Behavioural ecologist: Social organisation in ants etc; Field ecology, behavioural experiments, computational modelling; EDI, University of York; she/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/elvarobinson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elvarobinson.bsky.social/post/3muotgx7gbs22So many interesting discussions about #sociallytransferredmaterials during and after this symposium at #ecbb2026 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:vfeoaxhdac3ce24m2c4vwrsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muotgx7gbs22https://bsky.app/profile/elvarobinson.bsky.social/post/3mq7cjmv7a22vGreat to see our 'Ant Recovery in the Nations Forests' report out in Applied Ecological Resources - in this Blog I explain how our wood ant habitat suitability tool (linked to in the report) can be used to guide responsible wood ant conservation translocations. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/location-where-put-translocated-species-6pjxe/ 1/409 Jul 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:vfeoaxhdac3ce24m2c4vwrsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7cjmv7a22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elvarobinson.bsky.social/post/3mohwbvqias2xWhat does the film ANTZ have to do with actual ants? We explore themes of leadership, social hierarchy and gender in both ANTZ and Ants in our new Open Access article in Culture and Organization @biologyatyork.bsky.social https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14759551.2026.2668059#d1e168917 Jun 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:vfeoaxhdac3ce24m2c4vwrsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohwbvqias2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/elvarobinson.bsky.social/post/3mnu3j73xhs2dReally excited to start work on our ARIA-funded project using drones and machine learning to maximise the success of conservation translocations! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:vfeoaxhdac3ce24m2c4vwrsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnu3j73xhs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/elvarobinson.bsky.social/post/3mmy4pzwwo22eLooking for an ecology/conservation PhD? Check out this exciting wood ant project! 🐜🐜🐜 Excellent research group to work with, and excellent study system! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:vfeoaxhdac3ce24m2c4vwrsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmy4pzwwo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/elvarobinson.bsky.social/post/3mldds6o2i22mThere are still a few days left to apply for this Post-Doc in York, working on 'Engineering Ecosystem Resilience' using wood ants, drones and metabolomics! 🐜 🔬 🧪 🌲 🐜 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:vfeoaxhdac3ce24m2c4vwrsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldds6o2i22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/elvarobinson.bsky.social/post/3ml6czfjilk2pStill a week left to apply for this Post-Doc opportunity in York, bringing molecular ecology to the study of wood ants as agents of ecosystem restoration! 🐜🔬🧪🌲🐜 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:vfeoaxhdac3ce24m2c4vwrsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6czfjilk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/elvarobinson.bsky.social/post/3mkhwtrroxc27Interested in ant ecology? Have molecular and bioinformatics experience? Come and join the team! 18-month post-doc position at University of York now live: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-609537.html27 Apr 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:vfeoaxhdac3ce24m2c4vwrsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhwtrroxc27