Prof Emma Flynn
Comparative Psychologist
Interested in Innovation, Inclusive Growth, Creativity, Research and Development
- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnNo joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnOther work of the Ladybird artists. A February Day Artist: Rowland Hilder
- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnNew wadertales blog on how quickly juvenile godwits learn to feed efficiently through their first winter: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/l... From new @asab.org paper led by Josh Nightingale: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology
- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnLast week, RPN broke a string of stories on significant changes to funding across a number of research councils (see thread below) This morning, UKRI chief executive is appearing at the Commons science committee, where he is being asked about them by MPs Here are some key moments so far 🧵
- On Friday we revealed that the heads of four large-scale physics infrastructure projects have been informed that they’ve “not been prioritised” for funding. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnCan't resist revisiting this Art Nouveau winding staircase decorated with metal flowers and vines, designed by architect Ede Magyar, at Reök Palace in Szeged, Hungary (1907)
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- I caught this beautiful sunset today. #London #HousesofParliament
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- Reposted by Prof Emma Flynn🚨Roll 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
- ‘You sit on a throne of lies’ - Christmas has officially begun.
- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnGeorgia O'Keeffe, You Are The Sun, 1977 #Womensart #Solstice
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- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnLadybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 21 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
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- Books I have read and enjoyed on my holiday: The Original by Nell Stevens, the second of the ‘On the Calculation of Volume’ by Solvej Balle, and The List of Suspicious Things by Janine Godfrey.
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- Looks excellent!
- This new issue of #PhilTransB expands the field of cultural #evolution and shows why it matters for today’s biggest challenges. It highlights research funded by the @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social's Transformation Fund, which focused on #DEI: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnThis new issue of #PhilTransB expands the field of cultural #evolution and shows why it matters for today’s biggest challenges. It highlights research funded by the @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social's Transformation Fund, which focused on #DEI: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
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- My recent morning runs have both been very beautiful but also quite different.
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- Not a bad day in London, the National Portrait Gallery, and then Nouvelle Vague in Camden Town.
- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnSince we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies. Marion Davies!
- It is always painful to drag yourself out of bed for a morning run especially when it is cold; but it is always worth it. #morningrun #leamingtonspa #morninglight
- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnAffective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms...(1)
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- I’m setting up a new Broadband system this weekend. The provider says that it up takes between 30 minutes and 3 hours for self-assembly. Is there a better test of oneself? Let the challenge begin!
- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnHow do humans keep inventing tools and technologies that no single person could create alone? Our new preprint, led by @anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
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- Skye - it didn’t disappoint despite the storm.
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- Reposted by Prof Emma FlynnThis article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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- Reposted by Prof Emma Flynnwww.psypost.org/students-rate-identical-lectures-differently-based-on-professors-gender-researchers-find/# #AcademicSky - it never ends.
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- I’m really enjoying this Rugby final. #comeonengland
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- The Glasshouse at Belfast Botanical Gardens #Belfast
- This was rather wonderful.
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- Any recommendations for Skye, Harris and Lewis? Beaches, sights, walks, restaurants, local crafts? In return here is a photo of the other side of Scotland!
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- Reposted by Prof Emma Flynn@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised! 3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution 2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions. Please share and apply! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
- How beautiful- the view from my daughter’s university room. @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social a great first day
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