ACE Lab: Applied Cultural Evolution Laboratory

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 research assistant position for this project. We are seeking a fully-funded 4-year doctoral research assistant position. Application materials can be submitted here.

Applications are being reviewed now!

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.

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:

https://www.mainepublic.org/show/maine-calling/2024-04-22/earth-day-climate-future

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.