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by Pawel Fedurek

Dear BERGers, I hope you had a great weekend. This Wednesday (9 Feb), our own Zsuzsa Lugosi (King's College London) will give a talk about her PhD project entitled "Investigating the ways young children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural History Museum of London". Hope to see you all on Wednesday! The link to the meeting, as well as a list of the forthcoming speakers, are below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> Spring semester speakers: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 09/02/2022 16:00 Zsuzsa Lugosi King's Collage London Investigating the ways young children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural History Museum of London. 16/02/2022 16:00 Bruce Rowlings Durham University TBC, cumulative culture 23/02/2022 16:00 Derry Taylor University of Neuchatel TBC, Vocal communication and cognition in chimpanzees 02/03/2022 MID SEMESTER BREAK 09/03/2022 16:00 Roxanne Hawkins UWS TBC 16/03/2022 16:00 Harmonie Klein Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology TBC, Loango chimpanzees 23/03/2022 16:00 Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh TBC 30/03/2002 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University TBC, the ontogeny of aggressive behaviour in chimpanzees 06/04/2022 16:00 Stuart Watson University of Zurich TBC, animal social learning 13/04/2022 16:00 TBC TBC 20/04/2022 16:00 Gema Martin-Ordas University of Stirling TBC, reporting p values in primate tool use research 27/04/2022 16:00 André Pereira University of Exeter TBC 04/05/2022 16:00 Laura Lewis Harvard University TBC, bonobo cognition 11/05/2022 16:00 TBC 18/05/2022 16:00 Sabrina Brando University of Stirling TBC ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

3 years, 11 months

Free talk on personality and conservation

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Can understanding animal personalities help us to improve conservation? 8 Feb 2022 18:00 - 19:30 All details here - no need to register - live streamed on YouTube (link in this link!) https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/can-understanding-animal-personalities… [https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/image/2021-09/4%20-%20Sulawesi%20ma…]<https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/can-understanding-animal-personalities…> Can understanding animal personalities help us to improve conservation? | Zoological Society of London (ZSL)<https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/can-understanding-animal-personalities…> The idea of humans having individual personalities is something that we are all aware of and experience in our daily lives. These behavioural characteristics, that stay consistent over time, influence how we deal with our environment, including changes in situation and how we socialise with people around us. www.zsl.org They have a great programme of events so you may wish to explore! Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: <https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925> https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257464 http://marmosetcare.com/ Animal Welfare 24/7 across the lifespan<https://animalconcepts.mykajabi.com/247approachtopromotingoptimalwelfarefor…> https://nc3rs.org.uk/housing-and-husbandry-dogs ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

3 years, 11 months

Chimp Paper from yesterday on individual behaviours

by Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas

Hi, Thank you for inviting me for the talk yesterday. It was wonderful to share my work and have such engaging discussions. Here is the tweet I was talking about before the presentation on Chimps behaviour: https://twitter.com/goldsboroughzoe/status/1488818257247322113?s=21 And a link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.31.1.011 Warmth, Ilyena

3 years, 11 months

Online questionnaire about Zoos

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

If any of you have a spare 10 minutes to help this PhD student ....thank you To whom it may concern, You are invited to participate in PhD research entitled Understanding zoo visitors and non-visitors’ knowledge, perceptions and behaviours supervised by Dr. Robert Young and Dr. Danielle Hinchcliffe and conducted by Fok Tsz Ting, who are staff and student of School of Science, Engineering & Environment in University of Salford. The purpose of the study is to understand participants' knowledge, perceptions and behaviours toward zoos and how these factors influencing zoo visitors and non-visitors. You are invited for an online questionnaire which lasts for 5-10 minutes. Identifying information of all participants will be confidential with the research use only. The original questionnaires will be stored in a safe security system until the research is officially published. All research data will be destroyed after 10 years of the journal publication. For more details about the study, you may refer to the attached survey link. You can access the online questionnaire from the below link or QR code (attached). https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G5RF6ZW<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surve…> Should you have any problems, please contact me at t.t.fok(a)edu.salford.ac.uk<mailto:t.t.fok@edu.salford.ac.uk> Best regards, Francis Staff at the University of Salford are working hard to support our students in an unprecedented situation. Please be assured that the health and wellbeing of our University community is our major concern and we will take actions accordingly. For the most up to date information, please see this link<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftestlives…>. We will be responding to e-mails as quickly as we can between the hours of 9am to 5pm. [University of Salford] Prof Rob Young Chair in Wildlife Conservation | Science, Engineering & Environment G51 Peel Building, University of Salford, Manchester M5 4WT T: +44(0) 161 295 2058 r.j.young(a)salford.ac.uk<mailto:r.j.young@salford.ac.uk> | My HomePage<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salfo…> Office Hours on Campus: 1.30pm to 3.30pm Mondays [cid:image002.jpg@01D81819.F850BF00] ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

3 years, 11 months

BERG seminar today, 16:00

by Pawel Fedurek

Dear BERGers, A quick reminder that today Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas (University of Glasgow) is giving a talk about her research on animal-computer interactions. The link to the meeting, as well as a list of the forthcoming speakers, are below this email. See you later! Best wishes, Pawel Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> Spring semester speakers:  Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 02/02/2022 16:00 Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas University of Glasgow TBC, animal-computer interactions 09/02/2022 16:00 Zsuzsa Lugosi Kings Collage London Investigating the ways young children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural History Museum of London. 16/02/2022 16:00 Bruce Rowlings Durham University TBC, cumulative culture 23/02/2022 16:00 Derry Taylor University of Neuchatel TBC, Vocal communication and cognition in chimpanzees 02/03/2022 MID SEMESTER BREAK 09/03/2022 16:00 Roxanne Hawkins UWS TBC 16/03/2022 16:00 Harmonie Klein Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology TBC, Loango chimpanzees 23/03/2022 16:00 Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh TBC 30/03/2002 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University TBC, the ontogeny of aggressive behaviour in chimpanzees 06/04/2022 16:00 Stuart Watson University of Zurich TBC, animal social learning 13/04/2022 16:00 TBC TBC 20/04/2022 16:00 Gema Martin-Ordas University of Stirling TBC, reporting p values in primate tool use research 27/04/2022 16:00 André Pereira University of Exeter TBC 04/05/2022 16:00 Laura Lewis Harvard University TBC, bonobo cognition 11/05/2022 16:00 TBC 18/05/2022 16:00 Sabrina Brando University of Stirling TBC ------------------------------- 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). ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

3 years, 11 months

BERG seminar, Wednesday 16:00

by Pawel Fedurek

Dear BERGers, I hope you had a nice weekend. Regarding the seminar this Wednesday (2 Feb), Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas from the University of Glasgow will give a talk for us about her research on animal-computer interactions. Hope to see you all on Wednesday! The link to the meeting, as well as a list of the forthcoming speakers, are below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> Spring semester speakers: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 02/02/2022 16:00 Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas University of Glasgow TBC, animal-computer interactions 09/02/2022 16:00 Zsuzsa Lugosi Kings Collage London Investigating the ways young children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural History Museum of London. 16/02/2022 16:00 Bruce Rowlings Durham University TBC, cumulative culture 23/02/2022 16:00 Derry Taylor University of Neuchatel TBC, Vocal communication and cognition in chimpanzees 02/03/2022 MID SEMESTER BREAK 09/03/2022 16:00 Roxanne Hawkins UWS TBC 16/03/2022 16:00 Harmonie Klein Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology TBC, Loango chimpanzees 23/03/2022 16:00 Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh TBC 30/03/2002 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University TBC, the ontogeny of aggressive behaviour in chimpanzees 06/04/2022 16:00 Stuart Watson University of Zurich TBC, animal social learning 13/04/2022 16:00 TBC TBC 20/04/2022 16:00 Gema Martin-Ordas University of Stirling TBC, reporting p values in primate tool use research 27/04/2022 16:00 André Pereira University of Exeter TBC 04/05/2022 16:00 Laura Lewis Harvard University TBC, bonobo cognition 11/05/2022 16:00 TBC 18/05/2022 16:00 Sabrina Brando University of Stirling TBC ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

3 years, 11 months

Fw: UFAW LINK: CCSAW Research Seminar series, University of Guelph, Canada

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Three online talks, potentially of interest to some: (Wednesdays, 17.30 GMT, i.e. after BERG) Dr. Rebecca Meagher January 26th, 12:30 EST - Exploring the connections between cognition and welfare in farmed animals Dr. Joao Costa February 9, 12:30pm EST Dairy cattle behavior in modern production systems Jennifer Applebaum March 30th, 12:30 EDT Why companion animal welfare scientists should think like sociologists (HAIMsters especially) ---------------------------------------- Dear all, CSSAW Alumna Dr. Rebecca Meagher will be kicking off the CCSAW Research Seminar series this semester in a couple of weeks time (Wed Jan. 26that 1230): Zoom -- MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "ryyzw.smtpurl.com" claiming to be https://zoom.us/j/99356192808<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fryyzw.smtp…> Dr. Meagher will present on links between cognition and welfare in farmed animals, especially dairy cattle. Amongst other topics, she will review how calf housing affects their abilities to learn, and how motivated adult cows are to learn. Dr. Meagher is currently an Assistant Professor of Animal Welfare at Dalhousie University, focusing mainly on mink and dairy cattle. Her research interests include welfare assessment methods, effects of the early environment, and understanding and managing individual differences. Her work on the environments of calves and heifers examines how these factors affect both cognition and emotional states such as boredom. Sadly she won't be here in person - her "visit" will be 100% online. But the poster is attached - please spread the word so we get a great turnout! I’ve also attached a poster with all this semester’s seminars, February's and March's too. Look forward to “seeing” you there! Best wishes, Georgia Mason Professor, Dept. of Integrative Biology / Col. K. L. Campbell University Chair in Animal Welfare / Director of the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (she/her) ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

3 years, 11 months

BERG seminar, Wednesday 16:00

by Pawel Fedurek

Dear BERGers, I hope that you are all well and had a good start to the new year. This is just to let you know that we are resuming our BERG seminars this Wednesday (26 Jan) with our own Ashleigh Messenger giving a talk about her MSc project - please see details in the attached abstract. Hope to see you all on Wednesday! The link to the meeting, as well as a list of the forthcoming speakers, are below this email. Best wishes, Pawel Spring semester speakers: Date Time Speaker Affiliation Seminar title 26/01/2022 16:00 Ashleigh Messenger University of Stirling TBC, MSc project 02/02/2022 16:00 Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas University of Glasgow TBC, animal-computer interactions 09/02/2022 16:00 Zsuzsa Lugosi Kings Collage London TBC, PhD project 16/02/2022 16:00 Bruce Rowlings Durham University TBC, cumulative culture 23/02/2022 16:00 Derry Taylor University of Neuchatel TBC, Vocal communication and cognition in chimpanzees 02/03/2022 MID SEMESTER BREAK 09/03/2022 16:00 Roxanne Hawkins UWS TBC 16/03/2022 16:00 Harmonie Klein Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology TBC, Loango chimpanzees 23/03/2022 16:00 Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh TBC 30/03/2002 16:00 Kris Sabbi Tufts University TBC, the ontogeny of aggressive behaviour in chimpanzees 06/04/2022 16:00 Stuart Watson University of Zurich TBC, animal social learning 13/04/2022 16:00 TBC TBC 20/04/2022 16:00 Gema Martin-Ordas University of Stirling TBC, reporting p values in primate tool use research 27/04/2022 16:00 André Pereira University of Exeter TBC 04/05/2022 16:00 Laura Lewis Harvard University TBC, bonobo cognition 11/05/2022 16:00 TBC 18/05/2022 16:00 Sabrina Brando University of Stirling TBC Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

3 years, 11 months

ARED workshop schedule

by Kirsten Blakey

Dear BERGers, I just wanted to let you know the schedule of the ARED workshop on January 17-19. Please see below. Abstracts are on the project website: https://ared.stir.ac.uk/events/. The workshop will be held on Zoom and in person. If you'd like to join, in person or online, for all or part of the event, please email ared(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:ared@stir.ac.uk>. Best wishes, Kirsten ------ Monday January 17: starting time 1:50 pm GMT (2:50 pm CET, 5:50 am PST, 8:50 am EST) 1:50 - 2:00 Welcome 2:00 - 3:20 Agnes Kovacs (CEU): Flexible update and revision of others' mental states in early development 3:40 - 5:00 Josef Perner (Salzburg): Mental Files Join Teleology 5:20 - 7:00 Hannah Ginsborg (Berkeley): Non-rational agency in concept-acquisition and language-learning Tuesday January 18: starting time 3:40 pm GMT (4:40pm CET, 7:40am PST, 10:40am EST) 3:40 - 5:00 Kirsten Blakey & Giacomo Melis (Stirling): In search of reflective thinking in non-linguistic agents 5:20 - 7:00 Matthew Boyle (Chicago): Reflection and rationality Wednesday January 19 starting time 2pm GMT (3pm CET, 6am PST, 9am EST) 2:00 - 3:20 Ludwig Huber (Messerli, Vienna): The concept of seeing in dogs 3:40 - 5:00 Christoph Voelter (Messerli, Vienna): Do nonhuman animals seek explanations? 5:20 - 7:00 Hilary Kornblith (Amherst): Doubts about epistemic agency ----- Dr Kirsten H Blakey (she/her) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Philosophy & Psychology, University of Stirling Address: Cottrell building 3W1, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, FK9 4LA Email: k.h.blakey1(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:k.h.blakey1@stir.ac.uk> | Staff webpage<http://www.stir.ac.uk/people/267453> | Personal webpage<https://kirstenhblakey.weebly.com/> ARED Project<https://ared.stir.ac.uk/> | Postdoctoral representative, Psychology Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee<https://edicpsy.stir.ac.uk/> ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

4 years

ARED workshop in January

by Kirsten Blakey

Dear BERGers, This is just to let you know about a workshop that will be taking place in January as part of the Agency, Rationality and Epistemic Defeat project: please see info below. Given current circumstances, invited speakers will participate remotely. As we are still planning to host the event from the University of Stirling there will be a limited number of places available for local attendees. Best wishes, Kirsten --------- ARED, an interdisciplinary research project on epistemic agency and rationality hosted by the University of Stirling (Philosophy and Psychology) and the Messerli Research Institute at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, announces its first workshop, which is scheduled to be held at the University of Stirling and on Zoom on 17-19 January 2022 from 2pm to 7pm (GMT). The speakers will be: Matthew Boyle (Chicago), Hannah Ginsborg (Berkeley), Ludwig Huber (Messerli), Hilary Kornblith (Amherst), Ágnes Kovacs (CEU), Josef Perner (Salzburg), Christoph Völter (Messerli), Kirsten Blakey and Giacomo Melis (Stirling). The schedule with talk titles and abstracts will be announced soon. If you would like to participate, please register by sending an email to ared(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:ared@stir.ac.uk> specifying whether you intend to attend in person (places will be limited and restricted to those in the UK) or via Zoom. Everyone welcome! For more information, please visit https://ared.stir.ac.uk/ ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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