ISHE was founded with the aim of promoting the exchange of knowledge and ideas concerning human ethology between scientists from a variety of disciplines.
From the 1980s a meeting was held in each of the intervening years, then called “Summer School” whose emphasis was on helping young researchers acquire knowledge and understanding of the ethological approaches, its ideas, and methods.
These meetings, now called “Summer Institutes” gradually grew in size to match the biennial congresses, with submitted papers and symposia, but retained sections which emphasised educating young researchers.
The fact that this discussion was had at all shows how difficult it often is for many people to adopt the biological approach when they have cut their intellectual teeth in the social sciences.
It was renamed Human Ethology in 2019 and continues the practice of publishing one volume per calendar year, utilising the flexibility of the on-line format to add articles as they are accepted.
Linda Mealy Awards These are given to junior scientists for new research of high quality in human ethology reported at each biennial Congress.
The poster is an important medium for scientific communication, allowing detailed, nuanced and extensive discussion between the presenter and the viewer.