Vienna Doctoral School CoBeNe

A photo of the author in front of her poster at the PhD Academy 2026.

Scientific poster titled "Are ravens really 'wolf-birds'? Assessing the food-safety trade-off of common ravens feeding in presence of grey wolves and wild boars". The study records the proximity and interactions of wild ravens with captive boars and captive wolves at the Cumberland Wildpark Grünau. The boars are fed daily with bread and pellets, while the wolves are fed with meat. The latter represents a more qualitative food resource but is associated with predators that can be lethal to the ravens. Observations are completed with a flight initiation distance experiment to control for the risk perception in both enclosures. Predictions envision differences in the nature and frequency of interactions between the ravens and heterospecifics (ex: riding the heterospecifics only happening at the boar enclosure; more targeted aggression received from the wolves than from the boars). They also predict a longer time spent in proximity with boars than with wolves.

🐦‍⬛ Investigating the food-safety trade-off of #ravens feeding in presence of captive #wolves and wild #boars

🐗 A few days ago, I had the opportunity to present a poster at the PhD Academy (@vdscobene.bsky.social). Discover my research project, I'd be more than happy to talk about it!

📷 S. Damini

#PhDJobs
PhD position in personalised dietary behaviour change at #HPGVienna/ @univie.ac.at new research platform #AIPN: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
✉️ Submit your application between 2 and 27 March
🍎 About the project: aipn.univie.ac.at

Can abstract art elicit the emotion of being moved without the help of curatorial text or narrative cues? Find out in the new publication by Zhou et al. from the EVAlabs! 👉doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1720357

(Photograph by researcher; reproduced with permission. Courtesy of Heidi Horten Collection)

University of Groningen is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Psychology

Interested in doing a postdoc on misinfo/belief change with me and @gordpennycook.bsky.social? We are looking for candidates to apply for a Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowship, based at York University. Contact me for more details! #PsychJobs

Ready to turn green ideas into real-world impact? 💡♻️
The green ilab connects #students with #researchers to turn #climate and #sustainability research into pilots, partnerships, and ventures that create measurable value for society and the environment. 🌍
📅 Apply by 8 February! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬
Find out more: ⤵️

The research group “Sensory Dynamics and Behaviour” of Prof. Dr. Tobias Ackels at the Institute of Experimental Epilepsy and Cognition Research at the University Hospital Bonn invites applications for a position as: Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) The position is initially limited to three years (TV-L E13/100%), starting from April 2026 or as soon as possible.

Postdoc position in systems neuroscience!
Excited to recruit a postdoc for my lab at the University of Bonn.
🔬 In vivo physiology (Neuropixels, 2P/miniscope)
🐭 Head-fixed & freely moving behaviour
💡 Optogenetics/chemogenetics
⏳ Start: ASAP | Application deadline: 28.02.2026
More info below ⬇️

Society for Neuroscience Meeting (SfN 2026)
Washington DC, USA
14-18 November 2026

Abstract submission deadline for posters: 10 June 2026
www.sfn.org/meetings/neu...

Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is hiring:
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Statistical Genomics

🏙 Which urban man-made components are studied for aesthetics and wellbeing?
We bring the first scoping review summary on implementing aesthetics, as a factor that is considered when looking at the urban built environment, whilst also addressing potential improvements to wellbeing. @univie.ac.at

Call for Symposia: Göttingen Meeting 2027
Time to take the opportunity and help to shape the Scientific Program 2027 by submitting your proposal until:

17 February 2026

Further information can be found here: web.nwg-info.de/de/conferenc...

🍾🎉 Congratulations to our PhD students Srestha Chakraborty and Nicola Weiss, who received the @oeaw DOC fellowship to fund their research.

Now open 🚨 Call for Applications: at least 40 Doctoral Positions in the Social Sciences, Humanities & Cultural Studies @univie.ac.at Reach out if you are interested in applying for a position with me @kinderstudien.bsky.social in @vdscobene.bsky.social careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

Looking for a Postdoc position and have a background in bioacoustics and animal cognition? Interested in whether other animals might have something akin to language? Join our team: www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home...

👩‍🎓..and we have another new Doctor in the lab! Stephanie Miller successfully defended her doctoral thesis "Art Experience Types: Identifying and Applying Shared Patterns in Phenomenal Experience of Visual Art" on Monday! Congratulations! 🎉🍾

Open postdoc position!🚨 Passionate about gut microbes 🦠 and the brain 🧠? We are an interdisciplinary group at the Faculty of Psychology & @cemess.bsky.social 🌍 @univie.ac.at and invite individuals who self-identify as female. Details: 4 years, full-time ➡️ careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

We are proud to congratulate Dr. Teresa O’Rourke, @teresaorourke.bsky.social, on successfully defending her PhD! 🎉🔬

In her dissertation, she investigated risk and protective factors for mental health in young people experiencing chronic stress. We are excited where her work takes her next! 🍀

All the hugs for our newest Doctor! @kirrenchana.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD "Reading in the City" last Friday. Congratulations! 🎉🎓

We kindly invite every PhD candidate to present their research to the CoBeNe community at the PhD academy. It is an excellent opportunity to practice presenting in a friendly environment and receive input on the topic.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 01.12.2025!
ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...

📢 #Ethology2026 – A Double Event
Join us for:
• Ethologische Gesellschaft Annual Meeting, 18–21 Feb, Grünau
• DK Symposium: Cognition & Communication, 23–24 Feb, Vienna
A full week of ethology, cognition, and communication.
univie.eventsair.com/etho26-dkcog...
@ethoges.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

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📣 CALL FOR PAPERS: Submit your papers for the Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK 2026), organized by the IT:U​ and the JKU Linz. 💡 http://go.jku.at/e25f7

🚀 We're hiring !

🕵️ Seeking a postdoc to study the development & individual-level organization of brain circuits supporting (in)flexible behavior in psychiatric populations.

🧠 Precision functional mapping, fMRI, normative modelling

Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3h8tcv2e

🗓️ Apply by Dec 10! Please RT 🙌

✨Congratulations to @mactrupp.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD last week! 🥂 🎉

🚀 We’re hiring - Join our lab 🚀

🔍 Hiring: PhD (75% TV-L) & Postdoc (100% TV-L)
🧠 fMRI, VR, EEG, modelling

We combine a range of cognitive neuroscience methods to study flexible behaviour.

📅 Start: Feb 2026 or later | ⏳ Apply by Nov 3!

More details:
tinyurl.com/ms3a9ajt

#CognitiveNeuroscience

New to CoBeNe? Get an overview of the research topics and areas explored within our doctoral school at the Introduction to CoBeNe Seminar, meet other new PhD candidates, build a strong peer group for your PhD journey. Register here: ufind.univie.ac.at/en/course.ht...

📢 Einladung zum Townhall Meeting für die Digital Humanism Conference 2026 bei den Digital Days: lasst uns die #DigHum2026 gemeinsam gestalten.
🔹 Wann? 15.10.2025 | 09:00 – 10:30 Uhr
🔹 Wo? Festsaal, Technisches Museum Wien
🔹 Hier entlang zur Anmeldung: www.digitalcity.wien/digital-days...

It's starting to get a little chilly outside, come warm up with us, @vdsee-univie.bsky.social and VDS MES at this year's winter party. Register here: vds-ecology-evolution.univie.ac.at/activities-p...

Need some writing guidance? Registration is still open for this workshop: urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/...

You can now read a little summary of our retreat on the CoBeNe website: vds-cobene.univie.ac.at/phd-news-edu...

Wissenstransfer-Events mit dem FWF veranstalten Unter dem Titel „Spreading Knowledge“ lädt der FWF Forschende ein, Wissenstransfer-Events zu veranstalten.

Neu: Wissenstransfer-Events von & mit FWF-geförderten Forschenden. Bei „Spreading Knowledge“ sind Forschende eingeladen, in Kooperation mit dem #FWF Events zu veranstalten, um den Wissenstransfer zwischen #Grundlagenforschung & Wirtschaft/Gesellschaft zu ermöglichen. 🔀

www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...