Research on human social life for the 21st century at @PSU_Anthro & @wsuanthropology πππ. Directed by @AnnePisor & @kris_m_smith. Accepting students.
Join us at the Human Sociality Lab! We study:
πclimate impacts -> behavioral & cultural change -> health impacts
πIndigenous knowledge & climate adaptation
πsocial relationships & their effects on natural resource use & well-being
More about us: https://t.co/dQc4kTndw8
Prospective PhD students! Work with me at @PSU_Anthro!
π‘οΈEvo anthro, climate adaptation, & public health
π«5-year, fully funded, top-ranking anthro program
π¬Dual degrees avail. in climate science, demography, & environment
Apps due Dec 1. Contact me if interested! Please RT ππ»
π We're excited to announce that our Co-Director Kris Smith will be an Assistant Professor at @wsuanthropology in August! π Congrats Prof Smith! π₯³
More about Prof Smith's work on cooperation, climate adaptation, & natural resource management here: https://t.co/LxNIDRRGeq
"Sustainable for whom?" "How does climate affect culture?" Just two of the key themes myself & 3 other panelists tackled for Michigan Anthropology's Sustainable Life Symposium last week. Watch here: https://t.co/AIok0ge4r7 Take-home: ... 1/
Talking climate-sensitive disease requires talking about humans, environment, & animals too. HSL Co-Director @kris_m_smith is in Kenya working on adaptation to #climate-sensitive disease: working with county officials, teaching qualitative methods, & kicking off new research. π
Access to care & food, household & community health, the causes & consequences of climate change - these are topics tackled by HSL Director @AnnePisor & other members of the new faculty cohort at PSU's Social Science Research Institute (@SSRIPennState): https://t.co/TR2KqcENcq
"Earth keeps breaking global heat records" - headline in @ScienceNews today. BUT we're way behind on climate adaptation. How do we accelerate adaptation - what reduces risk for households in different places? @AnnePisor & colleagues have suggestions for identifying what worksπ
1. Climate adaptation is underfunded, partially because itβs hard to project returns on investment. We need to know more about what works where, says the UNFCCC.
My coauthors & I say: existing data can do this, & at scale.
New paper in One Earth: https://t.co/CsJioEpfD5
What cultural practices reduce climate-sensitive disease incidence & can be shared across communities? @kris_m_smith & @GachohiJohn have an NIH-funded grant to identify effective adaptations to Rift Valley Fever in E Africa & work with communities to upscale what's effective π
π Congrats to our Co-Director @kris_m_smith as he starts a new postdoc in @WSUGlobalHealth studying adaptation to climate sensitive disease in E Africa! π Kris will stay on with HSL as our WSU head too - awesome for us! π
It's been an awesome three years working with @kris_m_smith on everything from natural resource management to parochial altruism to infectious disease. Excited for his next chapter on climate adaptation and health! ππ»π
π Congrats to our Co-Director @kris_m_smith as he starts a new postdoc in @WSUGlobalHealth studying adaptation to climate sensitive disease in E Africa! π Kris will stay on with HSL as our WSU head too - awesome for us! π
Feeling honored to be named a Rising Star β by @HumBehEvoSoc! Thank you ππ».
Shout-outs to @PSU_Anthro
& @SSRIPennState (I'm recruiting PhD students y'all! π)
my lab @SocialityLab
& @wsuanthropology.
And congratulations to my fellow awardees!! ππ» π₯
Congratulations to @kris_m_smith on receiving the Postdoc Achievement Award from @CASatWSU! π Look at those kudos - all spot on! So well-deserved, Kris πππ
The Human Sociality Lab is starting a new chapter! We're a lab built around our people, & we'll now be at two campuses: Penn State & WSU. We're accepting fully funded PhD students for Fall 2025 at Penn State too π. Here's to new things, new places, & new faces! πΎπ¦
News! We're going to @penn_state! π¦
I'm stoked to join Anthro & the Social Science Research Institute this summer. Interested in climate adaptation & well-being? I'm accepting fully funded PhD students for 2025!
We'll miss everyone in WA & ID - it's been a great 6 years ππ»
We are happy to announce our fee waivers and @CulturalEvolSoc ACE Travel awards #CES2024durham. You can apply for both here https://t.co/DfcCGbJLXr The deadline is 20th April at 9 am BST and you will hear back before the deadline for early bird registration on 20th May 4pm BST
New blog post from @Queer_as_Idaho & @AnnePisor: "By embracing the complexity of chosen kinship, we honor the resilience and diversity of human social bonds, fostering a more inclusive and compassionate approach to human relationships."
Read more in their post here π
How much do chosen kin affect kids' outcomes? Find out in Ollie Shannon & Anne Pisor's new HBES blog post on alloparenting: https://t.co/lx23YxiJec
Or read the original EHB article here: https://t.co/f9GsHaMqf7
"Is intergroup aggression part of human nature? Or is intergroup tolerance part of human nature?
Yes & yes."
New blog post on flexibility in intergroup relations, features of psychology that can influence our science & the relevance of diverse experiences, from PI @AnnePisor π
What best characterizes human intergroup relations: hostility & aggression, tolerance & cooperation, or... flexibility? Anne Pisor discusses her research in the latest HBES blog post: https://t.co/Gp5GTj5ZIM
Read the original E&HB article here: https://t.co/fqEztGiCxa