Here at CICASP, we love babies of all kinds. How did we evolve to be fixated on baby faces of not just our own kind but also other animals (think puppies, kittens, ducklings...)? Yuri Kawaguchi , a PRI doctoral student and resident expert on baby faces, wants to know. She...
Have you been surprised by cross-cultural differences in academic environments, whether it is about how lab members communicate with one another, how students are expected to behave, or how academic institutions operate? Cross-cultural conflicts—as well as enlightenment—can...
In the CICASP seminar on October 19, 2022, we explored the world of preprint publishing, and more broadly how it fits into the open science movement. Recently, more and more articles in biology are appearing as pre-prints, published without peer-review in online repositories...
It is often said that the most successful people in society are readers. As academics, we all know the power of reading, as one cannot stand on the shoulders of giants without knowing what it is those giants have left behind!
The 12th speaker in our lecture series is Prof. Mewa Singh , who will provide a lecture under the title " On Becoming a Primatologist, and a Wildlife Biologist: A Journey of a Half-Century " to share his path to primate research and his...
This academic year, CICASP started a new series of online lectures by distinguished guest scientists, called the International Primatology Lecture Series on Past, Present, and Future Perspectives of the Field (for more information, and to watch the...
If you were given just 3 minutes to describe your research to a group of non-scientists who want to support your research but know little about your field, how would you do it? HIRAKU 3 Minute-Thesis Competition is a national event that promotes doctoral research in Japan and...
[ Editor's Note: Following is a guest article contributed by Tianmeng He , a doctoral students in the Section of Ecology & Conservation . To learn more about his research on the chewing behavior of Yakushima Japanese macaques, check out his recent publication here ....
Do you dread arriving at the end of your academic talk, sure that someone in the audience is going to ask you that single question that demolishes everything you've just said? Are you one of those people that always asks "did I answer your question" after each of your...
If you have ever been frustrated by language barriers as an author, reviewer, editor, conference participant, job seeker, or a researcher working abroad, we’d like to hear your story! We will also share information on today’s multilingual movements in academia, such as...
