Dr Justyna Miszkiewicz has had two images of bone microstructure acquired by the Wellcome Collection. The images were scanned using an atomic force microscope (AFM) … Read more
Category: Research
Film preview at the Gulbenkian
PhD student Carin Tunaker’s film ‘Homeless Youth’ will be previewing at the Digibury Weekender conference at the Gulbenkian Theatre this Saturday (18th October). The short … Read more
Non-dominant hand vital to the evolution of the thumb
SAC PhD student Alastair Key, and his research associate Christopher Dunmore, have had research results published in the Journal of Human Evolution. Their paper, The … Read more
Identifying motivations for compliance: illegal carnivore killing in Taiwan
Principal Investigator: Dr Freya St. John Project dates: 2012 – 2014 Collaborators: Prof Kurtis Pei, Institute of Wildlife Conservation, National Pingtung University of Science & … Read more
Pre- and post-release monitoring of chimpanzee in the Park National du Haut Niger, Guinea, West Africa
Principal Investigator: Dr Tatynana Humble Project dates: June 2008-ongoing Funding: USFW, ARCUS Collaborators: The Chimpanzee Conservation Center, Guinea, West Africa Projet Primates France (PPF)- http://www.projetprimatesfrance.org/ Project … Read more
Restoration efforts required for achieving the objectives of the Birds and Habitats Directives
Principal Investigators: Dr Bob Smith and Dr Zoe Davies Project dates: 2014-2015 Funding: European Commission Collaborators: Bio Intelligence Service, Institute for Environmental Studies from VU … Read more
Tolerating tigers: do local beliefs offset human-carnivore conflicts?
Principal Investigator: Dr Matthew Struebig
Reconnecting poverty-alleviation to biodiversity conservation in Kenya’s Eastern Arc Mountains
The main aim of this project is to facilitate diversified livelihoods in the Taita Taveta region of Kenya that are linked to sustainable natural resource … Read more
Channel 4’s ‘The Island’ is ‘inherently sexist’
Female survival experts have criticised Channel 4’s show The Island for only featuring male contestants. This latest Bear Grylls’ series features 12 male ‘survivors’ stranded on a desert island. SAC PhD Ethnobotony student … Read more
Applications sought for ESRC PhD Scholarships
We have been able to extend the application deadline for two project-linked ESRC PhD scholarships to conduct anthropological research on the socioeconomic consequences of the financial … Read more