyond "training" - helping reactive dogs CAUTION: This email originated from outside University of Stirling. Do not follow links or open attachments if you doubt the authenticity of the sender or the content. ________________________________ Hi there Hannah, It's with great excitement that I announce an upcoming free online summit, all on the topic of helping reactive dogs. Now, you might not even have a dog, let alone a reactive one, but hear me out before you stop reading... 😍 Although the topic of this summit is dog reactivity, what the more than 20 invited experts (and yes, yours truly being one of them) will discuss are things like: * how to build a good relationship with the animal in your care * how we can prevent or reduce unwanted behaviour by addressing emotional needs So, this summit isn't so much about how we can use *training* to prevent or reduce reactivity, but rather the foundational work that helps the animal learn resilience and how to cope living with us humans. This is an area that I've been increasingly intrigued by in the last few years, and I'm really eager to hear what the other presenters have to share on this topic. I'm familiar with about half of them and can vouch for them: they're exceedingly good at what they're doing, and they truly care about animals and their people - so I'm excited to learn from the unfamiliar names, too! The summit will take place from June 5-9th. It's free of charge, but you need to sign up to get access! :-) Hoping to *see* you there! Find out more and sign up here. <https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=LsBcc&m=3Yu_mJ5Z7xgus5Q&b=aR6tY2uPNWIwrI1…> Until next time, take care, //Karolina Karolina Westlund, phD ILLIS Animal Behaviour Courses ̴ helping animals thrive with people ̴ www.illis.se Bruksv.47 Hässelby 16565 SWEDEN Unsubscribe<https://www.aweber.com/z/r/?LIycTBxM7LSs7BxMDMycjLRGtKysbIzMrJzs> | Change Subscriber Options<https://www.aweber.com/z/r/?LIycTBxM7LSs7BxMDMycjLRGtKysbIzMrJzs> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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