Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour

We are a centre dedicated to the study of collective behaviour | Integrative and Quantitative | Cluster of Excellence @UniKonstanz, Germany.

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

Collective behaviour is all around. The Cluster of Excellence @CBehav @UniKonstanz and @MPI_animalbehav investigates #collectivebehaviour since 2019! With this film we invite you to take a look at our research and dive into the swarm to learn more about us. @dfg_public

[Iain Couzin @icouzin]

Virtual reality rewrites the rules of the swarm. Our latest paper in @ScienceMagazine @maxplanckpress @UniKonstanz @CBehav https://t.co/qEc6Zhva4v

[Eduardo Sampaio @OctoEduardo]

New paper out in @CurrentBiology!
A primer on cognition in multi-species sociality, focusing on the octopus-fish case 🐙🐟🐠

Read it here: https://t.co/D4e7Ig7I8X

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

The Konstanz school of collective behaviour is back! We look forward to welcoming everyone to Konstanz this summer

Check out the amazing lineup!

[Ahmed El Hady @zamakany]

Plz share around : The tradition continues, the Konstanz School of Collective Behavior will take place from July 21st to August 8th , 2025.
Application deadline: April 15
( https://t.co/1FWBiTnCIc ) .

We have an amazing line up of speakers covering all aspects of collective behavior across a variety of systems ( more faculty to be added) :

Iain Couzin ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior , Konstanz) @icouzin
Peter Dayan ( Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen) @MPICybernetics
Ilya  Nemenman ( Emory University , USA) @INemenman
Yonatan Loewenstein ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) @ELSCbrain
Aneta Koseska ( Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology of Behavior, Bonn) @KoseskaL
Francesco Ginelli ( Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy)
Thejasvi Ravindra  Beleyur ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz) @BeleyurThejasvi
Liang Li ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz)
Giovanni Reinna ( University of Konstanz, Konstanz) @joefresna
Einat Couzin-Fuchs ( University of Konstanz, Konstanz ) @einatcouzin
Ofer Feinermann ( Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Israel) @WeizmannScience
Naama Brenner ( Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) @TechnionLive
Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior , Konstanz) @ariSPeshkin
Wataru Toyokawa (Riken Center for Brain Science in Tokyo). @WataruToyokawa
Raphaela Heesen ( University of Konstanz, Konstanz)
Caroline Schuppli ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior , Konstanz) @carolschuppli
Michael Chimento ( University of Konstanz, Konstanz) @evogom

@CBehav @MPI_animalbehav @UniKonstanz

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

The PhD Pitch talks are back! We’re super excited to welcome some of our PhD students for yet another PhD Pitchwork session, as part of the CASCB Seminar Series: https://t.co/XC4hzHMbMg
@UniKonstanz

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

We are now also active on Bluesky! 🦋

Go give us a follow if you are there https://t.co/JBeSQda8sd

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

Today we are pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew King from @SwanseaUni for a special CASCB seminar! Join us to learn about "Sociality, heterogeneity, organisation and leadership in animal groups" https://t.co/rfOhl62Ny8 @UniKonstanz

[Universität Konstanz @UniKonstanz]

An international research team led by the #UniKonstanz @CBehav and @oxford_brookes concludes that gentle touch is not only good for mental health, but also for the evolution of cooperation: https://t.co/Knfzz5zOE5
@MPI_animalbehav

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

We are delighted to welcome Michael Smith @SmithBeeLab back to Konstanz for today’s CASCB talk on: "Nest design, construction, and spatial organization in the superorganism nest"! Join us here: https://t.co/AhNhowims3 @UniKonstanz @AuburnU

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

We are pleased to welcome Dominik Deffner from @mpib_berlin as today’s seminar speaker! Join us to learn all about: "Computational models of decision-making in unconstrained human collectives" @UniKonstanz @MPI_animalbehav
https://t.co/hRVZrw1gq0

[Max Planck Society @maxplanckpress]

What’s even cooler than #bats? Yes - bats surfing storm fronts during dark & blustery nights!🦇😃New research shows that noctule bats harness warm tailwinds to save energy during their migratory journeys https://t.co/J5s14J8Bfr @MPI_animalbehav @CBehav @EdwardHurme @dechmannlab

[Iain Couzin @icouzin]

Our sharks are featured in The Guardian’s photographs that defined 2024! Photo by ⁦@albi_angela⁩ and August Paula ⁦@UniKonstanz⁩ ⁦@maxplanckpress⁩ https://t.co/KglZRia7BT

[Iain Couzin @icouzin]

The non-model organism “renaissance” has arrived
Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back. ⁦@einatcouzin⁩ ⁦@CBehav⁩ ⁦@UniKonstanz⁩ ⁦@maxplanckpress⁩ #locust https://t.co/oBiEUmUI3o

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

Curious about the details? Watch this video for a closer look at how microrobots solve the 'lazy agent' problem: https://t.co/8f8y4RQmym

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

How can a team optimally mobilize its forces? A new study led by Veit-Lorenz Heuthe and Clemens Bechinger @UniKonstanz offers a clever solution - demonstrated with a swarm of microrobots! https://t.co/NY0HrYz83t
Read the full study here: https://t.co/DTO6qgd8o9

[Science Robotics @SciRobotics]

Scientistshave developed an #AI-based control strategy that enables individual laser-driven #microrobots within a swarm to cooperate, like ants or termites, to manipulate objects. @UniKonstanz @CBehav

Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/IzGoHNZ4o1

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

How can a team optimally mobilize its forces? A new study led by Veit-Lorenz Heuthe and Clemens Bechinger @UniKonstanz offers a clever solution - demonstrated with a swarm of microrobots! https://t.co/NY0HrYz83t
Read the full study here: https://t.co/DTO6qgd8o9

[Bahl Lab @BahlLab]

Happy to have hosted professor Florian Engert from the @EngertLab here at the @UniKonstanz who shared his exciting work on analyzing heart rate and attention in #zebrafishlarvae to gain new insights into decision-making behavior.

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

We are excited to welcome Florian Engert from Harvard University to today's @CBehav Seminar Series, where he will discuss "The heart and the mind: an integrative approach to brain-body interactions in the zebrafish" https://t.co/29dNdOwRwQ @UniKonstanz @MPI_animalbehav @EngertLab

[Angela Albi @albi_angela]

Thanks! Excited to celebrate photography thanks to the @RSocPublishing photo competition! And congrats to @AugustPala with whom I’m glad to share the award and part of a dream team with @icouzin @po7ooo and Luke Costello at @MPI_animalbehav and @CBehav! 🦈

[Urs Waldmann @ursNwaldmann]

Thrilled to announce that my dissertation is now published! 🎉 You can check it out here: https://t.co/htyTppPdNE

@CBehav @UniKonstanz

[Iain Couzin @icouzin]

I am delighted and honored to have been awarded the Fyssen International Prize!

Sharing it with Jean-Louis Deneubourg makes it all the more special as he was instrumental to inspiring me to study collectives when I was a student. @CBehav @maxplanckpress

https://t.co/GJGxH8nbA1