Dr Simon Black of DICE has developed a number of techniques that are more commonly seen in business settings to encourage improvements in conservation management. In his latest … Read more
Category: Research
Fast track the impact of your research – Professor Reed seminar
Research Services are delighted to offer an additional Grants Factory session this term on how to fast track the impact of your research, led by Professor … Read more
New book published by Dr Andrew Sanchez
Dr Andrew Sanchez has had a new book published by Routledge called Criminal Capital: Violence, Corruption & Class in Industrial India. Based upon field research among a ‘casualised’ … Read more
Kent anthropologist sheds further light on Homo naledi
Research led by University of Kent anthropologist Dr Tracy Kivell suggests that early human species Homo naledi may have been uniquely adapted for both tree … Read more
Launch of Skeletal Biology Research Centre
The School of Anthropology and Conservation are delighted to announce the launch of our new Skeletal Biology Research Centre. The Centre is the first and … Read more
New Species of Fossil Human Discovered in South African Cave
Fossils representing at least 15 individuals may alter views of human behaviour The discovery of a new species of human relative was announced today (Sept. … Read more
How Scientists Are Racing to Save a Rare Hawaiian Bird From Extinction
A new article in Audubon Magazine reports on the work of PhD student, Hanna Mounce, and her team as they look to save rare Hawaiian … Read more
Developing a sampled global protected area coverage metric
Principal Investigator: Dr Bob Smith Project dates: 2015 – Funding: University of Kent Faculty of Social Sciences Collaborators: UNEP-WCMC Protected areas (PAs) are a … Read more
A Needs Assessment of Green Space Provision across Kent: How does this correlate with low levels of physical activity?
Principal Investigator: Dr Zoe Davies Co-investigator: Tristan Pett Project dates: 2015-16 Funding: Kent Nature Partnership Collaborators: Teresa Bennett (Natural Values), Dr Susan Hidgson (Imperial College, … Read more
Who’s a pretty parrot then? Public preferences for native and non-native species across Western Europe
Principal Investigator: Dr Zoe Davies Project dates: 2015-2016 Funding: University of Kent Faculty of Social Sciences Collaborators: Dr Thomas Lundhede (University of Copenhagen), Dr Martin … Read more