Thursday 5 December
09h30-10h15 Coffee & Setting up posters
10h15-10h25 Introduction by S. Patrick, N. Dingemanse and J. Martin
10h25-11h15 Plenary: Sinead English, Where social life begins: how mothers shape offspring development and consequences for evolution
Talks Session 1
11h15-11h35 Thomas Houslay, Helper benefits in Damaraland mole rats
11h35-11h55 Rose Thorogood, Can social interactions rescue “lost” behavioural defences in an allopatric cuckoo host?
11h55-12h15 Lucy Oldham, Winner-Loser effects in pigs are unaffected by aggressive personality
12h15-13h45 Lunch & odd numbered poster session
13h45-14h35 Plenary: Alastair Wilson, Beyond relatedness in social evolution: whose genotype is it and why does it matter?
Talks Session 2
14h35-14h55 Alexander Hutfluss, How an intruder’s phenotype alters the defender’s response in territorial conflicts in great tits
14h55-15h15 Claudia Wascher, Inter- and intra-individual variation in response to social stressors in greylag geese
15h15-15h35 Petri Niemelä, The costs and benefits of density-dependent plasticity in mating success in a wild insect
15h35-16h05 Tea & odd numbered poster session
Talks Session 3
16h05-16h25 Tom Ratz, Inbreeding and behavioural plasticity in parent-offspring interactions
16h25-16h45 Araya Ajoy Yimen, Social evolution pathways and their eco-evolutionary feedbacks
16h45-17h05 Camille Desjonquères, The role of social plasticity in reproductive isolation
17h05-17h25 Mónika Jablonszky, Social environment influences song traits in a passerine bird
10h15-10h25 Introduction by S. Patrick, N. Dingemanse and J. Martin
10h25-11h15 Plenary: Sinead English, Where social life begins: how mothers shape offspring development and consequences for evolution
Talks Session 1
11h15-11h35 Thomas Houslay, Helper benefits in Damaraland mole rats
11h35-11h55 Rose Thorogood, Can social interactions rescue “lost” behavioural defences in an allopatric cuckoo host?
11h55-12h15 Lucy Oldham, Winner-Loser effects in pigs are unaffected by aggressive personality
12h15-13h45 Lunch & odd numbered poster session
13h45-14h35 Plenary: Alastair Wilson, Beyond relatedness in social evolution: whose genotype is it and why does it matter?
Talks Session 2
14h35-14h55 Alexander Hutfluss, How an intruder’s phenotype alters the defender’s response in territorial conflicts in great tits
14h55-15h15 Claudia Wascher, Inter- and intra-individual variation in response to social stressors in greylag geese
15h15-15h35 Petri Niemelä, The costs and benefits of density-dependent plasticity in mating success in a wild insect
15h35-16h05 Tea & odd numbered poster session
Talks Session 3
16h05-16h25 Tom Ratz, Inbreeding and behavioural plasticity in parent-offspring interactions
16h25-16h45 Araya Ajoy Yimen, Social evolution pathways and their eco-evolutionary feedbacks
16h45-17h05 Camille Desjonquères, The role of social plasticity in reproductive isolation
17h05-17h25 Mónika Jablonszky, Social environment influences song traits in a passerine bird
Friday 6 December
09h30-10h15 Coffee & Setting up posters
10h15-11h05 Plenary: Julia Saltz, Social network structure and social selection depend on nutritional environment in Drosophila melanogaster
Talks Session 4
11h05-11h25 Océane La Loggia, Rearing group size influences flexibility and appropriateness of social behaviour in a cichlid fish
11h25-11h45 Nathan Bailey, Plastic Drive: A New Role for Social Plasticity in Evolution
11h45-12h05 Attila Fülöp, Diverse social groups mitigate physiological stress
12h05-13h35 Lunch & even numbered poster session
13h35-14h25 Tinbergen Lecture: Rebecca Kilner, Simpson’s Question: How does behaviour determine evolution?
Talks Session 5
14h25-14h55 Susana A. M. Varela, The correlated evolution of social competence and social cognition and the fruit fly as a case study
14h55-15h15 Laure Olivier, Effects of social responsiveness on the evolution of genetic traits in cooperative breeders
15h15-15h45 Tea & even numbered poster session
Talks Session 6
15h45-16h05 Julia Schroeder, Indirect genetic correlations contribute to the total heritable variance in a cooperative behaviour
16h05-16h25 Emily Fowler, Social responsiveness in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
16h25-16h45 Giacomo Alciatore, Group composition affects individual behaviour and social interactions in a clonal ant
16h45-17h05 Andrew Higginson, Positive feedback processes lead to the emergence of individual differences among close relatives
17h05 Closing words
10h15-11h05 Plenary: Julia Saltz, Social network structure and social selection depend on nutritional environment in Drosophila melanogaster
Talks Session 4
11h05-11h25 Océane La Loggia, Rearing group size influences flexibility and appropriateness of social behaviour in a cichlid fish
11h25-11h45 Nathan Bailey, Plastic Drive: A New Role for Social Plasticity in Evolution
11h45-12h05 Attila Fülöp, Diverse social groups mitigate physiological stress
12h05-13h35 Lunch & even numbered poster session
13h35-14h25 Tinbergen Lecture: Rebecca Kilner, Simpson’s Question: How does behaviour determine evolution?
Talks Session 5
14h25-14h55 Susana A. M. Varela, The correlated evolution of social competence and social cognition and the fruit fly as a case study
14h55-15h15 Laure Olivier, Effects of social responsiveness on the evolution of genetic traits in cooperative breeders
15h15-15h45 Tea & even numbered poster session
Talks Session 6
15h45-16h05 Julia Schroeder, Indirect genetic correlations contribute to the total heritable variance in a cooperative behaviour
16h05-16h25 Emily Fowler, Social responsiveness in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
16h25-16h45 Giacomo Alciatore, Group composition affects individual behaviour and social interactions in a clonal ant
16h45-17h05 Andrew Higginson, Positive feedback processes lead to the emergence of individual differences among close relatives
17h05 Closing words