Evolutionary behavioral sciences starter pack
List of folks working in or around the evolutionary behavioral sciences.
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@psycheddiego.bsky.social
@michael.muthukrishna.com
Prof. #LSE. Author: A Theory of Everyone. Researching & spreading the word on how humans evolved & what that means for us today. www.atheoryofeveryone.com
@thomscottphillips.bsky.social
Language, Psychology, Culture, Philosophy, Society, Evolution • When not doing science I dance the lindy hop https://www.thomscottphillips.com/
@dsbarra.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist. Professor of Psychology. Editor of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. All views are personal, expressed as a private citizen.
@matthewmgervais.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology @BrunelCCE.bsky.social Sentiments & sociality co-evolving with culture. Comparative field methods & ethics. Pickles & playgrounds & ponds, oh my! https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/matthew-gervais
@larspenke.bsky.social
Professor of Biological Personality Psychology at the University of Göttingen
@davidwlawson.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara Applied Evolutionary Anthropology Lab 🌍🌏🌎 Human Behavioral Ecology Global Health, Family, Gender Norms 🏳️🌈 aea-lab.com
@kris-smith.bsky.social
Postdoc at WSU Paul Allen School for Global Health studying how people work together to respond to environmental change and infectious disease across E. Africa. Interdisciplinary and plays well with others. He/him Website: kristophermsmith.com
@jimmycoan.bsky.social
Exploring human connection through science and art. Inventor of Social Baseline Theory. Director of the Virginia Affective Neuroscience Lab. Host of the podcast “Circle of Willis." https://linktr.ee/jimcoan
@bxjaeger.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Tilburg University (🇳🇱) ❤️🧠Moral Psychology & Altruism 🌚🌝First impressions & Social biases 🔬📊Meta-science
@awutich.bsky.social
MacArthur Fellow. Anthropologist. Regents & President’s Professor. Director, ASU Center for Global Health & NSF Cultural Anthropology Methods Program. Editor, Field Methods. Proud co-founder of the AAG WISE (Water Insecurity) Research Community. Own Views
@dconroybeam.bsky.social
Associate professor at UCSB. Evolutionary and computational perspectives on human mating. Occasional nature photos. He/him. https://www.danconroybeam.com/
@ehemmott.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Biological Anthropology, bringing Evolution to Public Health. Director of Education at UCL Anthropology. Profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/30051
@eapower.bsky.social
anthropologist, network scientist, phillumenist, Rep2SI (rep2si.github.io) & ENDOW (endowproject.github.io), assoc prof at the London School of Economics, external faculty @sfiscience.bsky.social. (she/her)
@zoeliberman.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UCSB. Interested in the origins and development of humans' understanding of social relationships. liberman.psych.ucsb.edu
@mzefferman.bsky.social
Any views expressed are, at most, my own and do not reflect those of any organization.
@dedreu.bsky.social
Behavioral scientist @rug.nl; curious about mechanisms and functions of cooperation, conflict and creativity in (non)humans animals. Spinoza Laureate | Humboldt Forschungspreis. Professor at Univ. of Groningen, affiliated with German Primate Center
@mohammadatari.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology at UMass Amherst. Director of the Culture and Morality Lab.
@kurtjgray.bsky.social
Prof at UNC, studying morality, religion, AI. Director: Deepest Beliefs Lab; Center for the Science of Moral Understanding. Author: The Mind Club; Substack; forthcoming book
@katiemcauliffe.bsky.social
Cooperation, Morality, Justice, Norms, Evolution, Society, Culture, etc bccooperationlab.com bcvirtueproject.com Associate Prof @ Psychology & Neuroscience, Boston College
@daviddesteno.bsky.social
Psychological Scientist, Author, and host of PRX podcast "How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality." Studying the Science of Emotion, Morality, & Religion. Words frequently in NYT, WSJ, etc. https://davedesteno.com https://www.howgodworks.org
@jbsilk.bsky.social
Evolutionary anthropologist, primate behavioral ecologist, and part-time baker.
@talbotmandrews.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Cornell. I study disasters, public opinion, political economy, and climate change 🌲Oregonian🌲
@zhgarfield.com
Evolutionary anthropologist & behavioral scientist. Leadership, punishment, conflict resolution, & cultural transitions. Asst. Prof at UM6P in FGSES & AIRESS. Co-Director of @omovalleyresearchproject.org. 📍 Rabat 🇲🇦 🌐 https://zhgarfield.github.io
@jasonmfletcher.bsky.social
Professor of Public Affairs at University of Wisconsin. Health Economics, Social Genomics, Networks https://fletcher.lafollette.wisc.edu
@davidclewis.bsky.social
@johnhawks.net
Paleoanthropologist | Chair and Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin–Madison 🧪🏺💀https://www.johnhawks.net
@hugoreasoning.bsky.social
Evolutionary and cognitive psychologist. Author, Not Born Yesterday (http://tinyurl.com/yyh929ns), The Enigma of Reason (http://tinyurl.com/6hbpn84).
@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social
Incoming Assistant Professor @msupsychology.bsky.social • @ DukeU studying evolution, gossip, morality • Previously @uvapsychology.bsky.social • she/her • Founder: @psychresearchlist.bsky.social • Lab: @moralmindslab.bsky.social • www.meltemyucel.com
@drdanvers.bsky.social
Social Psychologist, Data Scientist, Baseball Fan, Dog Dad, Improviser
@dorsaamir.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology at Duke University studying kids & culture. Director of the Mind & Culture Lab. Iranian-American. Mom. Some people just want to watch the world learn. dorsaamir.com | mindandculturelab.com
@edhagen.net
Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University. Evolutionary medicine with a focus on drug use and mental health. Evolutionary psychology. Faculty page: https://anthro.vancouver.wsu.edu/people/hagen/
@marspidermonkey.bsky.social
Primatologist. Biological anthropologist. Recovering academic. Mammal Madness fan. Dog mom to the cutest rescue dog. Expertise in social relationships and stress in monkeys, apes, & humans, and the systemic inequities in academia & science. She/her
@m-b-petersen.bsky.social
Auditing the challenges of democracy in the 21st century for the Danish parliament with a particular focus on social media, mistrust and political alienation. Political science professor at Aarhus University, Denmark.
@rebeccasear.bsky.social
Director of the Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London @brunelcce.bsky.social. President of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association @ehbea.bsky.social https://www.rebeccasear.org/
@willgervais.com
psych prof & author | culture & evolution | atheists | methodological pluralism FTW | comic & horror nerd | he/him Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species https://www.amazon.com/Disbelief-Origins-Atheism-Religious-Species/dp/1633889246/
@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social
Psychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion. Sustack: https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/
@nachristakis.bsky.social
Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. Sociologist. Network Scientist. Physician. Author of Apollo's Arrow; Blueprint; Connected; and Death Foretold. Director of the Human Nature Lab: https://humannaturelab.net
@debruine.bsky.social
#rstats #PsyTeachR #PsySciAcc #OpenResearch #CodingClub #ManyFaces (overwhelmed by social media) 🏳️🌈 she/they
@sachaltay.bsky.social
🔎 Misinformation, social media & the news 🗞️ 🇨🇭 Postdoc at the University of Zurich, previously Reuters Institute & ENS 🇫🇷
@psmaldino.bsky.social
Paradigmatically promiscuous scientist. Modeler of cultural evolution and related topics. Professor at UC Merced and the Santa Fe Institute. Web: https://smaldino.com/wp/
@rmcelreath.bsky.social
Anthropologist - Bayesian modeling - organic modem converting poetry into code - cat and cooking content too - Director @ MPI for evolutionary anthropology https://www.eva.mpg.de/ecology/staff/richard-mcelreath/
@psycheddiego.bsky.social
Social psychologist with an evolutionary & anthropological bent: Cooperation, empathy, prosociality. President’s postdoc at the University of Arizona. http://psycheddiego.mystrikingly.com/