Our People
Our People
Academic staff
Name | Position | Research interests |
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Professor Robert A. Barton |
Professor in the Department of Anthropology Director (Social Sciences) in the Institute of Advanced Study |
Behavioural ecology and sociobiology Comparative studies of brain size and structure in relation to behavioural ecology Evolution of mammalian reproductive traits Primate evolution and behaviour |
Professor Alan Bilsborough |
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology
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Human evolution, especially the functional basis for cranial diversity in early hominids and the reconstruction of evolutionary patterns The interaction of social and biological variables in human biology, with particular reference to patterns of nutrition and disease |
Professor Lynda Boothroyd |
Professor in the Department of Psychology
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Attraction Body size preferences Evolutionary Social and Developmental Psychology Facial masculinity Father absence theory Body image |
Dr Zanna Clay | Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology |
Comparative Affective Science Evolution and development of empathy Evolution of language and culture Primate behaviour Primate Conservation Science outreach - primatology Social cognition Development of communication and social learning Primate vocal communication Animal cognition Child gesture development Applications to primate conservation |
Professor Russell Hill | Professor in the Department of Anthropology |
Primate Behaviour and Ecology Predator-Prey Interactions Felid Behaviour and Ecology Conservation and Human-Wildlife Conflict |
Professor AR Hoelzel | Professor in the Department of Biosciences |
Conservation genetics Evolutionary biology Population genetics and molecular ecology Ancient DNA |
Dr Jeremy Kendal | Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology | Social transmission and population dynamics |
Professor Rachel Kendal (nee Day) | Professor in the Department of Anthropology |
Social Learning Behavioural Innovation Cultural Evolution Cumulative Culture Applications to Welfare, Conservation & Science Communication |
Professor Robert H. Layton | Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology |
Anthropology and archaeology of art Evolution of social behaviour Indigenous rights Social change, especially among French and Chinese villagers, and Native Australians |
Dr Bruce Rawlings |
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Dr Sally Street |
Director of DCERC Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology |
Macro-evolutionary anthropology Phylogenetic comparative methods Technical skill: music, tool use, construction Human/animal interactions |
Dr Amanda Tan | Member of the Department of Anthropology |
Technical intelligence: tool use, object manipulation, extractive foraging Social learning Animal traditions and culture Primate archaeology Human-wildlife interactions Evolutionary significance of coastal environments |
Professor Jamie Tehrani | Professor in the Department of Anthropology |
Cultural evolution Phylogenetic analysis of culture Social learning Cognitive anthropology Oral traditions Material culture Fairy tales |
Dr Tom Widger | Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology |
Anthropology & chemistry Suicide, self-harm, ethnopsychiatry Cognition, cultural transmission, social learning Charity, philanthropy, CSR, development Religion, nationalism, politics Pesticides, agrochemicals, and their human and environmental impacts Chemical body burden, biomonitoring, medical and eco toxicology Purity/danger; pollution/risk Global health Sri Lanka & South Asia |
Academic Staff
Graduate Students
Name | Title |
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Miss Diane Austry | |
Mrs Helen Donnelly | |
Mr Ivan Garcia-nisa | |
Dr Carmen Granito | |
Mr Duncan Learmouth | |
Ms Gessica Martini | |
Mr Robin Watson |
External members
- Professor Alex Bentley
- Dr Camila Coelho
- Dr Lewis Dean
- Professor Celia Deane-Drummond
- Dr Natalia Dutra
- Professor Emma Flynn
- Mr Ángel V. Jiménez
- Dr Jean-Luc Jucker
- Professor Greger Larson
- Mr Guy Lavander-Forsyth
- Dr Alex Mesoudi
- Dr Matt Offord
- Dr Bess Price
- Dr Lauren Scanlon
- Dr Sara Silva
- Dr Joseph Stubbersfield
- Dr Thom Scott-Phillips
- Professor Kenny Smith
- Mr Cameron Turner
- Dr Gillian Vale
- Dr Caroline Walters
- Dr Lara Wood