Join us!

Nothing at the moment, but keep an eye out in March/April as I advertise for the upcoming winter fieldseason in Sydney and North-Wollongong areas (2025)

• I take Masters and Honours students at the Australian National University (Research School of Biology). For current ANU undergrads, get in contact if you are interested in a project on the lab! I'm open to work on cognitive, social or urban ecology of birds (fieldwork or lab work), comparative analyses, or any theoretical work on cultural evolution.

• I also be take Masters student at the University of Zurich (Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environment Studies). Get in contact if you are a masters students at UZH and you'd like to work on any of the above questions! I can offer fieldwork at our study site in Australia working on wild parrots. 

• I'm accepting applications for PhD scholarships at the Australian National University. Come join us! I don't have direct funding at present, but ANU funds two types of PhD scholarships, with two rounds a year for each. Both scholarships provide the same income and a tuition fee waiver. 

• For Australian & New Zealanders: contact me about applying in the domestic rounds, deadlines April 15 to start in July-Aug, and Oct 31st to start in Jan-March.

• For all other nationalities: contact me about applying in the international round, deadline April 15 to start July-Aug, and Aug 31 to start Jan-March. International scholarships are competitive but not impossible if you have a masters/honours thesis and a good GPA.

While I don't have direct funding available at present, I can host postdoc fellows and support their projects at either at the University of Zurich or at the Australian National University:

• Marie Curie Fellowships provide European nationals with 2-3 years of postdoctoral funding to come to Switzerland or Australia. Deadlines are usually in September.

• DECRAS fund people of any nationality within 5 years of PhD submission to come to Australia. Next deadline (to start beginning 2026) is in December 2025.

• For Swiss nationals, Swiss mobility fellowships can fund a 2 year postdoc in Australia and reintegration. Next deadline is in February 2025.

• For Germans, Swiss and Austrians, the DAAD, Leopoldina and Humboldt Feodor Lynen fellowships can fund a 18mth - 2 year research stay in Switzerland or Australia

• Human Frontier Postdoctoral Fellowships fund international postdocs for 3 years. Applicants need to change research direction, and either: “broaden their expertise by proposing a project in the life sciences which is significantly different from their previous Ph.D. or postdoctoral work”; or “hold a Ph.D. from outside the life sciences (e.g. in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences)”.