Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann
. behavioural ecologist
. Foraging Ecology And Social Ties (FEASTs)
. von Humboldt postdoc fellow @ Durham
. Preprint Editor ProcB
. General Editor Hunter Gatherer Research
🌱♻️🌈🧠🌶️
✊ally to 🏳️⚧️ and BLM
fhillemann.github.io
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannNew blog post!!🚨 Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪 Read the blog here 👇
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannWe're advertising a PhD project on how social isolation influences aggression in flies. Based at Durham, co-supervised by @clarahowcroft.bsky.social . Despite what the ad says, this is also open to international applicants! Any questions, shoot me a msg! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannSee also Richard Frye:
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannPlease, quote also the original article and their authors, active here, which for sure could benefit from your posts: The study here arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 By @paolocrosetto.bsky.social @pagomba.bsky.social And @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannTrue, very true. That is why I will have nothing to do with MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi. Quote: "Now, even the most mediocre researchers receive a flood of invitations to edit one of these countless special issues, which have become a multi-million dollar business" 🧪
- Thousands of scientists inflate their CVs with self-published studies that cost millions of dollars of public money 1 in 8 'special issues' is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI @manuelansede.bsky.social english.elpais.com/science-tech...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannThank you so much for the invitation!!! I am taking requests! What would you like to hear in a plenary????
- Ready to meet our third plenary speaker? We are delighted to announce it's.... 🥁 🥁 🥁 The extraordinary @mherberstein.bsky.social
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannIf you are organising a symposium related to animal cognition for #ECBB2026, and would like to develop/guest edit a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition to accompany it, please get in touch with us at ecbb2026@aru.ac.uk #academicconference #academicsky #animalbehaviour
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannWith ten days to go to submit your symposia proposal, we're here to answer your most burning question: What is the registration cost? #AcademicTwitter #Conferencechatter #ECBB2026
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannVery nice modeling work by a great team: @drelenamiu.bsky.social @ndersen.bsky.social @sheinalew.bsky.social @felixthehauskat.bsky.social 👇
- "The relationship between childhood exploration and population-level innovation in cultural evolution" with @ndersen.bsky.social @sheinalew.bsky.social @felixthehauskat.bsky.social out in Proc B royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannReally great new paper using agent-based modelling to show how an exploratory childhood can lead to innovation in the population at large. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
- Are you using #preprints? How do you pick where to host? 🧪 It’s more than a technical detail about subject fit: preprint servers differ in who funds and governs them, which can affect long-term stability and ethical commitments food for thought 👇
- 🧵 Preprint servers, sustainability, and values When I first started posting preprints, my main criterion was topical fit. I mostly use bioRxiv and EcoEvoRxiv. But preprint infrastructure isn’t neutral — and it isn’t guaranteed to last (1/7) #Preprints #OpenScience #ScholarlyInfrastructure
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann🎄 New paper! 🎁 Since the 20s it's been said that "the Hadza don't use traps". Except sporadic snaring, none have been reported. So I was excited to find baited cage traps in use. More exciting, this was cross-cultural transmission — seldom seen in action! 1/5 tinyurl.com/cagetrap
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View full threadReposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannI've used Liverpool University Press's green open access policy to share this research but here's the journal link from Hunter Gatherer Research. Please consider submitting special interest papers like this to HGR! We really do have great editors. 6/5 tinyurl.com/mt8a5p9z
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannRegistrations are now open 📢 Want to join the conference and/or the workshop? Head to our website: culture-conference.com/registration/ As every year, attendance at the conference is free 🎉 (the workshop has a small fee). Reminder: Abstract submission closes soon—submit yours before Monday!
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannCome 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: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:8…
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannSave the date! 🗓️ On the 14th of Jan 2026, we will hold our first online meeting after a prolonged hiatus 💻🌍. This will be a friendly, informal gathering for members to meet and learn about ESLR activities for 2026 including our upcoming skill sharing sessions. 🛠️💡 More information will follow soon!
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannJoin us for the @ecbb2026.bsky.social at @angliaruskin.bsky.social in September! @asab.org meeting secretary @viveknityananda.bsky.social advertising our conference at #asabwinter2025
- the ✨new✨ @ehbea.bsky.social website www.ehbea.org is live and looking great! The (opt-in!) member directory is a fantastic addition, such a nice way to find people and connect!
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannAcademics talk a lot about sustainability, but not always in ways practitioners can use. We spent 3 days with NGOs, businesses & community organizers to understand what actually works. New paper in Phil Trans B: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article... #AcademicSky #ScienceCommunication 🧪
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemanneditors usually request cover art image submissions from authors or use stock imagery (journal publishers don't usually pay artists for cover art which is weird) Tecumseh Fitch, the editor of this special issue, chose to generate AI slop instead. He should know better
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannAnyone looking for a Australia-based postdoc? Like animal behaviour / coding / birds? My fantastic collaborator, Iliana Medina, is advertising a position researching bird nests: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannUnder two weeks before my #play hits the stage @taratheatre.com ! Can't wait! Come see it if you're in London- it'll be great to have tons of people there. Book here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d... A video of me wittering on about the play in the post below ⬇️ #theatre #newWriting #immigration
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannWe're so excited to be hosting this event for LGBTQ+ STEM Day with @prideinstem.bsky.social on 18th November! 🌈 Find out more and book your free ticket: www.outsavvy.com/event/31027/...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannLate to the party but finally migrating here after some social media break - excited to have a new platform to keep up with the latest research!
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann📢🚀 Are you an early-career researcher working on anything related to culture, behaviour or learning? 🧠🌍 Join ESLR, an interdisciplinary research community! We have a NEW website and our membership is now FREE. 👉 Sign up here to get updates and become a member: www.eslrsociety.com/membership
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannESLR is currently undergoing a transition, and a new committee (@alexschakowski.bsky.social, @ahnisnaahsi.bsky.social, @katebonner.bsky.social, @lucahahn.bsky.social, @mariapykala.bsky.social) is working on reinstating its presence and shaping its future. Please feel free to get in touch!
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannWe are seeking an ornithologist/modeller for a 2-year POST-DOC in Turin. Using archaeological remains, we will reconstruct past avian communities to understand the impacts of climate change and human pressure on birds through time. For details see cutt.ly/irN76QDZ PLEASE RT. #ornithology #AviArch
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannJob Alert! Come and join our team at our field site CRP Simenti in Senegal. Julia Fischer @julxf.bsky.social (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social) is recruiting a #Research_Manager. Work with the wonderful lovely Guinea baboons and manage our long-term data collection. 👉 www.dpz.eu/karriere/ste...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannWe are hiring (Post number 2) - join us as a graduate research assistant to support killer whale research. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct. jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannWe are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann📣 PSA I've been wanting to say for a while. Not everyone is an expert programmer or coder, and that's okay. People can still do good, reproducible research without using the fanciest methods or the coolest tools. Low tech tools ≠ You can't do good work
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannProud to announce the project I've been working on 🏳️⚧️🧬 Had hoped to have more ready, but the events of the last week stressed the importance of speaking up against fascism NOW I'd appreciate your support in spreading the word, esp if you work in life sciences research, healthcare, or biotech
- It's the scientific community's duty to fight misinformation, bioessentialism, and eugenics That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannThere are just two weeks left to apply for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme! ⏰🌏 If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇 bit.ly/47uwYlD
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannBut over these days I’ve been deeply moved by the many responses to my Nature World View @nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com on equity in science. It has sparked conversations I never imagined, across continents and disciplines. If you haven’t read it yet, I invite you to do so👉 rdcu.be/eGEun
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannNew Substack post It's very personal: my story of a 20-year academic career, and the many challenges of theoretical and cross-disciplinary work As I put it in the subtitle: There is a lot of success and a lot of pain here, and no happy ending thomscottphillips.substack.com/p/happy-in-t...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannbioRxiv partners with Dryad to enable easier, better linking to curated datasets connect.biorxiv.org/news/2025/09...
- 👇 interview on collaborative (research 🧪) cultures Thanks to @humboldt-foundation.de for funding my work on cooperative subsistence across cultures, w/ @sheinalew.bsky.social, and my network at @durhamdcerc.bsky.social: @mandolinguist.bsky.social @amandinevisine.bsky.social @chimpanzeve.bsky.social
- Science and society thrive through collaboration! Meet our Feodor Lynen Research fellow @fhillemann.bsky.social and her host @sheinalew.bsky.social, as they reflect on the importance of shared learning in both indigenous communities and academia. www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/n...
- PS @sheinalew.bsky.social currently has 3 PhD-studentships advertised!! Apply by December 15th 2025 to join her @erc.europa.eu-funded project "Children as Agents of Cultural Evolution"! Highly recommended PI and an excellent environment for research and personal development!
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannSome big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannThe first papers from our special collection on vocal communication in corvids are now live. Most are still under review, stay tuned for more updates as they’re published! link.springer.com/collections/...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannHow much does it cost to caw? @wascherclaudia.bsky.social @masonyoungblood.bsky.social report that in 3 crow species, there is a strong negative relation b/t call sequence length & call duration --> they obey Menzerath's law of efficiency 1/2 #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics
- New paper with @masonyoungblood.bsky.social: crows follow Menzerath’s law showing vocal efficiency in their communication. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannOur new review on numerical cognition in birds, just out in Nature Reviews Psychology! 🐦🧠 Behavior, neurobiology & field studies across avian species Very fond of the neurobiology part :) 📖 Read it here: rdcu.be/eyErI
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannDr Jess Wade, multiple award-winning British physicist in the Blackett Laboratory at Imperial College London, has written and contributed to more than 2,000 Wikipedia pages about female scientists and scientists of colour. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/science/2023...
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannInterested in animal welfare, education policy & social research? Fully funded PhD (UK home) on dog welfare in schools. Get in touch & apply: www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur... (Dog photo purely for attention and moral support) #PhDopportunity #AnimalWelfare #DogsInSchools #CamDTP #SocialResearch
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannIn ADHD science podcast's new episode we talk to @maxdavie.bsky.social about our paper on women's experiences being late diagnosed with ADHD Thanks so much for having us! Listen to the ep here: zencastr.com/z/Jr_wK-NO Find the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.nature.com
- New podcast episode! I talk to @hkobayashiwood.bsky.social and @chimpanzeve.bsky.social about their new paper on late diagnosis of women with ADHD. They were so brilliant, passionate and absolutely floored me at the end of the episode. Its a good one! zencastr.com/z/Jr_wK-NO
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann"academic culture, which prioritises and celebrates relentless productivity and competitiveness, creates barriers that prevent full participation of those who cannot consistently adhere to these narrow standards"
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann🚨 Abstract Deadline approaching! Submit your contribution to the Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity and Interaction by August 1st! 📍 Göttingen, Oct 13–15, 2025 🎟️ Participation is free, but registration required All details & submission portal: events.gwdg.de/e/goettingen... See you in Göttingen!
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannI've just cleaned the insect water saucer & bird water! Look after your local wildlife 🐦 🦋 🐝 #BeesNeedWater #Bees #Water #Heatwave
- Happy gotcha-day to our precious princess Mellori! 11 years of unmatched chaotic energy, yet the gentlest soul when it comes to people. These days, toys are safe. Not food though, nor lip balm or chewing gum or hand cream -- will. eat. everything. @wascherclaudia.bsky.social
- Happy birthday to our greying gent, Sir Siro! (the shelter set this former stray's birthday to 1 July 2011, but when we adopted him in 2013, we were told he was 3–4. whatever his true age, he’s still up to mischief with partner in crime Madame Mellori) @wascherclaudia.bsky.social
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannHi Bluesky! 👋 We're the account for the Clever Cockie Project, researching culture and cognition in urban sulphur-crested cockatoos. We'll post updates from the field, along with our recent results and publications. You can find more, including our current team, here: www.clevercockies.com/the-team
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann🚀 We’re live! The Biogeography, Ecology & Modelling Lab at UTS finally has a website! 🎉 🌐 Check it out: www.biogeographyuts.org #Ecology #Biogeography #ClimateChange #Conservation #ScienceWithImpact #Science @ecologybrad.bsky.social @globecoflinders.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannExperimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann@danielbolnick.bsky.social: "Keep doing science: the pursuit of knowledge is an act of resistance." #Evol2025
- Reposted by Friederike [freddy; she/her] HillemannDe-identify your data before you share it. De-identify your data before you share it. De-identify your data before you share it. De-identify your data before you share it. De-identif
