Dr David Roberts’ Research suggesting that the first cases of Covid-19 arose earlier than initially reported, was the top news-making paper for PLOS Pathogens in … Read more
Category: Research
November News RoundUp
It’s crunch time for the environment. We share how our academics, students and alumni have been responding to challenges in conservation, sustainability and climate crisis … Read more
Applications open for two new PhD Scholarships at DICE in 2022
The School of Anthropology and Conservation is proud to be part of the Advanced Research and Innovation in the Environmental Sciences (ARIES) Doctoral Training Partnership which is funded … Read more
SAC PhD Researcher Captures Rare Flying Rodent for the first time in Sabah forests.
Potentially the first known photograph of a Smoky Flying Squirrel (Pteromyscus Pulverulentus) recorded by a team of researchers including SAC PhD researcher Jessica Haysom. Researchers … Read more
UK football; how fandom is changing
A report commissioned by Sky Sports at the start of the 2021/22 domestic football season shows a more diverse fandom now following the game. Dr … Read more
Could Video Games be a tool for conservation messages?
Flatmates Jess Fisher and Danielle Rundle were inspired to explore a paper about the medium of video games to communicate conservation messages, which has just … Read more
June News RoundUp
Its the end of the oddest academic year ever. How did we keep study, conservation and climate change at the forefront of the agenda during … Read more
Does Cocaine Make Football Fans More Aggressive?
Dr Martha Newson has written extensively about the relationship between highly committed football supporters and her new research indicates that cocaine use may be associated … Read more
April News RoundUp
April -the sun shone, the snow fell, we could get a haircut again or freeze in a pub garden, you handed in your dissertations, the … Read more
Is There an Increasing Consumer Demand for Bushmeat?
University of Kent alumna Linh Bao Nguyen has published research from her MSc which was completed in the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) … Read more