Professor Richard Griffiths has received the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Marsh Award for Conservation Biology. Presented annually since 1991, the award recognises individuals for … Read more
Category: Research
Dr Daniela Peluso on the intersection of anthropology and business
Dr Daniela Peluso explores the intersection of anthropology and business as guest editor of a special-themed edition of the Journal of Business Anthropology (JBA), entitled Anthropology … Read more
George C. Williams Prize awarded for most significant article published in 2017
Dr Sarah Myers, who recently completed her PhD at the School, Dr Sarah Johns and former staff member Dr Oskar Burger have been awarded the … Read more
Dr Jake Bicknell receives Conservation award for Outstanding Student
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ Conservation Science award for an outstanding PhD student (2017) has been presented to Dr Jake Bicknell. Jake, who works … Read more
Illegal wildlife trade growing on the dark web
Research by Kent experts has found a small but growing amount of illegal wildlife trade on the dark web, posing a new challenge to law … Read more
Dr Nicholas Newton-Fisher publishes paper in Animal Behaviour
Dr Nicholas Newton-Fisher has published a paper on ‘Grooming decisions under structural despotism: the impact of social rank and bystanders among wild male chimpanzees’ in … Read more
British Academy postdoctoral fellowship awarded
Dr Emmy Bocaege will be joining the School of Anthropology and Conservation at Kent from the beginning of next year. Currently doing postdoctoral research at … Read more
Dr Matthew Skinner helps push back evolutionary history
Dr Matthew Skinner has been involved in a major project analysing and dating new fossils from Morocco that alter our understanding of the origin of … Read more
Dr Jonathan Mair on post-truth anthropology
Following divisive political campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic in 2016, political commentators have argued that we have entered a new global epoch: the … Read more
Chimpanzees adapt their foraging behaviour to avoid human conflict
Research by DICE member Dr Nicola Bryson-Morrison suggests chimpanzees are aware of the risks of foraging too close to humans. The findings could play a vital … Read more