A major new report, evaluating progress on the environmental dimensions of the sustainable development goals, has been launched by DICE researchers at an international conference … Read more
Category: Research
The conference that made my dreams a reality – Dr Ameline Bardo
Dr Ameline Bardo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow studying the evolution of tool use. She researches the differences between the ability of great apes and … Read more
Women who give birth to boys much more likely to have postnatal depression
A University study into postnatal depression (PND) found the odds of developing this condition increased by 79% when mothers had baby boys compared to baby … Read more
Dr Alanna Cant on witchcraft and Catholicism in Mexico
Dr Alanna Cant, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School, has recently published an article entitled What Can Witchcraft Do in Mexico? for … Read more
Sundarbans tigers reveal fine-scale genetic signature of population isolation by wider rivers
Tigers (Panthera tigris) in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh reveal a signature of population genetic isolation as a result of wide rivers, according to … Read more
Amber Abrams successfully defends her PhD thesis
Congratulations to Dr Amber Abrams who successfully defended her PhD thesis, ‘Wellbeing on the edge: The dynamics of Musundian edge-dwelling on the boundaries of protected … Read more
Dr Matthew Struebig awarded large NERC grant to research land-use policy in Indonesia
NERC has chosen to award just short of one million pounds to a UK-Indonesia research collaboration under the Wallacea scheme, of which £395,000 is granted … Read more
Female chimpanzees know which males are most likely to kill their babies
New research carried out by the School of Anthropology and Conservation sheds light on the infanticidal behaviour of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and demonstrates that females are … Read more
DICE PhD candidate Steven Allain featured in BBC Wildlife magazine
DICE PhD candidate Steven Allain has been featured in BBC Wildlife magazine after being interviewed by Jo Price. Steven’s feature was mainly based on the … Read more
Professor João de Pina-Cabral publishes on collective disciplinary identity
Berghan Books have published Who Are ‘We’? Reimagining Alterity and Affinity in Anthropology (eds: Liana Chua and Nayanika Mathur), a new volume examining how forms … Read more