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Helene Benkert

@helenebenkert.bsky.social

Zooarchaeologist with a particular fondness for equids

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Itโ€™s a disgrace is what it is. And so very senseless. People who make (big) decisions should at the very least attempt to understand what they are making decisions about and the impact those decisions will have on people other than themselves.

23.09.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excited to share that Iโ€™ve started as Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark! ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽ“

I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.

๐Ÿ‘‰ PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon โ€” follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated ๐Ÿ™

05.09.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 119    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of the entrance to Sheffield station

Photo of the entrance to Sheffield station

Iโ€™m back! ๐Ÿฅณ
Happy to report that I have returned to Sheffield to explore the history of zoos among my Sheffield zooarch family. I will post updates here as regularly as I can manage, so watch this space if youโ€™re curious what Iโ€™ll get up to with this project. ๐Ÿ˜Ž @zooarchlabsheff.bsky.social

05.08.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So happy itโ€™s out!! Well done to everyone involved! ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿด
Thanks @sidestone.bsky.social for having and supporting us!

14.05.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Book cover for an upcoming publication showing a horse skull in the grass and a horse grazing in an open grassland with mountains in the background

Book cover for an upcoming publication showing a horse skull in the grass and a horse grazing in an open grassland with mountains in the background

Very proud and excited to share our upcoming book, due in May! ๐Ÿฅณ Lots of horse-y goodness spanning disciplines, periods and continents. Co-edited with my wonderful colleagues Kate Kanne @ansoc-erc.bsky.social and Camille Vo Van Qui.

13.02.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations! ๐Ÿฅณ

12.02.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The deadline has been extended to midnight today.

10.02.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can I interest anyone in a last-minute submission for our session at the #EAA2025?

10.02.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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International Fellowships 2025 The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.

Have/nearly have a PhD?
โ‰ค7 years post-doc experience?
Working outside UK?
Not a UK citizen?

BA & Royal Society offering 2-yr Fellowships for early career researchers to come to the UK!
๐Ÿ’ท Includes:
Research expenses ยฃ12k
Relocation up to ยฃ8k
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Deadline: Mar 18, 2025 (17:00 GMT)
#ResearchFunding

09.02.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Sign the Petition Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree

Save the Cardiff Ancient History petition has now over 3400 signatures. Sign, share and join @flintdibble.bsky.social at 6pm for a discussion with @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social on YouTube to hear more. www.change.org/p/save-cardi...

02.02.2025 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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