Dr Lucy Mitchell
@lucyjmitchell.bsky.social
Movement ecologist @ecobird.bsky.social @ Gent. Behaviour of birds, spatial statistics, #MotusWTS. PhD on European nightjar individual variation. Runner, Border Terrier owner.
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We are hiring! 🧪
Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake...
Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
www.unr.edu/biology
#evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake...
Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
www.unr.edu/biology
#evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
October 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
We are hiring! 🧪
Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake...
Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
www.unr.edu/biology
#evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake...
Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
www.unr.edu/biology
#evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
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Do you study avian foraging, diet, or nutrition? We’ve just opened submissions for a special issue on avian diets in J Avian Biology: nso-journals.org/all-news/cal.... #ornithology
Call for Papers | Special issue “Decomposing avian diet: linking food, foraging and fitness” — NSO Journals
The Journal of Avian Biology is inviting contributions for the special issue “Decomposing avian diet: linking food, foraging and fitness.” Submission deadline: 30 September 2027.
nso-journals.org
October 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Do you study avian foraging, diet, or nutrition? We’ve just opened submissions for a special issue on avian diets in J Avian Biology: nso-journals.org/all-news/cal.... #ornithology
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New #ornithology paper!
Knowledge gaps and research directions in migration ecology for advancing the #conservation of migratory songbirds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Aims to stimulate research advancing #migration #ecology and conserving threatened migratory #songbirds.
Knowledge gaps and research directions in migration ecology for advancing the #conservation of migratory songbirds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Aims to stimulate research advancing #migration #ecology and conserving threatened migratory #songbirds.
September 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
New #ornithology paper!
Knowledge gaps and research directions in migration ecology for advancing the #conservation of migratory songbirds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Aims to stimulate research advancing #migration #ecology and conserving threatened migratory #songbirds.
Knowledge gaps and research directions in migration ecology for advancing the #conservation of migratory songbirds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Aims to stimulate research advancing #migration #ecology and conserving threatened migratory #songbirds.
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shot / chaser, academic services spam edition
"Don’t you think that AI can sometimes make a biomedical paper, a humanities paper, and a physics paper sound oddly similar? In research publishing, your voice matters, and so does how you make an argument."
"Don’t you think that AI can sometimes make a biomedical paper, a humanities paper, and a physics paper sound oddly similar? In research publishing, your voice matters, and so does how you make an argument."
September 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
shot / chaser, academic services spam edition
"Don’t you think that AI can sometimes make a biomedical paper, a humanities paper, and a physics paper sound oddly similar? In research publishing, your voice matters, and so does how you make an argument."
"Don’t you think that AI can sometimes make a biomedical paper, a humanities paper, and a physics paper sound oddly similar? In research publishing, your voice matters, and so does how you make an argument."
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2 Student Job + thesis offers: Impacts of agricultural practices and seasonal invertebrate availability on grassland birds. Field surveys in Brandenburg. Details coming soon - stay tuned, get in touch! @dornitholges.bsky.social @euflynet.bsky.social @eoufledglings.bsky.social @eounion.bsky.social
September 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
2 Student Job + thesis offers: Impacts of agricultural practices and seasonal invertebrate availability on grassland birds. Field surveys in Brandenburg. Details coming soon - stay tuned, get in touch! @dornitholges.bsky.social @euflynet.bsky.social @eoufledglings.bsky.social @eounion.bsky.social
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Opportunity!
We have an #internship offer through the RISE program. This applies to undergraduate students studying at North American, British or Irish Universities.
If you are interested in doing fieldwork with us next spring/summer, have a look at the RISE website:
www.daad.de/rise/en/rise...
We have an #internship offer through the RISE program. This applies to undergraduate students studying at North American, British or Irish Universities.
If you are interested in doing fieldwork with us next spring/summer, have a look at the RISE website:
www.daad.de/rise/en/rise...
September 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Opportunity!
We have an #internship offer through the RISE program. This applies to undergraduate students studying at North American, British or Irish Universities.
If you are interested in doing fieldwork with us next spring/summer, have a look at the RISE website:
www.daad.de/rise/en/rise...
We have an #internship offer through the RISE program. This applies to undergraduate students studying at North American, British or Irish Universities.
If you are interested in doing fieldwork with us next spring/summer, have a look at the RISE website:
www.daad.de/rise/en/rise...
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Hi #ECBB2026 @ecbb2026.bsky.social 👋 I have 3 UKRI-funded Senior Research Associate positions live at the intersection of behaviour, conservation + AI (coral reefs/UK waters) 2x2yr9mth; 1x2yrs. More info here sallykeith.weebly.com/team.html Wish I was there!
Team
***Three new postdoc positions!*** Our team is growing! Join us to unlock animal behaviour as an early warning system, underpinned by mechanistic ecological understanding, delivering responsible and.....
sallykeith.weebly.com
September 2, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Hi #ECBB2026 @ecbb2026.bsky.social 👋 I have 3 UKRI-funded Senior Research Associate positions live at the intersection of behaviour, conservation + AI (coral reefs/UK waters) 2x2yr9mth; 1x2yrs. More info here sallykeith.weebly.com/team.html Wish I was there!
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⏳ Time is ticking… Only 5 days left!
Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2026 , our free online conference on animal behavior in a changing world.
📅 Deadline: September 6
📄 Submit your abstract now!👉 ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2026 , our free online conference on animal behavior in a changing world.
📅 Deadline: September 6
📄 Submit your abstract now!👉 ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
Animal Behaviour Live: Annual Online Conference 2026 - Sciencesconf.org
Sciencesconf.org
ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
September 1, 2026 at 7:18 AM
⏳ Time is ticking… Only 5 days left!
Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2026 , our free online conference on animal behavior in a changing world.
📅 Deadline: September 6
📄 Submit your abstract now!👉 ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2026 , our free online conference on animal behavior in a changing world.
📅 Deadline: September 6
📄 Submit your abstract now!👉 ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
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🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN...
...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries
Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026
Full details via links ⬇️
Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c...
#ornithology 🪶
...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries
Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026
Full details via links ⬇️
Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c...
#ornithology 🪶
September 1, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN...
...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries
Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026
Full details via links ⬇️
Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c...
#ornithology 🪶
...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries
Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026
Full details via links ⬇️
Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c...
#ornithology 🪶
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One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend.
Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived
A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’
www.irishtimes.com
August 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend.
Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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📢 Postdoc opportunity in interaction networks under global change @ University of Helsinki! The position includes leading fieldwork & analyses on seed dispersal networks & mentoring junior researchers.
Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs
Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation
jobs.helsinki.fi
August 31, 2026 at 7:07 AM
📢 Postdoc opportunity in interaction networks under global change @ University of Helsinki! The position includes leading fieldwork & analyses on seed dispersal networks & mentoring junior researchers.
Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs
Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs
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🦌💩🦠 PhD opportunity!
I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible.
Please share!
I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible.
Please share!
August 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
🦌💩🦠 PhD opportunity!
I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible.
Please share!
I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible.
Please share!
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Any recommended suppliers for antennas and masts in Ireland? #spéirghorm
August 28, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Any recommended suppliers for antennas and masts in Ireland? #spéirghorm
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Come join us at the Third Biannual Lund Thermal Biology Symposium on 27-29 October in Sweden.
@conphysjournal.bsky.social
is sponsoring travel grants to help students and ECRs attend. www.biology.lu.se/lundthermal2...
@conphysjournal.bsky.social
is sponsoring travel grants to help students and ECRs attend. www.biology.lu.se/lundthermal2...
Animal health, reproduction and survival in the age of humans 27–29 October 2026
Lund University.
www.biology.lu.se
August 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Come join us at the Third Biannual Lund Thermal Biology Symposium on 27-29 October in Sweden.
@conphysjournal.bsky.social
is sponsoring travel grants to help students and ECRs attend. www.biology.lu.se/lundthermal2...
@conphysjournal.bsky.social
is sponsoring travel grants to help students and ECRs attend. www.biology.lu.se/lundthermal2...
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Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
www.evoldir.net
August 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
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Nominations for this years @bou.org.uk awards are OPEN!
🏆 Godman Salvin Prize
🎤 Alfred Newton Lecture to present at #BOU2028 on Bird Demography
🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal
🌱 Early Professional Award
For full details and to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
📆 Deadline 15th Sept 26
#ornithology ⭐
🏆 Godman Salvin Prize
🎤 Alfred Newton Lecture to present at #BOU2028 on Bird Demography
🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal
🌱 Early Professional Award
For full details and to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
📆 Deadline 15th Sept 26
#ornithology ⭐
August 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Nominations for this years @bou.org.uk awards are OPEN!
🏆 Godman Salvin Prize
🎤 Alfred Newton Lecture to present at #BOU2028 on Bird Demography
🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal
🌱 Early Professional Award
For full details and to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
📆 Deadline 15th Sept 26
#ornithology ⭐
🏆 Godman Salvin Prize
🎤 Alfred Newton Lecture to present at #BOU2028 on Bird Demography
🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal
🌱 Early Professional Award
For full details and to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
📆 Deadline 15th Sept 26
#ornithology ⭐
New from @alixkristiansen.bsky.social as part of our @ecobird.bsky.social lab! Those pesky #steamerduck nests are super hard to find so breeding estimates are thin on the ground. Find out more in the WJO!
Advance articles from the WJO: Breeding phenology and estimates of reproductive outcomes in Falkland SteamerDucks (Tachyeres brachypterus). #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
August 26, 2026 at 7:23 AM
New from @alixkristiansen.bsky.social as part of our @ecobird.bsky.social lab! Those pesky #steamerduck nests are super hard to find so breeding estimates are thin on the ground. Find out more in the WJO!
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🪶 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🪶
16th European Ornithologists' Union Congress
Brno, Czech Republic
23-27 August 2027
Do you have a research theme you’d like to bring to EOU?
The call for symposia, round table discussions and pre-congress meetings is now open!
Apply: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym...
#EOU2027
16th European Ornithologists' Union Congress
Brno, Czech Republic
23-27 August 2027
Do you have a research theme you’d like to bring to EOU?
The call for symposia, round table discussions and pre-congress meetings is now open!
Apply: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym...
#EOU2027
August 24, 2026 at 9:24 AM
🪶 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🪶
16th European Ornithologists' Union Congress
Brno, Czech Republic
23-27 August 2027
Do you have a research theme you’d like to bring to EOU?
The call for symposia, round table discussions and pre-congress meetings is now open!
Apply: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym...
#EOU2027
16th European Ornithologists' Union Congress
Brno, Czech Republic
23-27 August 2027
Do you have a research theme you’d like to bring to EOU?
The call for symposia, round table discussions and pre-congress meetings is now open!
Apply: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym...
#EOU2027
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We’re seeking highly motivated MSc and PhD students to join the Animal Cognition Research Group at the University of Alberta in Fall 2027! 🐦
All positions are funded:
MSc: 2.3 years
PhD: 5 years
Applications: Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 2026
sites.psych.ualberta...
PsychUAlberta
🧪
1/2
All positions are funded:
MSc: 2.3 years
PhD: 5 years
Applications: Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 2026
sites.psych.ualberta...
PsychUAlberta
🧪
1/2
August 20, 2026 at 9:27 PM
We’re seeking highly motivated MSc and PhD students to join the Animal Cognition Research Group at the University of Alberta in Fall 2027! 🐦
All positions are funded:
MSc: 2.3 years
PhD: 5 years
Applications: Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 2026
sites.psych.ualberta...
PsychUAlberta
🧪
1/2
All positions are funded:
MSc: 2.3 years
PhD: 5 years
Applications: Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 2026
sites.psych.ualberta...
PsychUAlberta
🧪
1/2
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Free PhD positions!!!
Cluster of Excellence NaviSense
-> Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation
-> is looking for curious and motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join NaviSense as Doctoral Researchers.
#NaviSense #ornithology
uol.de/en/job/docto...
Cluster of Excellence NaviSense
-> Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation
-> is looking for curious and motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join NaviSense as Doctoral Researchers.
#NaviSense #ornithology
uol.de/en/job/docto...
August 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Free PhD positions!!!
Cluster of Excellence NaviSense
-> Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation
-> is looking for curious and motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join NaviSense as Doctoral Researchers.
#NaviSense #ornithology
uol.de/en/job/docto...
Cluster of Excellence NaviSense
-> Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation
-> is looking for curious and motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join NaviSense as Doctoral Researchers.
#NaviSense #ornithology
uol.de/en/job/docto...
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📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University!
Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍
➡️More info below
Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍
➡️More info below
July 7, 2026 at 9:48 AM
📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University!
Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍
➡️More info below
Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍
➡️More info below
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👩🔬 Join us for a new course on the use of stable isotope analysis in ecology and environmental sciences
📅 15th–18th December 2026
📍 @ebdonana.bsky.social (Seville, Spain)
🎓 For PhD students, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Registration details & form coming soon!
📅 15th–18th December 2026
📍 @ebdonana.bsky.social (Seville, Spain)
🎓 For PhD students, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Registration details & form coming soon!
August 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
👩🔬 Join us for a new course on the use of stable isotope analysis in ecology and environmental sciences
📅 15th–18th December 2026
📍 @ebdonana.bsky.social (Seville, Spain)
🎓 For PhD students, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Registration details & form coming soon!
📅 15th–18th December 2026
📍 @ebdonana.bsky.social (Seville, Spain)
🎓 For PhD students, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Registration details & form coming soon!
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NaviSense, the Cluster of Excellence on Animal Navigation at the University of Oldenburg, is looking for motivated doctoral researchers to join their interdisciplinary team!
Find more details here: 🔗 uol.de/job1191en
#DoctoralResearcher #AnimalNavigation #Oldenburg
Find more details here: 🔗 uol.de/job1191en
#DoctoralResearcher #AnimalNavigation #Oldenburg
August 18, 2026 at 12:38 PM
NaviSense, the Cluster of Excellence on Animal Navigation at the University of Oldenburg, is looking for motivated doctoral researchers to join their interdisciplinary team!
Find more details here: 🔗 uol.de/job1191en
#DoctoralResearcher #AnimalNavigation #Oldenburg
Find more details here: 🔗 uol.de/job1191en
#DoctoralResearcher #AnimalNavigation #Oldenburg
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Imagine being the author of the worst take on AI yet published by Nature.
When AI writes the words, who is the author?
After an AI detector classified one of my opinion pieces as entirely AI-generated, I found myself questioning where authorship ends, where expertise begins and what readers deserve to know.
www.nature.com
August 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Imagine being the author of the worst take on AI yet published by Nature.
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EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost!
ecoevojobs.net
ecoevojobs.net
ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
ecoevojobs.net
August 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost!
ecoevojobs.net
ecoevojobs.net