Dear BERGers, A quick reminder that today at 4pm we have our first research seminar with Dr Alex Barrable (Quin Margaret University) giving a talk entitled "Nature connectedness: Latest research and walking ecosystems". Please see the abstract below. The meeting will take place in the Psychology Common Room (Cottrell Building, 3A94) and online. Link to the meeting and a list of the forthcoming seminars are below. Abstract: Drawing upon the ideas of biophilia, our innate affinity with the natural world and nature connectedness, the construct that describes a positive relationship with nature, this talk will focus on some prior research around this, including disconnectedness, nature connection and psychological distress in the face of ecological catastrophe, and how reimagining ourselves not as isolated beings but as holobionts, walking ecosystems teeming with microbial life, can radically shift our relationship with the rest of the natural world. Link to the meeting: BERG research seminars | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams<https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3816460052135?p=xsEIefROgXSXlZHxc0> BERG seminar schedule (Fall 2025) Date Speaker Affiliation Talk title Chair Format 24-Sep-25 Alexia Barrable Queen Margaret University Nature connectedness: Latest research and walking ecosystems F2F/hybrid 1-Oct-25 Léo Perrier University of Neuchâtel Dynamics of vocal communication: a meta-analytic approach to language diversification Pawel Online 8-Oct-25 Berta Roura-Torres Georg-August University Göttingen Early life adversity predicts physical development in young Pawel Online 15-Oct-25 Luke Townrow John Hopkins University tbc: great apes cognition Alex tbc 22-Oct-25 Julia Chase University of Stirling tbc: human-carrion crow interactions Pawel F2F 29-Oct-25 MID SEMESTER BREAK 5-Nov-25 IMPACT meeting Pawel F2F 12-Nov-25 Mélissa Berthet University of Rennes tbc: vocal behaviour in bonobos Pawel Online 19-Nov-25 Eleonore Rolland Eleonore Rolland tbc: mother-infant attachment in wild chimpanzees Pawel Online 26-Nov-25 3-Dec-25 Floriane Fournier Université Jean Monnet "tbc: The role of nonlinear phenomena in vocal emotional expression and perception in bonobos " Pawel Online 10-Dec-25 tbc ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159