Dr Rajindra Puri, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Anthropology, has overseen the publication of a special issue of the journal AMBIO, dedicated to the emerging field … Read more
Dr Alastair Key leads study revealing early humans engineered optimised stone tools
Early Stone Age populations living between 1.8 – 1.2 million years ago engineered their stone tools in complex ways to make optimised cutting tools, according … Read more
DICE TALK – ‘Curtains for endangered species?’
‘Curtains for Endangered Species?’ is the theme of the first DICE talk of 2020. The talk will be given by Dr Susy Paisley, a conservation … Read more
Dr David Roberts’ research on the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish covered by National Geographic, CNN and The Times
So named for its distinctive shape, the Chinese paddlefish, or Chinese swordfish, had a lineage dating back at least 34 million years, scientists believe. It … Read more
Student-led video released of the School’s declaration of a Climate and Environmental Emergency
In September 2019, the School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) declared a Climate and Environmental Emergency, the first academic School at the University of Kent … Read more
School of Anthropology and Conservation’s Climate and Environmental Emergency declaration
To herald the start of a new academic year, the School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) declared a Climate and Environmental Emergency, the first academic … Read more
María Cifre Sabater successfully defends her PhD thesis
María Cifre Sabater, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology research, successfully defended her thesis earlier this month. Her PhD thesis, Changing Forests in a Changing Mediterranean … Read more
New Human Geography Sustainability Scholarships announced for 2020
To celebrate the launch of its new BSc in Human Geography in autumn 2019, the School of Anthropology and Conservation is offering five scholarships of … Read more
DICE PhD student Kate Allberry on collecting wild cat DNA samples in the Malaysian jungle
Kate Allberry is a PhD student in Biodiversity Management at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), researching how environmental change influences the movement … Read more
Dr Zerrin Özlem Biner publishes book on violence and precarious coexistence in Turkey
Dr Zerrin Özlem Biner, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, has published her book, States Of Dispossession, through the University of Pennsylvania Press. The military conflict between … Read more