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BERG Seminar - Maria Ojala (Climate Change Worry)
by Sharon Kessler 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Dear Bergers, I'm delighted to announce that this week, our BERG seminar will be given by Maria Ojala from Örebro University, Sweden, at 4pm online. The title is, "Climate Change Worry Among Young People: Associations with Mental Wellbeing, Climate Change Engagement, and the Role of Coping." Below is the abstract of the talk, the link, and the schedule of upcoming talks. Abstract Many young people worry about climate change. Is this worry related to hopelessness and low wellbeing, or is it rather related to climate engagement? Research shows that young people are not victims of whatever climate change related emotions that are aroused in them but actively cope in different ways. The focus in this presentation is on research with young people in the ages from late childhood, through adolescence, up to young adulthood about their worry and how they cope and how these coping strategies and worry relate to engagement and subjective wellbeing. The importance of meaning-focused coping and constructive hope will be emphasized. Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MjI5NTVhOGItNWM0OC00Nz… April 5 16:00 Lucie Rigaill Université Rennes Multimodal sexual communication in Afro-eurasian monkeys Online April 12 16:00 Mike Radford University of Aberdeen TBA TBA April 19th 16:00 Alexandra Horowitz Barnard College Who is the dog? Online April 26th 16:00 Pawel Fedurek University of Stirling Sound Recording Workshop In - person: C3A94 May 3rd 10:00 AM Cécile Sarabian University of Hong Kong Risk perception and potential applications in wildlife management and conservation Online May 10th 16:00 Arnaud Tognetti Karolinska Institutet Identification of sickness: some past, current and future projects. Online Looking forward to seeing you! Best wishes, Sharon -------------------------- 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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Former MSc HAI seeking research experience
by Clare Andrews 24 Mar '23

24 Mar '23

Dear BERGers, Recent MSc Human-Animal Interactions graduate Sonya Connelly (sonya.connelly.sc(a)gmail.com<mailto:sonya.connelly.sc@gmail.com>) is seeking paid/unpaid hands-on research experience, up to a few days per week. Please email Sonya if you have any projects on the go with which she might be able to help. I supervised Sonya's MSc dissertation, for which she was awarded a distinction and in which she collected and analysed an impressively large quantitative dataset. 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 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: Postdoctoral Position at University of Zurich
by Clare Andrews 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

Postdoc position on psychology of animal welfare and meat reduction From: PHAIR Society <phairsociety(a)gmail.com> Sent: 15 March 2023 16:15 Subject: Postdoctoral Position at University of Zurich 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. ________________________________ Three Year Post-Doctoral Position on Psychological Mechanisms of Meat Reduction at University of Zurich We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher in the areas of personality, motivation, and adult development to work primarily with Christopher J. Hopwood and also with Alexandra M. Freund in the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). https://jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/postdoctoral-researcher-project-psycholo…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjobs.uzh.…> Research will focus on psychological mechanisms of meat reduction using a multi-method approach spanning cross-cultural, experimental, behavioral, ambulatory, and self/peer report survey methods. Primary emphasis will be on data from two projects for which data have already been collected on cross-cultural variation on attitudes about animal welfare and processes relevant to animal consumption in close relationships, as well as a longitudinal study with a meat-reduction intervention component for which data collection will begin in Fall, 2023. However, there will also be opportunities to engage in other projects, including those initiated by the post-doc. The post-doc will be able to strengthen their research portfolio as well as their teaching credentials by teaching a 2-hour weekly seminar per semester and assist in the supervision of masters and bachelors' theses. The 100% appointment for three years, ideally starting August 1, 2023. The annual salary is based on the Swiss public pay scale (approximately 100,000 Swiss Francs), and standard University benefits are included. The candidate should hold a Ph.D. in psychology and have extensive research experience in the fields of personality, motivation, and/or adult development, a demonstrated interest in meat reduction, very good methodological and statistical skills, publication experience in peer-reviewed journals, and a willingness and ability to work in a team. International applications are strongly encouraged. English proficiency is a must; knowledge of German is helpful, but not required. To apply, submit a cover letter (about 1 page) describing your interest in and potential approach to investigating meat reduction, as well as your general career goals, together with your curriculum vitae, and two of your articles in one pdf file to: hopwood(a)psychologie.uzh.ch<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychologi…>. Letters of recommendation will be requested from competitive candidates. The search will remain open until the position is filled. Please contact Professor Hopwood if you require more information about the position. -- PHAIR Society E: phairsociety(a)gmail.com<mailto:phairsociety@gmail.com> Website: https://phairsociety.org/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fphairsoci…> Animal Advocacy Conference: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/animaladvocacy/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.ken…> [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wxvnATkfeMur1TM1VVvDyk3iMr…]<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.ken…> Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations (PHAIR) A new open-access journal for the scientific inquiries into how humans interact with non-human animals: https://phair.psychopen.eu/ <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fphair.psy…> [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yfLVd5RfQZUTcnBWSFavCFy6O8…] ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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No BERG due to strikes
by Sharon Kessler 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

Dear Bergers, There is no BERG this week due to the industrial action. Sharon -------------------------- 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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Feminist approaches to climate change education
by Sharon Kessler 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

Please see message below Sharon Dear Behaviour and Evolution Research Group members, I am so glad that Sharon helps me reach you. On behalf of my co-organisers, I invite you to consider participating in our session: Mapping feminist approaches to climate change education for now and the future. We are a group of researchers specialising in climate change, gender studies and geography education. It would be great to have interdisciplinary perspectives to explore this field of research. Here attaches our session proposal. The CfP is before 25:59 GMT Monday 20th March 2023. More details are in the pdf document. Thank you. Best wishes, Hermione ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Fw: Call for Conservation Scholarship and Education Commitment Award
by Sharon Kessler 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

See below for funding opportunities in Primatology -------------------------- 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 ________________________________ From: African Primatological Society <africanprimatesociety(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 2:12 PM To: inza.kone(a)csrs.ci <inza.kone(a)csrs.ci> Subject: Call for Conservation Scholarship and Education Commitment Award 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. ________________________________ Dear APS members, This is a reminder for the following two calls: * The Galante Family Winery Conservation Scholarship<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intern…>- deadline April 1st, 2023 We welcome applications from citizens of primate habitat countries for the Galante Family Winery Conservation Scholarship. This scholarship of a value of up to $2,500 aim to support access to education and training opportunities related to primate conservation including, online courses or workshops BUT excluding conferences. Please note that this scholarship is not intended for the purpose of attending the IPS congress. Please do check the link on the IPS website for further details. Applications are to be sent to the IPS VP for Conservation, Dr. Tatyana (Tanya) Humle: thumle(a)rewild.org<mailto:thumle@rewild.org> * Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intern…> - deadline April 1st, 2023 The Southwick family is delighted to continue to offer this award dedicated to recognizing individuals living in primate habitat countries that have made a significant contribution to formal and informal conservation education in their countries. The amount of the award is $2,000 with $1500 being granted directly to the recipient and $500 to the recipient’s project of their choosing in their community. We encourage researchers or conservation practitioners working in primate habitat areas to nominate members of their staff (or of the local community) that they feel have made a significant contribution to conservation education in their study area. Eligible candidates must be residents of the region in which they are working and include education staff, field assistants, graduate students, or other individuals that are directly involved with providing educational programs to the people living around the project area. Candidates do not need to have an advanced degree to be eligible. Please do check the link on the IPS website for further details. Nominations are to be sent to the IPS VP for Education, Dr. Patricia (Pat) Izar: patrizar(a)usp.br<mailto:patrizar@usp.br> Regards African Primatological Society ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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3/15 BERG postponed due to strikes
by Sharon Kessler 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Dear Berg, Due to the strike action planned for tomorrow, the Arnaud Tognetti's BERG talk, "Identification of sickness: some past, current and future projects," has been rescheduled to May 10th. Best, Sharon -------------------------- 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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IAS fully funded PhD opportunities
by Pawel Fedurek 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

Dear BERGers, As some of you may know, the University of Stirling is advertising a number of funded, interdisciplinary PhD studentships within several different topics or 'clusters'. Several of BERG staff members are involved in some of these clusters. For example, Sharon, Clare, Gema and I are involved in the cluster "Nature Emergency - Interdisciplinary Responses by Active Citizens". Within this cluster (please see a more detailed description of the potential PhD topics, as well as a link summarising the cluster, below this email) there is a number of potential PhD topics related to animal behaviour, human-animal interactions, conservations, and climate change. If you are looking for a PhD and are interested in one of these topics, please get in touch with one of us - we will be happy to provide more details about these studentships and specific projects. Please also pass this on to anyone that might be interested in applying. Best wishes, Pawel Natuere Emergency potential PhD topics: 1) Wildlife Response Lab: Response-Making via Human Interactions with Nature Human-wildlife conflict has been at the centre of major global challenges and disasters, such as environmental degradation, climate change, and pandemics. Causes of this conflict include limited scientific knowledge and limited public awareness of how human behaviour can affect wildlife. The Wildlife Response Lab will address this problem by studying human-wildlife interactions and by involving students and communities in this research. Themes will include animal behaviour and cognition, human-animal interactions, and anthropogenic impacts on animal behaviour, as well as how interacting with wildlife and participating in research influences people’s attitudes to global challenges. Research will occur both on and off-campus, using transdisciplinary methodologies (citizen science, co-design) and cutting-edge technology to monitor wildlife (e.g., camera traps, thermal imaging). These innovative initiatives will serve dual goals of engaging the community in research, including data collection, and raising their awareness about, and responsiveness towards, the Nature Emergency. Supervisors: Pawel Fedurek, Gema Martin-Ordas, Clare Andrews, Sharon Kessler (FNS Psyc); Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor, Brad Duthie, Jen Dickie (FNS Biol), Andrew Smith (FAH), David Comerford (SMS) 2) Youth Response Lab: Young People’s Response-Making to the Nature Emergency Young people will be most affected by current and future impacts of the Nature Emergency. Youth are often at the forefront of activism, while also suffering feelings of anxiety, fear, disempowerment, and betrayal. The Youth Response Lab will study the experiences of, and approaches taken by, young people at multiple scales as responses to the Nature Emergency. Research will investigate the drivers of eco-anxiety and eco-grief, including exposure to climate impacts, feelings of betrayal by governments and businesses, and their impact upon intergenerational relationships. We will examine the role that eco-anxiety plays in motivating or paralysing individual behaviour change, activism and community-based responses. We will explore how young people engage with and contribute to climate and nature-based education, social and mental health services, empowerment via school-based civic action, school- and university-community linking, intergenerational eco-action, or social entrepreneurship. This will include developing knowledge of health- and educational co-benefits of youth response-making, and rights-based understandings of young people’s views and agencies and intergenerational understandings of rights and climate justice. Supervisors: Clare Andrews, Sharon Kessler, Gozde Ozakinci (FNS Psyc), Lena Dominelli, Sandra Engstrom (FoSS Soc), Greg Mannion (FoSS Edu), Tracy Kirk (FAH), Craig Anderson (SMS) 3) Political Economy Lab: Rights-Based Response-Making in Geopolitical Ecologies The appropriation of nature into global economic value chains lies at the core of many aspects of the Nature Emergency. The Political Economy Lab will investigate how the economic use value of nature – including the resources and ecosystem servicesprovided for society – intersects with the wider socio-cultural and political dimensions of production and consumption. Of particular interest are ethical arguments about nature possessing non-anthropocentric intrinsic value and non-human species having moral interests and rights. These could increasingly be reflected in decision-making processes, giving due recognition to both human and non-human realities. It is also important to consider how uneven processes of development accompanied by the commodification and neoliberalisation of nature lead to unsustainable use of resources (e.g., water, land, timber, rare minerals, etc.) and to the marginalisation of both human and animal communities, thus endangering a sustainable co-existence. This Lab will leverage a combination of social science and humanities methodologies in local, national, and global settings to explore divergent ideas of the scale and character of the Nature Emergency and how economics, politics, and culture shape human responses to it. Supervisors: Hannes Stephan, Clemens Hoffmann (FAH), Danny Campbell, Craig Anderson, David Comerford (SMS), Brad Duthie (FNS Biol), Pawel Fedurek, Gema Martin-Ordas (FNS Psyc), Lena Dominelli, Sandra Engstrom (FoSS) https://www.stir.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/institute-for-advanced-stu… ------------------------------- 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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Climate Cafe study recruitment
by Sharon Kessler 10 Mar '23

10 Mar '23

Hi everyone, Are you interested or worried about the Climate Crisis? If so, please consider joining a study on Climate Cafes! (You can also join even if you aren't interested in Climate Change!) The study involves discussing Climate Change and your emotions surrounding it. Details are in the attached poster - and this is the link for signing up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-in-mind-climate-cafes-for-coping-and…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.event…> Best, Sharon ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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No Berg this week - reading week
by Sharon Kessler 05 Mar '23

05 Mar '23

Dear Bergers, This is just a quick reminder that there is no BERG this week, due to reading week. However, next week (March 15th) we will have Arnaud Tognetti from the Karolinska Institute discussing his work in a talk titled, "Identification of Sickness." The schedule of upcoming talks is below. Looking forward to seeing you after reading week! Best, Sharon March 15 16:00 Arnaud Tognetti Karolinska Institutet Identification of sickness: some past, current and future projects. Online March 22 March 29 16:00 Maria Ojala Örebro University Climate change worry among young people: Associations with mental wellbeing, climate change engagement and the role of coping Online April 5 16:00 Lucie Rigaill Université Rennes Multimodal sexual communication in Afro-eurasian monkeys Online April 12 16:00 Mike Radford University of Aberdeen TBA TBA April 19th 16:00 Alexandra Horowitz Barnard College Who is the dog? Online April 26th 16:00 Pawel Fedurek University of Stirling Sound Recording Workshop In - person: C3A94 May 3rd 10:00 AM Cécile Sarabian University of Hong Kong Risk perception and potential applications in wildlife management and conservation Online -------------------------- 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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