PhD Projects 2020 ** This is the list of our 2020 PhD projects. All projects are fully funded for at least 3 years. Application deadline is Jan 15!

Open PhD positions for own proposal elaboration within Organismal Biology

Open PhD positions for own proposal elaboration within Organismal Biology *Keywords*Organismal Biology, behaviour, ecology, evolution, physiology, neurobiology *Supervisor:* IMPRS faculty member , to be contacted with an own research proposal more Demography, Information and the Movement Ecology of Capuchins Demography, Information and the Movement Ecology of Capuchins *Keywords.*Collective behaviour, vocal communication, movement coordination, GPS, computational analysis, group coordination* * *Supervisors: *Prof. Dr. Meg Crofoot ,**MPI of Animal Behavior and University of Konstanz,Prof. Dr. Susan Perry , UCLA, and potentiallyDr Brendan Barrett , MPI of Animal Behavior and MPI-EvA. more

Decision making and collective movement in groups of baboons

Decision making and collective movement in groups of baboons *Keywords. *Collective behaviour, vocal communication, movement coordination, GPS, computational analysis, group coordination, decision-making *Supervisors:* Prof. Dr. Meg Crofootand Dr. Roi Harel , University of Konstanz more

Ecology of Animal Societies

Ecology of Animal Societies *Keywords. *Animal societies, social structure, behavioral variation, modeling, quantitative analysis *Supervisors:* Prof. Dr. Meg Crofoot , Dr. Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin (MPI of Animal Behavior and University of Konstanz), Dr. Karline Janmaat (MPI-AB, University of Amsterdam) more

Neurobiology of collective defence in honeybees

Neurobiologyof collective defence in honeybees *Keywords* honeybees, defence, neuroethology, collective behaviour, neuromodulation *Supervisor: * Dr.**Morgane Nouvian morgane.nouvian@uni-konstanz.de . more

Factors shaping individual contributions to collective decision-making

Factors shaping individual contributions to collective decision-making *Keywords*: Ecology, collective decision-making, collective movement, animal tracking, social behaviour. *Supervisor:*Dr. Damien Farine  MPI of Animal Behavior and University of Konstanz more

Computational Approaches to the Experimental Study of Animal Collectives

Computational Approaches to the Experimental Study of Animal Collectives *Keywords* self-organization, swarm, school, behavior, information, automated tracking, machine learning, virtual reality, inverse methodologies. *Supervisor:*Prof. Dr. Iain Couzin , MPI of Animal Behavior and University of Konstanz more

Collective Animal Behaviour,
3 positions available

Collective Animal Behaviour, 3 positions available *Keywords* self-organization, swarm, schooling, behavior, information, fish, locusts, birds, tracking, computer vision, virtual reality, self-organization, decision-making, individual differences, evolution *Supervisor:* Prof. Dr. Iain Couzin , MPI of Animal Behavior and University of Konstanz more Interested in one of these PhD projects? Apply here! The Max Planck Society and the University of Konstanz are equal opportunity employers and are committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in their workforce and therefore we encourage applications from such qualified individuals. Furthermore, we seek to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. --