🏨 Important accommodation update for #EHBEA2026!
Some of our hotel deals have booking deadlines ⏳ Please check the latest details on our practical information page: www.ehbea2026.com/practical-in...
Don’t wait too long to book your room in Leiden! 🛏️🌷
⏰ Last chance! 🚨
Today is the final day for Early Bird registration for #EHBEA2026 in Leiden 🇳🇱🧠🌷
Sign up now to get the discounted rate—after today, standard pricing applies! Secure your spot for an inspiring conference full of science, networking & discovery 📅🎟️
🌷✨ See you at #EHBEA2026 in Leiden!
Between sessions, take time to explore a city where science, history, and culture come together.
Looking forward to welcoming you — at the conference and around the city! 😊
🌷 Bonus if you visit in April: Bloemencorso season!
Experience the largest spring festival in the Netherlands.🌷✨ Colourful flower floats and richly decorated vehicles travel from 15 to 19 April through Leiden!
bloemencorso-bollenstreek.nl/en/
🏛️ Discover historic Leiden at your own pace
Take a relaxed walk through the city and visit the ⛪ Pieterskerk, climb the ancient🏰 Burcht van Leiden for views over the rooftops, and pass beneath the iconic Morspoort.
An easy way to enjoy Leiden’s rich history. ✨
🧠 Corpus Experience
At CORPUS Experience, you travel through the human body🚶♂️ Walk past towering organs, hear the thunder of a beating heart, and discover the secrets that keep you alive every second🫀. An immersive experience connecting biology, behaviour, and health.
corpusexperience.nl
🎨 Museum De Lakenhal
For our artlovers: take a look into the history, art and culture of Leiden in a beautiful historic building 🖼️ Perfect for creative inspiration after a full day of science
www.lakenhal.nl/en
⚗️ Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
The Caecilia Hospital was once a hospital; today, it serves as the historic home of Rijksmuseum Boerhaave. 🔬 This museum reflects centuries of scientific history in the Netherlands. From early medicine to modern discoveries. 🧠✨
For more info: www.rijksmuseumboerhaave.nl/en
🏺 Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Explore the life, religion and cultures of ancient Egypt, Rome, and beyond 🏛️ A must-see for anyone interested in human history, culture, and origins 🐪📜
Check it out! www.rmo.nl/en/
🐚 Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Meet a real T. rex 🦖 and explore evolution, biodiversity, and life on Earth 🦣🦴🧬 Perfect inspiration for anyone interested in behaviour & evolution! #EHBEA2026
Explore the options on: www.naturalis.nl/en/museum
🌿 Hortus Botanicus
The oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands, discover exotic plants, giant trees, and the perfect peaceful conference break 🌱🌴🧠
And when you're there, also visit the world's oldest surviving university observatory (in use since 1633!)🔭🌌
hortusleiden.nl
🌷Are you coming to #EHBEA2026 or maybe need some more convincing? Let's explore the city beyond the conference! Leiden is full of great places to discover between talks, or a great reason to stay a few days longer!🚶 Here's a list:
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Don't forget! ⏰ Early Bird Registration for #EHBEA2026 closes TOMORROW! 🐦✨
Don’t miss your chance to secure a discounted spot at four days of inspiring research, stimulating keynotes & vibrant discussion in Leiden 🇳🇱🧠🌷
Register now and join us 14–17 April! 📅
➡️https://www.ehbea2026.com/
In “Did smartphones accelerate fertility decline?” she explores how digital media reshape reproductive cues—affecting parenting, dating & marriage, and online bonds 👶💍📲
Technological mismatch, runaway investment—or both? 🌍 Don’t miss this provocative talk!🧠
📱🎤 #EHBEA2026 Keynote Announcement!
We’re thrilled to welcome Prof. Anna Rotkirch, Research Professor & Director of the Population Research Institute (Finland)
She studies family ties, fertility & population change through evolutionary and demographic lenses 🌍
Get ready to dive deeper into her groundbreaking research during her keynote! 🎤✨
Discover why sensitivity to experience isn’t just an early-life story—and how environmental uncertainty can actually favour sensitive periods later in life!🌍🧠📈
Check out her research at:
walaseknicole.wixsite.com/site
🏆 Big congratulations to Nicole Walasek on winning the #EHBEA2026 New Investigator Award!🎉
Postdoc at IBED, University of Amsterdam. With roots in cognitive science, computer science & psychology, she uses mathematical models to study how sensitive periods—when experience matters most—evolve 🧠
🚨We’re delighted to announce our keynote at #EHBEA2026: Prof. Rogier Mars (Oxford & Radboud)!🎤🌍
His talk will dive deeper into “The human brain: A branch on the primate evolutionary tree” and explores how comparative neuroimaging reveals the evolutionary changes shaping primate brain organization.🧠🐵
🚨Plenary Announcement for #EHBEA2026🎤✨
We’re very excited to welcome Prof Cat Hobaiter (University of St Andrews🏛️)
With her fieldwork in Uganda and Guinea on gestural and multimodal communication in apes🐒, her research is reshaping how we understand the evolution of language!🗣️
👉 www.wildminds.ac.uk
🎉 Got the good news? If your abstract was accepted — congrats! 🥳
📬 You can now check OpenReview to see your assigned presentation format.
⏰ Reminder: early bird registration for #EHBEA2026 is open until 20 February!
🎤✨We’re thrilled to announce our first keynote speaker for #EHBEA2026: Dr Iyad Rahwan!
🤖His talk dives into machine culture—how algorithms and chatbots are reshaping social learning, norms, and the evolution of new cultural traits.
Don't miss out👉 www.rahwan.me
⏰Early bird registration until 20 Feb
🚨The time has come!🚨
🎉 Registration for #EHBEA2026 is now open!
Join us for cutting-edge research on human behaviour & evolution, plus the special [AI]volution track where humans and machines collide🤖
⏰Early bird until 20 February
👉 Register via: www.ehbea2026.com
#HumanBehaviour #[AI]volution
🚨🚨Last reminder for abstract submission!🚨🚨
⏰ Abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 closes on 9 Jan (AOE effectively Saturday noon).
📌 Exception(!): papers part of a symposium (EvApecognition, AIvolution, etc.).
For details, check our website! 👉www.ehbea2026.com
⏳ONE WEEK LEFT⏳
We hope you’re rested and ready for an exciting new year!🚀 Don't forget: abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 closes THIS FRIDAY, 9 January—don’t miss your chance to present your work in Leiden, 14-17 April 2026!🌟
Submit now: ehbea2026.com
#EHBEA2026 #BehaviouralScience #AIvolution
Joy to All! ❄️
We wish you all a very festive Christmas and a happy New Year!🎄✨ EHBEA is approaching, and we’re excited to welcome you! Check www.ehbea2026.com for new info on hotel deals and room-sharing options.
Don’t forget: the abstract submission deadline is 9 January. See you in Leiden in 2026!
We have already received many wonderful abstracts, thank you all! 🌟
For those who need a little extra time, we have good news: the #EHBEA2026 deadline has been extended to 9 Jan. ✍️✨
Add the finishing touches, hit submit, and join an exciting, inspiring conference!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
📢 Thinking about presenting at EHBEA? Now’s your chance!
🔍 Work in behavioural science?
🧠 Use evolutionary theory?
⏰ And you haven’t submitted your abstract yet?
🚀 #EHBEA2026 is coming up fast — submissions CLOSE 15 December!
Don’t miss your chance to share your work 🎉
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
Seems the NYT likes Leiden as much as we do 😉 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/t...
BTW did you know that EHBEA 2026 will take place right in the middle of the renowned Dutch flower season? 🌼🌼 If you consider staying for one extra night you can enjoy the annual parade (“bloemencorso”) on the 18th 😇
📢 Call for abstracts!
🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉
🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th
📝 300 words
🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
EHBEA is looking for new PRESIDENT and SECRETARY for 2026-2029! 👀
If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president!
If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary!
DEADLINE: 16/12/2026
HERE IS THE FORM 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
