Please find below a list of international meetings that are likely to be of interest to those studying Behavioural Biology.

2024

International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE), 2024
TBD, every Tuesday 11:00 (New York)/17:00 (Paris) live on YouTube and Zoom with recordings

FINE is a platform that aims at bringing together people worldwide, who are fascinated by social evolution. Every week, there will be a presentation from a leading expert about sociality of naturally occurring populations, including theoretical and comparative studies on animal sociality. This seminar series provides a great opportunity for junior scientists to interact with leaders in social evolution research. It also aims at promoting scholarly activity of members of traditionally under-represented groups and from developing nations.

The presentations take place every Tuesdays at 11:00 (New York)/17:00 (Europe) and last 45min, followed by 1 hour general discussion. They can be viewed online via Zoom or screened live on YouTube as webinar, where they will be stored for anyone to watch later.

Everybody fascinated by the social evolution is welcome to join the seminar. If you are interested, please contact any of the hosts, Loren Hayes (loren-hayes@utc.edu), Carsten Schradin (carsten.schradin@iphc.cnrs.fr) or Eduardo Fernandez-Duque (eduardo.fernandez-duque@yale.edu). You will then get reminders of upcoming seminars with the respective Zoom and YouTube links.

For more information please see here and find the recordings of previous talks here.

Joint Graduate Meeting: Animal Behaviour 2024
16 October – 18 October 2024, Dummerstorf, Germany

Bachelor and Master students, PhDs and early Post-docs are invited to present and discuss their results with peers at the Joint Graduate Meeting: Animal Behaviour 2024 of the Ethological Society and the Behavioural Biology Section of the German Zoological Society. The event is designed to provide a platform for undergraduate and postgraduate students to present their research, interact with peers, and engage in stimulating discussions about the latest trends and developments in the field of Behavioural Sciences. Dr. Pizza Chow (University of Chester) and Prof. Katja Liebal (University of Leipzig) will give plenary talks.

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BIOMORA24, 2024
28 November – 29 November 2024, Bonn, Germany

From November 28-29, BIOMORA24 will take place in Bonn – an international meeting of the mole-rat community. The meeting is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior, the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and CECAD/University of Cologne. This conference aims to bring together established experts studying mole-rats across a wide scope of research themes and researchers that have recently realized the potential of these non-model organisms to their line of research.

The aim is to create opportunities for new international cooperation to emerge. Finally, since establishing successful breeding colonies in a laboratory setting can be very challenging but is crucial to much of this research, the organisers combined an exciting scientific program looking into diverse research themes utilizing state-of-the art technology in metabolism, sensory biology, physiology, and omics together with a workshop on how to establish, maintain and conduct laboratory animal science within these species.

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ASAB Winter Meeting, 2024
12 December – 13 December 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland

This year’s Winter Meeting of the Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) will be held in Edinburgh on 12th and 13th December 2024, with the theme: Addressing Biases in the Field of Animal Behaviour.

Animal behaviour research is influenced by researchers’ assumptions and expectations, which affect study design, behaviour interpretation, research questions, and species representation. Inclusion of animal subjects is also non-random, as highlighted by the STRANGE framework. Historical biases further shape the field, affecting which research is deemed influential and skewing scientific discourse. Addressing these biases offers a chance for positive change.

The ASAB Winter Meeting 2024 will examine these biases and discuss a system-wide shift towards fairness and inclusion, emphasising the need for cultural changes, community evaluation, and explicit policies to enhance scientific robustness and diversity.

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2025

Annual Meeting of the Ethological Society, 2025
19 February – 21 February 2025, Tutzing, Germany

The Annual Meeting of the Ethologische Gesellschaft in 2025 will take place in Evangelischen Akademie in Tutzing, 19-21 February 2025, hosted by Wolfgang Goymann and Henrik Brumm based at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen. Confirmed plenary speakers will be Bettina Wachter, Hanna Kokko and Jens Krause. We invite all behavioural biologists, including members and non-members of the Ethological Society, to present their work and discuss it with colleagues in person. Everyone is welcome and appreciated, whether you are a student, an early career researcher or a more senior person.

In addition to talks and posters on all aspects of behaviour, we are delighted to announce an extravaganza: the 2025 meeting will feature a special Symposium on Evolutionary Behavioural Genetics, organised by Richard Merrill (LMU Munich) and Clemens Küpper (MPI for Biological Intelligence): “A mechanistic understanding about the diversity and evolution of behavioural phenotypes requires knowledge about the underlying genetic variation. Recent years have seen tremendous progress in linking distinct behavioural strategies with variation at the level of DNA sequence, gene regulation and expression. The aim of this symposium is to provide an update on current advances to characterize the molecular links between genotypes and behavioural phenotypes in a broad range of animal taxa.”

International Conference on Comparative Cognition, 2025
26 March – 29 March 2025, Albuquerque – NM, USA

The 32^nd annual Conference on Comparative Cognition (CO3) is March 26 – 29, 2025, in Albuquerque, NM. Join the society for four days of science in the sun! Abstract submission and conference registration will open in November 2024. The topic will be Animal Cognition, broadly conceived to include all research on animal learning, memory, and perception.

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ASAB Spring Meeting, 2025
23 April – 25 April 2025, Liverpool, UK

ASAB’s Spring meeting is aimed at postgraduate students and postdocs but is open to anyone interested in animal behaviour. There will be three plenaries by leading researchers and the presentation by the winner of the Christopher Barnard award 2025. Liverpool John Moores University is nestled in the heart of Liverpool, a vibrant city with a rich maritime history and a dynamic cultural scene. Located near the iconic River Mersey and surrounded by stunning architecture, with convenient public transport links.

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Behaviour, 2025
25 August – 30 August 2025, Kolkata, India

The organising team is delighted to welcome you to Behaviour 2025, the 38th International Ethological Congress. Since 1952, the IECs have brought together ethologists from around the world, evolving into a diverse and inclusive forum that celebrates the breadth of research in our field. This conference is especially meaningful for students and researchers from the Global South, offering a vital opportunity to engage with the global ethological community, connect with leading experts, share their own insights, and contribute to the future of the field. We are excited to foster these connections and to see the new collaborations and ideas that will emerge.

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