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I'm excited to see this new student-created podcast called "Transmission" on cultural evolution. Feryl Badiani interviews...

I'm excited to see this new student-created podcast called "Transmission" on cultural evolution. Feryl Badiani interviews cultural evolutionary researchers, and Ishaan Sinha on graphics design and technical. http://youtube.com/watch?v=2otT0PkhPkw&feature=youtu.be http://timwaring.info/2025/03/06/transmissions-a-podcast-on-cultural-evolution/

How do people learn and share management strategies for invasive species and ticks?Our 5 year social-ecological research project just got a...

How do people learn and share management strategies for invasive species and ticks?

Our 5 year social-ecological research project just got a local TV spot on News Center Maine. The spot highlights the ecological side of the research. On the social side, will explore how people learn management strategies for ecological threats like tick borne diseases and invasive species in a complex ecosystem setting, and whether they share what they learn. We are also hiring a PhD…

http://timwaring.info/2025/01/29/how-do-people-learn-and-share-management-strategies-for-invasive-species-and-ticks/

Fully-funded PhD position on the cultural evolution of environmental management!Link evolution, ecology and behavioral science to study how...

Fully-funded PhD position on the cultural evolution of environmental management!

Link evolution, ecology and behavioral science to study how people manage environmental challenges in the ACE Lab (https://timwaring.info/).

Position Details: https://timwaring.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/phd-position-cultural-adaptation.pdf

PhD Position: Cultural Adaptation to Environmental and Health ThreatsThe Applied Cultural Evolution (ACE) Laboratory at the University of...

PhD Position: Cultural Adaptation to Environmental and Health Threats

The Applied Cultural Evolution (ACE) Laboratory at the University of Maine is seeking applicants for a fully-funded 4-year doctoral research assistantship on the adaptive cultural evolution of human behavior in a context of environmental and health threats. PhD research assistantship description. Application materials can be submitted here.

http://timwaring.info/2024/09/23/phd-position-cultural-adaptation-to-environmental-and-health-threats/

Seeking PhD Applicants: Cooperation and organizational changeNew research grant on organizational evolution How does cooperation influence...

Seeking PhD Applicants: Cooperation and organizational change

New research grant on organizational evolution How does cooperation influence organizational evolution? A collaborative research project between the Universities of Maine and Vermont, funded by the National Science Foundation, will explore role of cooperation in maintaining organizational function, and driving structural change. Working with a network of cooperatives, the project will create new theoretical…

http://timwaring.info/2024/08/02/seeking-phd-applicants-cooperation-and-organizational-change/

Human evolution of, in, and beyond the Anthropocene: outline of an applied science of beneficial social change....

Human evolution of, in, and beyond the Anthropocene: outline of an applied science of beneficial social change. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpo31g74tfw http://timwaring.info/2024/04/26/human-evolution-of-in-and-beyond-the-anthropocene-outline-of-an-applied-science-of-beneficial-social-change/

Climate hope and fear for Earth DayYesterday, I joined Maine author Nick Fuller Googins and Susie Arnold, of the Island Institute and host...

Climate hope and fear for Earth Day

Yesterday, I joined Maine author Nick Fuller Googins and Susie Arnold, of the Island Institute and host Cindy Han on the Maine Calling on Maine public radio. You can listen to the whole episode here:

http://timwaring.info/2024/04/23/climate-hope-and-fear-for-earth-day/

Climate Migration comes to MaineMaine has struggled for an entire decade to barely maintain it's population size, even as the state...

Climate Migration comes to Maine

Maine has struggled for an entire decade to barely maintain it's population size, even as the state continued to age. This demography double whammy causes a severe 'brain drain' problem, and has hurt Maine's economy, and cultural diversity. However, things started to change with the pandemic. And now climate migration will continue to bring younger talented folks to Maine. See write up in the Portland Press Herald.

http://timwaring.info/2024/04/23/climate-migration-comes-to-maine-2/

Waring to give lecture at the Max Planck Institute of GeoanthropologyOverview: Modern ecological crises can be seen as resulting from human...

Waring to give lecture at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Overview: Modern ecological crises can be seen as resulting from human social and technological evolution. However, research on human evolution is not sufficiently developed to address global environmental issues or our species’ future on Earth. Theories of human evolution are not seen as relevant or appropriate for application. But an emerging social synthesis of human evolution, focused on the…

http://timwaring.info/2024/04/02/waring-to-give-lecture-at-the-max-planck-institute-of-geoanthropology/

I co-hosted a global webinar on Gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis of evolution and sustainability with Peter Søgaard...

I co-hosted a global webinar on Gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis of evolution and sustainability with Peter Søgaard Jørgensen and Vanessa Weinberger. Watch the talks here: https://cassyni.com/events/WDvthD7GJAdTFdjubadCHb

http://timwaring.info/2024/03/09/webinar-on-evolution-and-sustainability-gathering-the-strands-for-an-anthropocene-synthesis/

In which I try to defend Octavia Butler's ideas in her *amazing* book The Parable of the Sower, and link her visions and questions to...

In which I try to defend Octavia Butler's ideas in her *amazing* book The Parable of the Sower, and link her visions and questions to new research on how human cultural evolution can help us keep our planet habitable.

http://timwaring.info/2024/03/05/in-defense-of-octavia-butlers-earthseed-destiny/

Tim Waring gives interview on the role of human evolution in the...

Tim Waring gives interview on the role of human evolution in the Anthropocene.

http://timwaring.info/2024/03/01/interview-on-human-evolution-in-the-anthropocene-on-serious-inquiries-only-podcast/

Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesisHappy to have been a part of this exciting synthesis issue...

Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis

Happy to have been a part of this exciting synthesis issue at the Royal Society, which you can access here. Together with Peter Søgaard Jørgensen and Vanessa Weinberger, we brought together a whole range of experts from different traditions to explore how evolutionary processes caused the Anthropocene, how human-natural systems are evolving now in the Anthropocene, and how we can use…

http://timwaring.info/2024/02/29/evolution-and-sustainability-gathering-the-strands-for-an-anthropocene-synthesis/

Live now: https://cassyni.com/events/WDvthD7GJAdTFdjubadCHb

Live now: https://cassyni.com/events/WDvthD7GJAdTFdjubadCHb

Growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable...

Growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future.

http://timwaring.info/2024/02/13/growing-an-applied-science-of-cultural-evolution-for-a-sustainable-future/

Barracuda research on coping with climate changehttp://timwaring.info/2024/02/06/barracuda-research-on-coping-with-climate-change/

Barracuda research on coping with climate change

http://timwaring.info/2024/02/06/barracuda-research-on-coping-with-climate-change/

Key patterns in human evolution may prevent us from solving climate...

Key patterns in human evolution may prevent us from solving climate change.

http://timwaring.info/2024/01/03/human-evolution-may-prevent-us-from-solving-climate-change/

Climate Migration comes to MaineMaine has struggled for an entire decade to barely maintain it's population size, even as the state...

Climate Migration comes to Maine

Maine has struggled for an entire decade to barely maintain it's population size, even as the state continued to age. This demography double whammy causes a severe 'brain drain' problem, and has hurt Maine's economy, and cultural diversity. However, things started to change with the pandemic. And now, climate migration might continue to bring younger people, more labor, more talent, and more cultural diversity to Maine.

http://timwaring.info/2023/12/15/climate-migration-comes-to-maine/

We are desperately overdue for an evolutionary understanding of how sustainability might evolve on a single planet. Please help spread and...

We are desperately overdue for an evolutionary understanding of how sustainability might evolve on a single planet.

Please help spread and accelerate this research endeavor!

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2024/379/1893
Most papers are open access.

Edited with Peter Søgaard Jørgensen and Vanessa Weinberger.

Our new issue of Phil Trans B just landed!Evolution and Sustainability: Gathering the strands for an Anthropocene...

Our new issue of Phil Trans B just landed!

Evolution and Sustainability: Gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2024/379/1893

The issue addresses three main questions:
(1) How did human domination of the biosphere (aka the Anthropocene) evolve?
(2) How does evolution unfold under the novel conditions of the Anthropocene?
(3) How might evolution be guided toward sustainable outcomes in the future?

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