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Christoph Grรผter

@chrisleduck.bsky.social

Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour & Ecology @University of Bristol๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง |๐Ÿ ๐Ÿœ| immigrant ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ| he/him | https://www.socialinsect-research.com/

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We are looking for a Senior Project Officer โ€“ Save Our Shrills (SOS): Somerset ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ•’ Full-time, fixed term until March 2029
๐Ÿ“ Working from home with regular travel in and around the project area

Full details: https://ow.ly/TOzl50Yf0K1

16.02.2026 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Review in #ProcB - Flower constancy in #pollinators: a bouquet of agendas shapes interactions among mutualistic partners #OpenAccess @chrisleduck.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

06.02.2026 09:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Flower constancy in pollinators: a bouquet of agendas shapes interactions among mutualistic partners Abstract. Plantโ€“pollinator interactions have become a major research area because of their impact on key ecosystem services. One pollinator behaviour of pa

I'm pleased to share this new #openaccess review article on ๐ŸŒป flower constancy๐ŸŒป and how it shapes plant-pollinator interactions. I hope you'll find it useful ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆ‹ ๐ŸŒบ:

tinyurl.com/mrx59pt3

04.02.2026 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The first round of microgrants for 2026 is open! Apply here : https://opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective.

The first round of microgrants for 2026 is open! Apply here : https://opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective.

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Attention - the first round of microgrants for 2026 is running!
Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...

06.01.2026 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

New #PhD on #bees (BeeHd?)! Despite the ad saying "UK Students only", a limited number of scholarships are available for international candidates. So please apply!

03.02.2026 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Uppsala in late autumn

Uppsala in late autumn

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. Weโ€™re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

28.01.2026 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 147    ๐Ÿ” 176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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"The missing branches of the bee Tree of Life: addressing global Darwinian shortfalls and their drivers" doi.org/10.32942/X2P...

27.01.2026 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The findings found that managed stingless bees can โ€œmarkedly enhance coffee productionโ€

www.gcrmag.com/brazilian-be...

27.01.2026 07:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

23.01.2026 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
PhD position posting: "Reproductive division of labor without castes in simple social Hymenoptera"

PhD position posting: "Reproductive division of labor without castes in simple social Hymenoptera"

PhD position posting: "Reproductive division of labor without castes in simple social Hymenoptera" qualifications and contact details.

PhD position posting: "Reproductive division of labor without castes in simple social Hymenoptera" qualifications and contact details.

PhD opportunity in Prague, Czech Republic, to study reproductive skew in Xylocopine bees!

19.01.2026 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lovely town and region too ๐Ÿ‘‡

07.01.2026 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Four days left to apply for two postdocs in social evolution with me and @dustinrubenstein.com

Based at the University of Bristol (UK), conducting fieldwork with wasps in Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.

07.01.2026 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ“ขPhD opportunity!
We are looking for enthusiastic researchers to develop a project looking at the ontogeny of migratory behaviour!
Deadline for expression of interest: 8 February 2026
๐Ÿ‘‰Check details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wow2...
#migration #ornithology #GPStracking

06.01.2026 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Last years field assistant holding a Manx Shearwater on the isle of Rum (under a towel), retrieving a GPS device after a bird has returned from a foraging trip!

Last years field assistant holding a Manx Shearwater on the isle of Rum (under a towel), retrieving a GPS device after a bird has returned from a foraging trip!

We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.

Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.

drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...

05.01.2026 10:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Please share: Last week to apply for a PhD position on butterfly evolution at high elevations in our lab ๐Ÿฆ‹

05.01.2026 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Introduction to Postgraduate Courses | Department of Zoology Postgraduate study in the Department of Zoology We have about 100 postgraduate students working on an MPhil or PhD in Zoology at any one time and they form a strong and lively community.

The deadline to apply for PhD positions with me (or anyone in my department!) are coming up: Jan 7th.
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...

03.01.2026 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity The Department of Biology was established in 2010 through the merger of the Departments of Ecology, Cell and Organism Biology, Biological Undergraduate Education, and the Biological Museums. The depar

Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity.

Apply here no later than February 11 2026:

https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1

20.12.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 118    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐ŸšจRoll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching...

6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6

8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp

Social monitoring & manipulation
#meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata

@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

30.12.2025 10:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first Planetโ€™s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from โ€˜killer beesโ€™

Legal rights for stingless bees! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

29.12.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.

"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

24.12.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 882    ๐Ÿ” 313    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

Are you an animal behavior researcher? ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿฆœ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿชฒ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ๐ŸConsider supporting @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social this holiday season โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ
It takes less than a minute and your money goes directly towards supporting #AnimalBehavior students!! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„
opencollective.com/animal-behav...

22.12.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump cards game showing an image of a social insect and biological information

Trump cards game showing an image of a social insect and biological information

Got my hands on this amazing social insects trump card game, developed by @elvarobinson.bsky.social & her team to support inclusion bursaries for IUSSI conferences. It even has my favourite bee ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ!

If you want your own, for fun, outreach or teaching: www.iussi-nweurope.org/edi

21.12.2025 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congrats also to Dylan Thatcher and Alexis Gkantiragas for winning the prize for best student talks and to Cassandra Uthoff and Annie Joseph for the being awarded with the best poster prizes.

20.12.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Goethe University Frankfurt hiring Professur (W1 mit Tenure Track) fรผr Evolutionรคre ร–kologie der Hymenopteren in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | LinkedIn Posted 11:13:19 PM. Die Professur wird zunรคchst auf sechs Jahre befristet besetzt, nach erfolgreicher Evaluationโ€ฆSee this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

๐Ÿšจ Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera ๐Ÿ๐Ÿœ

Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...

20.12.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love this news, my time at Universitร  Roma Tre as an Erasmus student was an amazing and transformational experience ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

16.12.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I had a chance to see some Melipona seminigra stingless bees at INPA in Manaus recently, their honey's amazing!

I was surprised by how polymorphic they are. The last two photos show different colour morphs, one with an orange abdomen (merrillae type), the other is black (pernigra type, Belรฉm) ๐Ÿ

14.12.2025 08:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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POSTDOC ALERT๐Ÿšจ

Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!

We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.

Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com

@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

12.12.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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How Memory Evolves: Integrating Cognitive Ecology, Neuroscience, and Experimental Evolution in Drosophila at University College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - How Memory Evolves: Integrating Cognitive Ecology, Neuroscience, and Experimental Evolution in Drosophila at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

New PhD position available! For applicants keen to combine evolutionary ecology, neuroscience and animal cognition. Based at UCL with me, @maxreuter.bsky.social, @fcamus.bsky.social and Tamara Boto (Bristol). Directly funded, see here for details and eligibility: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

04.12.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Biggest stingless bee nest entrance Iโ€™ve ever seen! [normal-sized adult male hand for scale]

08.12.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A recovering patch of rainforest in Ecuadorian Chocรณ, picture by Eike Lena Neuschulz

A recovering patch of rainforest in Ecuadorian Chocรณ, picture by Eike Lena Neuschulz

Seed dispersal by ๐Ÿฆœ๐Ÿฆ‡ underpins rainforest recovery. We want to understand more about its timing + traits driving recovery through obs, exp + genomic data. Ready to join the @reassemblynet.bsky.social team working in Ecuadorian Chocรณ? Pls apply to our 4-yr PhD position @sgn.one: tinyurl.com/2pkryc99

05.12.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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