Rebecka Hahnel-Peeters

Officially a Hoosier.
Can't wait to start at ISU in 4 weeks. 😍

Excited to listen to this one!

This has quickly become my favorite podcast. If you haven't yet, give it a listen!

So proud of Bianca for winning the best student poster award at #NEEPS2025. Proud mentor moment!

SO COOL Ashley! I'll be joining via zoom! :)

Are you sticking around for NEEPS?

Evolutionary Psychology (The Podcast) Actual evolutionary psychology by actual evolutionary psychologists. Hosted by Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof. Every week, Dave and David bring cutting-edge work in the evolutionary behavioral sc...

A new podcast, @epthepod.bsky.social: Actual evolutionary psychology by actual evolutionary psychologists. In the first two episodes, the hosts, @davidpinsof.bsky.social and @dpietra.bsky.social, interview each other 🧪 www.youtube.com/@Evolutionar...

Join us at HBES for:

🍹our mixer Thurs June 5th at 7pm
💬our panel on gender & identity in EHS research Fri June 6th at 4:50

We'll have swag for you ✨.

🚨 What should we ask our panelists during the panel? Submit your most pressing questions here! 👇🏻

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Happy to announce I successfully passed my defense yesterday 🙌🏻

No one asked, but my favorite slides to make on PowerPoint are acknowledgment slides.

Congrats, Dr Moser!

Postdoctoral position in Evolution of learning strategies for behavioral development. Uni of Lausanne @enourani.bsky.social career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...

🧪 Tip: You have the right to contest a grant termination, even though NSF says you don't. 🧵

On Friday, NSF terminated 402 grants (per Musk's DOGE).

The notification letters had one of the most egregious violations of fed regulations I've seen so far in these cases:

"not subject to appeal"

Illustration of a cell depicting locations of various proteins

1. What's at risk by disrupting NIH? With only a bit of hyperbole: a mechanistic understanding of life itself, & therefore better treatments for cancer, dementias, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, birth defects, aging & more 🧪

Notes on a revolution interrupted 🧵

If you want to understand why we do the things we do, being trained in cross-cultural and evolutionary perspectives is a pretty good start 😊 excellent thread from CCE's @abbeyepage.bsky.social on our MSc in Psychology, Culture & Evolution, now accepting applications 👇

1/3🚨 Plenary Announcement for #EHBEA2025! 🐒

🎤We’re very excited to welcome Prof. Russell Hill as a plenary speaker! Prof at Durham Uni, his talk, "How STRANGE are your wild primates?", explores observer impacts on behavioural data. 🐵🔍

@ehbea.bsky.social
#BehaviouralEcology #PrimateResearch

A talented undergraduate student of mine is studying how different coping mechanisms impact mental health outcomes following sexual victimization. If you are a woman, aged 18 or older, & have experienced a sexual assault, please consider participating in her 15 to 20 minute survey: bit.ly/Coping_SV

A talented undergraduate student of mine is studying how different coping mechanisms impact mental health outcomes following sexual victimization. If you are a woman, aged 18 or older, & have experienced a sexual assault, please consider participating in her 15 to 20 minute survey: bit.ly/Coping_SV

Cultural Evolution Postdoc Alert 🚨

Thank you, Eric!

Extremely happy to announce that I will be starting at Indiana State University as an assistant professor in Fall 2025!

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump.

Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

Canada Research Chair - Indigenous Health and Well-Being

Job available for Full Professor Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) - Indigenous Health and Well-Being at the Faculty of Health Science, Simon Fraser University (RT 🙏🏼 please):

www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...

Had a lovely time at the SPSP Evo precon with my gaggle of undergrads.

Happy Lunar New Year from HRAF!

eHRAF World Cultures contains a wealth of information about lunar new year traditions and celebrations across cultures. See a sample search below.

Writing Group flyer reading: Benefits Protects your writing time Increases output and productivity Provides a social anchor and consistency Interested? Provide availability below https://bit.ly/feps_writing Begins second week of February

Helloooo do you like evolution and psychology and feminism and writing? Then join the Feminist Evolutionary Psychology Society's new writing group! Send me a dm with your email address and submit your availability here to join: bit.ly/feps_writing

EHBEA members: don’t miss the chance to have your voice heard when deciding our new Vice President 👇 deadline 31 January

Handwriting activates broader brain networks than typing, study shows Does writing by hand still matter in a digital world? According to a new study in Frontiers in Psychology, the answer is yes.

Does writing by hand still matter in a digital world? According to a new study in Frontiers in Psychology, the answer is yes. #Handwriting #BrainHealth #CognitiveScience #MentalHealth #WritingByHand

A round, light brown tablet made of clay with three lines of cuneiform scripts. Two rulings, or traced straight lines, enclose the writing. The photo also shows the sides of the tablet, including a few damaged parts.

May as well dive right in.

Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?

According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”

Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...

Teaching evolution with conflict reduction practices increases acceptance, study finds Students in biology classes accepted the theory of evolution more often when it was taught with conflict-reducing practices, including an emphasis on religious compatibility and autonomy, according to...

"Students in biology classes accepted the theory of evolution more often when it was taught with conflict-reducing practices, including an emphasis on religious compatibility and autonomy" phys.org/news/2024-12...

EASTBIO: Bateman’s principles and human reproductive strategies: a biosocial approach at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EASTBIO: Bateman’s principles and human reproductive strategies: a biosocial approach at University of St Andrews, listed on FindAPhD.com

🚨 PhD project: 4-year PhD project on human reproduction, mating strategies and gender roles. Funding is via BBSRC EastBio (i.e. funding not attached to specific project). Please get in touch with me (UK/international).

Deadline for nominated applicant: 17 Jan 2025

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