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BERG seminar, Wednesday 31 March
by Pawel Fedurek 27 Mar '21

27 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that this Wednesday (31 March, 16:00) Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) is giving a seminar about his PhD project on call combinations in wild chimpanzees (abstract attached). The link to the session is below this email. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) “FACS as objective tools to investigate facial expressions across species” 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Delphine De Moor (University of Exeter) “Social bonding in Assamese macaques” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) “Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting” (tentative) 26-May-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah 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.

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BERG seminar today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 23 Mar '21

23 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that today Dr Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) is giving a seminar about adolescent male social strategies in wild chimpanzees (abstract attached). The link to the session is below this email. Hope to see all later today! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) “FACS as objective tools to investigate facial expressions across species” 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Delphine De Moor (University of Exeter) “Social bonding in Assamese macaques” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) “Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting” (tentative) 26-May-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah 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.

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BERG meeting, Wednesday 24 March
by Pawel Fedurek 20 Mar '21

20 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that we have a meeting this Wednesday (24 March, 16:00) with Dr Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) giving a seminar about adolescent male social strategies in wild chimpanzees. The link to the session is below this email. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) “FACS as objective tools to investigate facial expressions across species” 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Delphine De Moor (University of Exeter) “Social bonding in Assamese macaques” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) “Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting” (tentative) 26-May-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah 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.

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BERG meeting today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 17 Mar '21

17 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that we have a meeting today (16:00) with Jo Setchell (Durham University) leading a discussion on Decolonising Primatology. A link to a video recording of Jo's presentation is here: https://youtu.be/69cndJM9Edw<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%…>. Please watch this video prior to the meeting. Looking forward to seeing you later today! The link to the session is below this email. Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 24-Mar-21, 16:00 Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) “Adolescent male social strategies in the Kanyawara chimpanzee community" 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) TBC 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah 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.

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Fw: BERG meeting, Wednesday 17 March. 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, Another interesting event - please see below. Best wishes, Pawel ________________________________ From: joana.coleoptera(a)gmail.com <joana.coleoptera(a)gmail.com> Sent: 15 March 2021 12:20 To: Pawel Fedurek <pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk> Cc: Hannah Buchanan-Smith <h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: RE: [BERG] BERG meeting, Wednesday 17 March. 16:00 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 Pawel, Maybe you would like to share this meeting 1st International Meeting on Zoo Research, Conservation and Biodiversity https://web-eur.cvent.com/event/c1ed6fb4-aefb-4979-95d7-1a5a1930ce9a/websit…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb-eur.c…> in this list. Best, Joana From: BERG <berg-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> On Behalf Of Pawel Fedurek Sent: 14 March 2021 10:19 To: berg Mailing List <berg(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> Subject: [BERG] BERG meeting, Wednesday 17 March. 16:00 Dear BERGers, This is just a quick reminder that we have a meeting this Wednesday (17 March, 16:00) with Jo Setchell (Durham University) leading a discussion on Decolonising of Primatology. As mentioned in the previous email, Jo will not give a presentation during the meeting. The discussion will be based on the talk she gave during the last PSGB meeting. The link to a video recording of this presentation is below this email. Please watch this video in advance prior to the meeting. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Link to the video: https://youtu.be/69cndJM9Edw<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%…> The link to the session is below this email. Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 24-Mar-21, 16:00 Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) “Adolescent male social strategies in the Kanyawara chimpanzee community" 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) TBC 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah 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. ________________________________ 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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BERG meeting, Wednesday 17 March. 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 14 Mar '21

14 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a quick reminder that we have a meeting this Wednesday (17 March, 16:00) with Jo Setchell (Durham University) leading a discussion on Decolonising of Primatology. As mentioned in the previous email, Jo will not give a presentation during the meeting. The discussion will be based on the talk she gave during the last PSGB meeting. The link to a video recording of this presentation is below this email. Please watch this video in advance prior to the meeting. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Link to the video: https://youtu.be/69cndJM9Edw<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%…> The link to the session is below this email. Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 24-Mar-21, 16:00 Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) “Adolescent male social strategies in the Kanyawara chimpanzee community" 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) TBC 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah 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.

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BERG celebrates Women's Day and History Month (with an Activity!)
by Sarah Kraemer 11 Mar '21

11 Mar '21

Good Morning BERGers, Ladies, gents, guys and gals around the globe! Monday marked a momentous day for women around the world, as it was International Women's Day! It is high time to toast to the female presences in your life, whether they be cis-gendered women, transgendered women, gender non-binary or non-conforming individuals, and all women in between. If you count yourself among those numbers, Thank You! Your presence is enough. Towards the goal of supporting women in higher education, however, presence does not necessarily indicate / encourage career longevity and growth. Identifying where there is still Work to be done towards full female representation in science and academia is hard, but necessary and critical. According to a UNESCO publication from 2015, there is a leaky pipeline preventing the flow of women into positions of power in academia. As per the report: ______________________________________________ “Getting more women into science isn’t working. A combination of factors reduces the proportion of women at each stage of a scientific career: the graduate-level environment; the maternal wall/glass ceiling; performance evaluation criteria; the lack of recognition; lack of support for leadership bids; and unconscious gender bias. With regard to the graduate-level environment, a 2008 study of the career intentions of graduate students in chemistry in the UK found that 72% of women had planned to become a researcher at the start of their studies but, by the time they completed their PhD, only 37% still harboured this career goal. This was the result of a number of factors which ‘discourage women more than men from planning a career in research, especially in academia’. Female students were more likely to encounter problems with their supervisor such as favouritism or victimization, or to feel that their supervisor was oblivious to their personal life, or to feel isolated from their research group. They were also more likely to be uncomfortable with the research culture of their group in terms of working patterns, work hours and competition among peers. As a result, female students viewed an academic career as offering a solitary existence; they felt intimidated by the competitive atmosphere and that an academic career demanded too much of a sacrifice from them concerning other aspects of their life. Many female students also spoke of having been advised against pursuing a scientific career, owing to the challenges they would face as a woman (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2008).” [cid:10e68e94-1cd1-4807-a2a4-880f202ad9b2] Source: (p.98) https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/usr15_is_the_gender_gap_narrowing… _________________________________________ This is all sounding very bLeaky, but do not fret, Women in Science are repairing those pipes wherever they/we can. The folks who originally established the "500 Women in Science" Database (Read more here: https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/23/500-women-scientists-q-and-a/) have taken it a step further to create a "Request A Woman Scientist" resource that aims to connect female scientists to career and dissemination opportunities around the world. (Read more about their efforts here: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.30002…) Creating a supportive network of female scientists -- within our own Research Group and beyond -- is akin to the Alien Queen from "Alien" building her nest in the context of a harsh metal spaceship in cold, dark space: The Web should be warm, inviting, pulsating with life!, structurally robust, expansive, non-discriminating, and sticky impossible to escape from. Male allies need also volunteer their chest cavities apply! So, THIS WEEK IN BERG, We ask you to support international Women Scientists by participating in a "Word Web" activity. 1. First, follow this link: https://www.menti.com/gmdhz16vti 2. You will be asked to write ~5 words or phrases that highlight what supporting Women in Science means to you! * Personally and/or Culturally. * Actions and/or Effects. * Present and/or Future. 3. The more words, the better. The more impactful the words, the better. The bigger the web, the better! BERG is here to amplify. 4. After you submit, you are asked to provide an e-mail to see the word web in its current form. NO NEED to do this. I will e-mail the final word web for everyone to see (and I cannot guarantee the company will not use your e-mail to send out promotions). 5. Live Tracking of Responses can also be accessed HERE: * https://www.mentimeter.com/s/a45f0182c24eb4ba330a3a5909ea84de/3aa25b4ed52f 6. Submit your responses by the end of our meeting NEXT WEDNESDAY! We will then Tweet out the final Word Web and share our support for Women's History Month, 2021. ❤️ Thanks BERGers for your support and participation. Remember, feeding the Web feeds the Queen(s) even more! 👾 But Ignoring the Leaky Pipeline means your Spaceship may soon be out of air. 🛸 -Sarah and Pawel E-mail for Pawel [Lecturer in Psychology at Stirling; meetings coordinator of BERG]: pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk E-mail for Sarah [PhD Student at Stirling; occasional coordinator of BERG]: s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.stir…> ________________________________ 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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Professor Jo Setchell at the next BERG meeting
by Pawel Fedurek 11 Mar '21

11 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, Next Wednesday (17 March, 16:00) we will have a special guest - Professor Jo Setchell (Durham University). Jo will lead a discussion on Decolonising Primatology. Please note that Jo will not give a presentation during the meeting. Instead, the discussion will be based on the presentation she gave during the last PSGB meeting. I put the link to a video recording of this presentation below this email. Please watch this video IN ADVANCE prior to the meeting (it's a 35 min presentation). Looking forward to seeing you all next week and to the discussions on this very interesting and important topic! And thank you, Hannah, for inviting Jo! https://youtu.be/69cndJM9Edw<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%…> Best wishes, Pawel ________________________________ 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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BERG meeting today, 16:00
by Pawel Fedurek 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just to remind you that we have a meeting today with Ardian Soldati (University of Neuchatel) giving a talk about his PhD project on audience effects in chimpanzee pant hooting (abstract attached). The link to the session is below this email. Looking forward to seeing you later today! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 17-Mar-21, 16:00 Jo Setchell (Durham University) “Decolonising Primatology” 24-Mar-21, 16:00 Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) “Adolescent male social strategies in the Kanyawara chimpanzee community" 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) TBC 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC 19-May-21, 16:00 Nisarg Desai (University of Minnesota) Group differences in chimpanzee pant hooting (tentative) Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah 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.

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BERG meeting, Wednesday 10 March
by Pawel Fedurek 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Dear BERGers, This is just a reminder that we have a meeting this Wednesday (10 March, 16:00) with Ardian Soldati (University of Neuchatel) giving a seminar about his PhD project on audience effects in chimpanzee pant hooting (abstract attached). The link to the session is below this email. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Below are the other talks taking place this semester: 17-Mar-21, 16:00 Jo Setchell (Durham University) “Decolonising Primatology” 24-Mar-21, 16:00 Drew Enigk (University of New Mexico) “Social relationship formation and competition among adolescent and adult wild chimpanzees”(tentative) 31-Mar-21, 16:00 Maël Leroux (University of Zurich) ”Chimpanzee call combinations”(tentative) 07-Apr-21, 16:00 Maureen McCarthy (University of Southern California) “PanAf project” (tentative) 14-Apr-21, 16:00 Cátia Caeiro (Kyoto University) TBC 21-Apr-21, 16:00 Guillaume Dezecache (Université Clermont Auvergne) “Social cognition in extremis” 28-Apr-21, 16:00 Erin Wessling (Harvard University) “Ecology and behaviour of the 'savannah' chimpanzees (Fongoli, Senegal)” (tentative) 5-May-21, 16:00 Giacomo Melis (University of Stirling) TBC 12-May-21, 16:00 Yitzchak Ben Mocha (Haifa University) TBC Best wishes, Pawel and Sarah 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.

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