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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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Online screening by of talk by Carri Westgarth - Dog Bites - Public health risk and prevention strategies
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 05 Mar '23

05 Mar '23

Monday 6th March at 3:30pm. Jade Hooper and I will be hosting an online screening of a talk by Carri Westgarth (who spoke at BERG a few weeks ago). It’s a recording of a talk that Carri did for the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC) called ‘Dog Bites - Public health risk and prevention strategies’. We’ll be watching it together and then maybe have a discussion after. It’s fairly long (1.5-2hrs) so people would be welcome to come along just for a bit if they can’t stay for the whole time. Bring your own snacks! The link for the Teams meeting is below: Click here to join the meeting<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/?url=https%3A%…> Hope to see some of you there! Best, Hannah ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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BERG Seminar - Carri Westgarth
by Sharon Kessler 01 Mar '23

01 Mar '23

Dear Bergers, I'm delighted to announce that this week's Berg seminar will be by Carri Westgarth, from the University of Liverpool. The seminar will be online at 4pm on Wednesday Feb 8th at this link. Below is her abstract and the list of other upcoming talks: You see a dog - you read their story - you fall in love” Importing rescue dogs from overseas In this presentation Carri will present her research studies on the importation of overseas rescue dogs. Despite this being both a very popular and contentious practice there was virtually no research evidence in this area until very recently. Findings will be presented regarding both positive and negative welfare implications for both the dogs and the owners. Finally, challenges and implications for practice and policy in this area are discussed. https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MjI5NTVhOGItNWM0OC00Nz… Upcoming BERG seminars: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Title Location Feb 8 16:00 Carrie Westgarth University of Liverpool “You see a dog - you read their story - you fall in love” Importing rescue dogs from overseas Online Feb 15 Feb 22 March 1 16:00 Elizabeth Marks University of Bath Understanding and responding to eco-distress and climate anxiety Online March 8 Reading Week March 15 16:00 Arnaud Tognetti Karolinska Institutet TBA Online March 22 16:00 Mike Radford University of Aberdeen TBA TBA March 29 16:00 Maria Ojala Örebro University TBA Online April 5 16:00 Lucie Rigaill Université Rennes Multimodal sexual communication in Afro-eurasian monkeys Online April 12 OPEN 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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Dog Bites - Monday March 6th 3:30 pm
by Sharon Kessler 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

Hi everyone, See below about the talk by Carri Westgarth on Dog Bites - Public Health Risk and Prevention Strategies! Sharon From: Jade Hooper <jade.hooper(a)stir.ac.uk> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2023 10:26 AM To: Sharon Kessler <sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk> Cc: Hannah Buchanan-Smith <h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: Event to send round to BERG mailing list Hi Sharon, I hope you are well and enjoying this nice bit of sunshine we have today! I’m just emailing to ask if you can please forward to the BERG mailing list an invite to an online screening of a talk by Carri Westgarth (who spoke at BERG a couple of weeks ago) that Hannah and I will be hosting on Monday 6th March at 3:30pm. It’s a recording of a talk that Carri did for the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC) called ‘Dog Bites - Public health risk and prevention strategies’. We’ll be watching it together and then maybe a discussion after. It’s fairly long (1.5-2hrs) so people would be welcome to come along just for a bit if they can’t stay for the whole time. Bring your own snacks! The link for the Teams meeting is below: Click here to join the meeting<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/?url=https%3A%…> Please can you forward this on a non-strike day, ideally this coming Monday (20th Feb) if possible. Thank you! Jade --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jade Hooper (she/her) | PhD Candidate (Mon & Tue) and Research Fellow (Wed, Thur & Fri) - Faculty of Social Science | 3S28, Colin Bell Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA | E-mail: jade.hooper(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:jade.hooper@stir.ac.uk> | Web: http://www.stir.ac.uk/social-science/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stir.a…> Reports and summaries for the Permanently Progressing? Building secure futures for children in Scotland study including an information sheet for children are available here<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stir.…> ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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UFAW welfare conference
by Sharon Kessler 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

Apologies for the late posting -- below is information about the UFAW online animal welfare conference! ________________________________ From: Clare Andrews <clare.andrews(a)stir.ac.uk> Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 12:48 PM To: Sharon Kessler <sharon.kessler(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: FW: Registration now open for virtual UFAW online animal welfare conference 2023 One for BERG list circulation? From: Stephen Wickens <wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk> Sent: 08 February 2023 12:00 To: Clare Andrews <clare.andrews(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: Registration now open for virtual UFAW online animal welfare conference 2023 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 Dr Clare Andrews, Registration for our online animal welfare conference is now open. The meeting will take place on 210-21 June. The meeting will feature short and longer talks and posters. Agreed keynote speakers are: Dr Beth Ventura (University of Lincoln, UK) - 'Animal welfare: The elephant in the room is us' and Professor Lars Chittka (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) - 'Bee sentience and its welfare implications'. Other speakers will be announced soon. To register, and for more details, please visit MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "serversmtpbond.com" claiming to be http://www.ufaw.org.uk/conf2023<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserversmt…> Kindest regards, Stephen Dr Stephen Wickens UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN, UK Email: wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> ; Direct Tel: +44(0)1276 500880; Office: +44(0)1582 831818 MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "c:" claiming to be www.ufaw.org.uk<file:///C:/Users/Stephen%20Wickens/AppData/Local/Temp/~ed_sb_3/www.ufaw.org.uk> --------------------------- For further information about UFAW awards, scholarships, meetings and other news follow us on: Facebook: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare - UFAW<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserversmt…> ; Twitter: @UFAW_1926<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserversmt…> The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) is an UK charity that works to develop and promote improvements in the welfare of all animals through scientific and educational activity worldwide. Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991 Science in the service of animal welfare To unsubscribe from further emails on this meeting,click here<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> and enter unsubscribe in the subject [cid:7866806093-1]<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserversmt…> ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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