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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B has published a theme issue with the title Process and pattern in innovations from cells to societies (see a list of papers below). The published articles approach innovation both with theoretical and conceptual, but also with experimental methods. What makes an innovation, who innovates, and when do innovations occur? This issue addresses many questions that were also raised at this year’s Culture Conference. Article list: Innovation: an emerging focus from Read more…

This year’s Sackler Colloquium ran under the title Sackler Colloquium on Extension of Biology Through Culture (use this link for an online edition). The papers, which are now available in a PNAS special issue, span a wide range of topics in cultural evolution. From social learning in children to song evolution in whales, and from concepts of culture and niche construction to evolutionary neurobiology. The articles provide a contemporary snapshot of the state of the field Read more…

On May 25th and 26th 2017, many social learning and cultural evolution researchers gathered again at the Culture Conference in Birmingham. Aside from inspiring conference contributions under the theme “Innovation in cultural systems”, this was also another chance for YSLR members to meet and chat. We met on the day before the conference at the Pitcher and Piano. We talked about our current work and future projects, thesis that were just or about to be Read more…

The Winter Workshop 2017 is over. Most participants have already travelled home. Some are sticking around to explore Manchester. A good moment to look back on this eventful day. The workshop was built around three activities, that should help to break the ice and getting to know each other. In the following two activities we exchanged ideas and visions about our research field and explored ways for public outreach. The discussions were lively, and only Read more…

Our Workshop is coming closer very quickly. We are excited about the awesome response of early-career researchers, coming from all over Europe. We can’t wait to welcome you here in Manchester! We completed the programme for the workshop with a schedule for the day, information about our two keynote speakers Eva and Olli, and the poster abstracts that were submitted (YSLR-Abstracts-Manchester2017). Want to stay up to date? Follow our official workshop twitter account @YSLRWW.

Dear YSLR friends and followers! The first edition of our Newsletter Cultured Scene is out, with articles from Stephen Heap, Elisa Bandini, Edith Invernizzi, Elena Miu, and Rachel Harrison. Thanks to everyone who contributed, especially Stephen Heap for the design and layout! Enjoy reading.