Dr Lora Adair @loraadair.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at Brunel University | Feminist + Evolutionist | Reproduction/Abortion Research + Outreach
Martin Lang @martinlangcz.bsky.social Cognitive and evolutionary science of human cooperation with particular interest in signaling, ritual, and religion.
Assist Prof at LEVYNA, Masaryk Uni
www.martinlang.cz
#CogEvoSciRel
James Winters @replicatedtypo.bsky.social Simulating sci-fi novels and calling it cultural evolution
Centre for Culture and Evolution | Brunel University London | https://j-winters.github.io
Claudio Tennie @ctennie.bsky.social A PI of the HUMAN ORIGINS project (TΓΌbingen, GER)
Humans, hominins & apes -> evolution of human cultural evolution
-> How did we get from an ape-like baseline to human cultural learning/ cultural cognition?
https://sites.google.com/view/claudiotennie
Annie Wertz @anniewertz.bsky.social Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at UC Santa Barbara π± Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) https://lilac.psych.ucsb.edu/ π± Studying how babies learn about plants
David Pietraszewski @dpietra.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at University of California, Santa Barbara. Previously Research Scientist at Max Planck for Human Development in Berlin, Germany.
Katie McAuliffe @katiemcauliffe.bsky.social Cooperation, Morality, Justice, Norms, Evolution, Society, Culture, etc
bccooperationlab.com
bcvirtueproject.com
Associate Prof @ Psychology & Neuroscience, Boston College
David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social Professor of Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara
Applied Evolutionary Anthropology Lab πππ
Human Behavioral Ecology
Global Health, Family, Gender Norms π³οΈβπ
aea-lab.com
Jessica D Ayers @jessicadayers.bsky.social Evolutionary Social Psychologist | Studies behavioral expressions of genetic conflict 𧬠| CSUFπand ASUpsych π±π΅alum | Assistant professor BoiseStatePsych jessicaayers.org
Bret Beheim @babeheim.bsky.social cultural evolution, behavioral ecology, math models, data provenance, MOSAIC group leader @ Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology + faculty at the Leipzig School of Human Origins https://babeheim.com/
M. Willis Monroe @willismonroe.com Cuneiform Studies, History of Science/Religion, Quantitative Humanities, Associate Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Co-Director of the Database of Religious History.
Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social Assistant professor of social psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago. I study identity-based division and how to reduce it, with a focus on ethno-religious conflict. Cinnabon enthusiast. michaelhpasek.com
Angelo Romano @aromano.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Leiden University and behavioral scientist interested in the evolutionary, cultural, and psychological foundations of conflict and cooperation among individuals and groups | cooperation, conflict, reciprocity, reputation & culture.
Evolutionary Social Psychology Co-Laboratory @kenbergerum.bsky.social The official feed of the Evolutionary Social Psychology Co-Laboratory at ASU, aka the Ken(rick)(Neu)berg(Beck)er(Varn)um Lab.
David Dunning @daviddunning6.bsky.social Studying the psychology underlying human misbelief.
Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen, Jr., Professor of the Study of Human Understanding, University of Michigan.
(PS. Neither Justin nor I named it that. Best career move we never made.)
he/him/his
Tom Costello @tomcostello.bsky.social research psychologist. beliefs, AI, computational social science. assistant prof at Carnegie Mellon
Durham Psychology @durhampsych.bsky.social The Department of Psychology at Durham University
Investigating human nature & processes underpinning our thoughts, feelings, & motivations
https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/psychology/
Helena Miton @helenamiton.bsky.social Cultural evolution - Cognitive Science - Cognitive Anthropology. Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford GSB. Formerly postdoc fellow at the Santa Fe Institute.
Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Georgia Tech HSOC. He|Him. History and Philosophy of Science; Culture and Cultural Evolution; Ethics; Cognition. www.andrewbuskell.com
The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social The British Psychological Society's magazine, born in 1988, available in print for members, online and app.
http://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist
Posts/views: Editor Dr @jonsutton.bsky.social and Deputy Editor @jennifergledhill.bsky.social.
Brunel Psychology @brunelpsy.bsky.social We are a vibrant research-intensive Division with expertise in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, culture and evolution, developmental, and social psychology based in Brunel University of London ππ§ π§¬π§ͺ
LINK TREE: https://linktr.ee/brunelpsyc
Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social Professor, Department of Psychology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University
https://gershmanlab.com/
Simon Columbus @simoncolumbus.bsky.social Lecturer, University of St Andrews | I work on cooperation, norms, institutions, & personality | http://simoncolumbus.com
Randolph Nesse @randynesse.bsky.social A founder of evolutionary medicine now trying to help psychiatry find its missing foundation in evolutionary biology.
Gilbert Roberts @gilbertroberts.bsky.social Free-range academic studying the evolution of behaviour in animals including humans. Cooperation, reputation, interdependence.
@davidpinsof.bsky.social @davidpinsof.bsky.social Evolutionary social scientist, research affiliate at UCLA, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity, writes about bullshit at http://everythingisbullshit.blog
Josh Ackerman @joshackman.bsky.social University of Michigan evolutionary social psychologist
James Bartlett @bartlettje.bsky.social Psychology lecturer at UoG π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
All things data skills, statistics, quant research methods, and HE pedagogy. #rstats
π£οΈπ¬π§π©πͺ
Daniel Nettle @danielnettle.bsky.social Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS, Paris
www.danielnettle.eu
The Cognitations podcast @cognitations.bsky.social Explore the mind's quirks through cognitive science on the cognitations podcast. Recorded @ Cambridge, ENS-PSL & Uni Grenoble Alpes.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/4xcczc4n
The Research Center for Group Dynamics @rcgd-isr.bsky.social The birthplace of foundational concepts in social science, RCGD conducts research on observed behavior at the U-M Institute for Social Research.
Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social Canadian social/cultural psychologist at UBC. Japanophile. Author of "Start making Sense," "DNA is not Destiny" and "Cultural Psychology."
Joshua Conrad Jackson @joshcjackson.bsky.social Cultural evolution of the mind | Assistant Professor @ University of Chicago, Booth School of Business & Faculty Affiliate of UChicago Data Science Institute | He/his | https://joshuaconradjackson.com
Robin Schimmelpfennig @schimmelpfennig.bsky.social PhD@heclausanne (w/ EffersonCharles) /Affl. @LSE_PBS w/ @mmuthukrishna & Google Research. UN Fellow for Behavioral Science #behavior #culture #organizations #AI Webite: robinschimmelpfennig.com
LSE Department of Psychological & Behavioural Science @lsepbs.bsky.social LSEβs Department of Psychological & Behavioural Science, investigating the human mind & behaviour in society. http://lse.ac.uk/pbs
Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social Co-director of the Cognition, Agency & Intelligence Center
Co-author of Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
Philosophy of mind, cog sci, cultural evolution, moral psych, climate change
https://tinyurl.com/y72qnp9v
Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social Faculty (Penn State), lab director (https://socialitylab.org), entrepreneur. Interdisciplinary anthropologist studying how people cooperate to manage risk. Foodie. ππ
Rachel Kendal @rachkendal.bsky.social Interested in cultural evolution, evolutionary anthropology, psychology, primatology, equitable academia, cats, dogs, wild swimming and camping. Prof at Durham Uni, UK (she/her)
Bruce Rawlings @brucerawlings.bsky.social Associate Prof. Durham University (Psychology)
Studying cultural evolution, innovation, creativity in kids cross-culturally, chimps and other animals.
DE&I Associate Editor, Developmental Science
Ipswich Town
Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social Professor of psychology; University of St Andrews, UK; gender/sex, evolution, culture; she/her. π
New edition: 'Sense & Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour' (https://tinyurl.com/yfv2kc27)
Lab: https://gillianbrown.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
Jonathan F Schulz @jonathanschulz.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at George Mason University. Interested in cultural evolution, human behavior, economic development and history. https://sites.google.com/site/jonathanfschulz/
Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com I am an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento (Italy): cognitive anthropology / cultural evolution / digital media / cultural analytics
More info in the pinned post.
Aiyana Koka Willard @aiyanakoka.bsky.social Cultural Evolutionary Psychologist | Centre for Culture and Evolution | Brunel University London
Researcher of religion, religious decline, spiritual beliefs, and other worldviews
Dr. Sanchayan Banerjee @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social Associate Professor, School for Government, Kingβs College London| Professional Education Lead, The Policy Institute| Visiting Fellow, LSE| PhD, MSc via London School of Economics| Editorial member, PLOS One, Scientific Reports, Hum. & Soc. Sci. Comms.
Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
Sam Bowman @sambowman.co Editor of www.worksinprogress.co and head of publishing at Stripe. Just here to have fun.
Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social Historian. Coffee drinker
Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social Institute Professor, MIT Economics. Co-Director of @mitshapingwork.bsky.social. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.
Lindsey Powell @lindseypowell.bsky.social Developmental psych & cog neuro, studying how babies and kids make sense of and learn from their social world. Asst Prof @ UCSD. she/her
ProSocial World @prosocialworld.bsky.social We're a non-profit helping people and communities work better together. We provide evidence-based courses and practical tools. A more prosocial world starts here. https://prosocial.world
Rachel Harrison @rachelaharrison.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Anthropology Department, Durham University. Studying social learning in humans and other primates.
Celia Heyes @celiaheyes.bsky.social Theoretical psychologist studying the evolution of human cognition.
All Souls College, University of Oxford
https://users.ox.ac.uk/~ascch/
Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social SPSP strives to advance the study, teaching, and application of personality and social psychology. Links, Reposts β endorsement. Monitored 9am ET - 5pm ET, Monday-Friday
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
π ft.com/jbm
Dan Sperber @dansperber.bsky.social
Yarrow Dunham @yarrowdunham.bsky.social Studies social cognition in children and grown-ups. Teaches in the psychology and cognitive science programs at Yale.
Lab: socialcogdev.com
Center for Open Science @cos.io Our mission is to increase openness, integrity, and trustworthiness of research.
π§ Contact COS: contact[at]cos.io | OSF Support: support[at]osf.io
Nicole Wen @nicolewen.bsky.social Ph.D. β’ Lecturer (Asst Prof) in Psychology | Centre for Culture and Evolution | Brunel University of London | Director of the Culture & Minds Lab (@culturemindslab.bsky.social) | www.nicolewen.com
David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social Professor of Psychology and Department Head at Oklahoma State University, USA. Interests include personality, health, gender/sex diversity; Founded or co-founded International Sexuality Description Project, Culture and Evolution, Dionysus Digital Health.
Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity (2023) + The Psychology of Misinformation (2024). Bad News Game.
www.sandervanderlinden.com
Will @evolvingmoloch.bsky.social traditionsofconflict.com
Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com Economics Professor at Chapman University. President of ASREC. Author of Rulers, Religion and Riches http://amzn.to/3luy5qe and How the World Became Rich http://amzn.to/2ZZJetD
https://www.jaredcrubin.com/
https://www.howtheworldbecamerich.com/
@matthewsyed.bsky.social @matthewsyed.bsky.social
Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social β Founder of Our World in Data
β Professor at the University of Oxford
Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
Oliver Scott Curry @oliverscottcurry.bsky.social Chief Science Officer www.kindness.org | Research Affiliate https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk | www.oliverscottcurry.com
Evolution, cooperation, morality & politics. All posts are hypotheses.
EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social Official feed of European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association. Follow for news and info about awards, grants, conferences. Account managed by @pablovarase.bsky.social www.ehbea.org
Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social Professor of Psychology at NYU (jayvanbavel.com) | Author of The Power of Us Book (powerofus.online) | Director of NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation | trying to write a new book about collective decisions
Alexandra Rosati @alexrosati.bsky.social Associate Professor at University of Michigan interested in primates, cognition, development & evolution
Cognitive Evolution Group: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-evolution/
Primate Learning in Action: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/primatelearning/
Prof Nichola Raihani @nicholaraihani.bsky.social Professor & Author
Auckland & UCL
Books: THE SOCIAL INSTINCT (2021) || THE THINKING ANIMAL (2027, βπΌ)
Website: www.nicholaraihani.com
Likes cycling.
Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social Director of the Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London @brunelcce.bsky.social
https://www.rebeccasear.org/
Nicholas A. Christakis @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
Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com Cultural evolution researcher at the University of Exeter (Penryn campus), UK. I study human social learning and culture using evolutionary theory.
Past President of the Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
Website: alexmesoudi.com
Robert Wright @robertwrighter.bsky.social Author of Nonzero, The Moral Animal, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True. Writing a book about AI. Publisher of the Nonzero Newsletter & host of the Nonzero Podcast. https://nonzero.substack.com/ - C @ckavanagh.bsky.social @ckavanagh.bsky.social
Richard Thaler @rthaler.bsky.social Behavioral Economist, sports fan
Stephen Vaisey πΊπ¦ @stephenvaisey.com Professor at Duke University. Cultural evolution, political attitudes, social change, nerdy stuff in R. YNWA. https://vaiseys.github.io/
Liam Delaney @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social Head of LSE Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. Personal webpage with reading lists etc., here https://economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/
Dr Rebecca Koomen @rebeccakoomen.bsky.social Studying origins of cooperation for sustainability.
Developmental, cross-cultural, comparative psychologist.
UM6P School of Collective Intelligence
she / her
John Little @johnlittle.bsky.social Evolution created a system of coevolving geophysical, biophysical, sociocultural and sociotechnical systems. The ensuing societal challenges of the Anthropocene must be holistically framed and addressed: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c11895.
Cultural Evolution - Transformation Fund @cultevolfunding.bsky.social Transforming the Field of Cultural Evolution. Funding by @templeton_fdn through @CulturalEvolSoc.bsky.social
https://mas.to/@CulturalEvolFunding
https://twitter.com/CultEvolFunding
ces.transformationfund@durham.ac.uk
https://ces-transformationfund.org/
Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social Professor of Ethics & Technology @ Hertie School, Berlin. Interests: Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Behavioural Ecology; Cooperation; Digital Governance. Social media policy: https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/10/guidance-to-my-social-media.html
ESLR @eslr.bsky.social ESLR Society is a community for early-career researchers interested in human and non-human animal culture, behaviour and learning. Join for free and subscribe to our mailing list at:
https://www.eslrsociety.com
MΓcheΓ‘l @michealdebarra.bsky.social
Jeremy Kendal @jeremykendal.bsky.social Anthropologist at Durham University, UK. Interests include epistemology and ontology, cultural evolution, disease emergence.
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/jeremy-kendal/
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8644-3117
Joe Stubbersfield @jstubbersfield.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Winchester University. Research in social transmission, cultural evolution, and psych behind conspiracy theories & urban legends.
https://jmstubbersfield.wordpress.com/
Daniel Redhead @danielredhead.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Sociology at @rug.nl | Interdisciplinary researcher interested in social networks, cooperation, and social and economic inequality | Assistant director of the ENDOW project: endowproject.github.io π³οΈβπ
Thom Scott-Phillips @thomscottphillips.bsky.social Language, Psychology, Culture, Philosophy, Society, Evolution β’ When not doing science I dance the lindy hop
https://linktr.ee/thomscottphillips
Durham Cultural Evolution Research Centre @durhamdcerc.bsky.social DCERC is a highly interdisciplinary research centre using evolutionary models to study cultural change and diversity. Based at Durham University, England.
Cody Moser @culturologies.co Assistant Professor, UM6P School of Collective Intelligence | PhD UCMCogSci: collective intelligence, systems collapse, complex systems, networks, etc.
Scott Claessens @scottclaessens.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Kent, interested in cultural evolution, cooperation, and moral psychology with a focus on artificial intelligence.
Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social The official account for the Cultural Evolution Society. Our mission is to promote the study of cultural evolution in research and practice.
www.culturalevolutionsociety.org
Hugo Mercier @hugoreasoning.bsky.social Evolutionary and cognitive psychologist. Author, Not Born Yesterday (http://tinyurl.com/yyh929ns), The Enigma of Reason (http://tinyurl.com/6hbpn84).
Richard McElreath πββ¬ @rmcelreath.bsky.social Anthropologist - Bayesian modeling - science reform - cat and cooking content too - Director @ MPI for evolutionary anthropology https://www.eva.mpg.de/ecology/staff/richard-mcelreath/
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social Working to understand & support what it takes to deliver effective, inclusive & scalable nature recovery. https://naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
Our talks in person & online: https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social Psychologist who studies and writes about human natureβincluding morality, pleasure, and religion. Sustack: https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/
Matthew Gervais @matthewmgervais.bsky.social Lecturer in Psychology @BrunelCCE.bsky.social.
Sentiments & sociality co-evolving with culture.
Comparative field methods & ethics.
Pickles & playgrounds & ponds on the side.
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/matthew-gervais
Lionel Page @lionelpage.bsky.social Director of UQ Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences. Editor of the Journal of the Economic Science Association. Book: βOptimally Irrationalβ, Substack: https://www.optimallyirrational.com/
Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social Paradigmatically promiscuous scientist. Ankylosaur enthusiast. Modeler of cultural evolution and related topics. Anti-fascist. Professor at UC Merced, external prof at the Santa Fe Institute and CSH-Vienna.
Web: https://smaldino.com/wp/
Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social Exploring the intersection of culture, evolution, psychology and anthropology. We study how culture and evolution shape human behaviour and society
Michael Muthukrishna @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