Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Dr Daniela Peluso, is an invited participant at the Anthropology of Finance Symposium taking place on 25th March and hosted … Read more
Professor Keith Somerville on the worrying rise in rhino killings in Botswana
In response to the latest rhino poaching figures released (February 2020) by South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs, Professor Keith Somerville of the Durrell Institute … Read more
Students explore the University’s landscape and grounds management to further embed sustainability across the curriculum
Students registered on the interdisciplinary module The Anthropocene: Planetary Crises and the Age of Humans, spanning Anthropology, Conservation and Human Geography, were given a tour … Read more
New research into flightlessness in the Aldabra rail indicates it could be a distinct species
A new research paper published on Aldabra’s endemic white-throated rail Dryolimnas [cuvieri] aldabranus has shown two new facts about this unique bird: it evolved among the most … Read more
Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem to speak at ‘Urban Violence’ Knowledge Frontiers Symposium in Brazil
Lecturer in Human Geography Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem has been invited to participate in the Knowledge Frontiers Symposium on Urban Violence, to be held in … Read more
Dr Daniela Peluso launches open-access webpage on Teaching Lowland South America
The Anthropology of Amazonia is a popular module offered across the School’s Anthropology programmes by Dr Daniela Peluso, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, and Dr … Read more
Crops provide chimpanzees with more energy than wild foods
A study conducted by the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found that cultivated foods offer chimpanzees in West Africa more energetic benefits … Read more
The benefits of using flagship species in conservation campaigns
New research co-authored by the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has validated the wider conservation benefits of using flagship species as the faces … Read more
Queen’s Anniversary Prize is presented for the work of DICE
The University of Kent has received a highly prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for the work of the Durrell Institute of … Read more
Ethnographic documentary The Healer and The Psychiatrist is USA bound
The Healer and the Psychiatrist, an ethnographic and documentary film made by Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Dr Mike Poltorak, has been accepted as part … Read more