World-renowned conservationist and ethologist Dr Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, delivered this year’s annual Durrell Institute … Read more
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Why Anthropology has a moral duty to be at the forefront in normalising racial equality
Christopher Aris is currently studying for a PhD in Anthropology with an examination of enamel microevolution over the last 2000 years of human history. Here, … Read more
Covidentities – An interactive online screening of visual anthropology projects
This year’s visual anthropology event presents a diversity of films and interactive websites, many influenced by the pandemic. Please join us for our annual visual … Read more
Anthropology and Conservation News Summary – May
With the 24th of May signifying two months of lockdown during the current COVID-19 crisis, the doors to the School of Anthropology and Conservation have … Read more
Dr Khalil Avi Betz-Heinemann publishes new study on the efficacy of culling crows in Northern Cyprus
Culling, the killing of non-human animals, is practised worldwide as a form of population control and environmental management. In tandem with other practices, culling is … Read more
#windowsintowildlife: May edition
Last month, the School of Anthropology and Conservation launched a student-led social media campaign called #windowsintowildlife. With a vast amount of research linking human wellbeing … Read more
Try a little mindfulness: resilience and wellbeing during lockdown
During these times of remote working and studying at home, staff and students from the School of Anthropology and Conservation are presenting tips and advice … Read more
DICE PhD student wins Graduate School Prize for Public Engagement
Laura Thomas-Walters, who is studying for a PhD in Biodiversity Management at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) on social marketing and behaviour change for … Read more
Modern biomechanical tools used to explore ergonomic design of earliest human tools
Kent’s School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) and School of Sport and Exercise Sciences (SSES) have collaborated on a research project to investigate the design … Read more
Video released investigating lockdown for primatologists
What are people who work with or study primates doing during lockdown? Dr Ameline Bardo and colleagues from the French Society of Primatology had the … Read more