{"id":7972,"date":"2022-07-01T11:12:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T11:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/?p=7972"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T11:12:43","slug":"june-news-roundup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2022\/07\/01\/june-news-roundup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"June News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Can robotics aid sustainable development? Can we end football hooliganism? Sex &#038; Bugs and Rock &#8216;n Roll: we took environmental issues and our science mission to Glastonbury. Read more in our June RoundUp. <\/p>\n<h2>International Impact<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Will security costs hamper rhino conservation in southern Africa? Professor Keith Somerville of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/7916\/will-security-costs-hamper-rhino-conservation-in-southern-africa\">gives his expert comment on the South African Rhino Conservation situation<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the impacts of Gold Mining on Biodiversity; PhD Candidate Sean Glynn has just returned from fieldwork in Guyana. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/7863\/understanding-the-impacts-of-gold-mining-on-biodiversity\">He explains the data collecting method, its purpose and his hopes for the research<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Research published by Primates and led by PhD student, Hella P\u00e9ter has found that rainforest chimpanzees are digging wells for cleaner water and that the behaviour is spreading. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/7974\/rainforest-chimpanzees-dig-wells-for-cleaner-water\">Find out more.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tanya Humle is off on a lifetime opportunity in Africa. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2022\/06\/30\/go-ape\/\">Read about it here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Does loving a group mean hating its rivals?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>New research led by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/3472\/newson-martha\">Dr Martha Newson<\/a> has found that how hostile rival football fans are towards each other is influenced by their age, gender and how threatened they feel by rivals. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/7952\/hostility-towards-rival-football-fans-is-influenced-by-age-gender-and-feelings-of-threat\">Read here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"page-title\" class=\"article__title\">Can robotics help us achieve sustainable development?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An international team of scientists including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/475\/davies-zoe\">Professor Zoe Davies<\/a>, have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/7966\/can-robotics-help-us-achieve-sustainable-development\">Find out more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"page-title\" class=\"article__title\">Sex &amp; Bugs and Rock &#8216;n Roll<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The University of Kent headed to<a href=\"https:\/\/glastonburyfestivals.co.uk\/\">\u00a0Glastonbury Music Festival<\/a> this year. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/7937\/sex-bugs-and-rock-n-roll-at-glastonbury-festival\">Find out more here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 30px\">Award winning<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Conservation student, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/3545\/ardiantiono-ardian\">Ardiantiono<\/a> has been selected as 1 of 30 individuals to join Indonesia\u2019s Science Leadership Collaborative. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/7914\/indonesian-science-champion\">Read more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Nuaulu World of Plants<\/em>, by Emeritus<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/1014\/ellen-roy\">\u00a0Professor Roy Ellen<\/a>\u2019s 2021 book, has won the 2022 Mary W. Klinger Book Award given by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.econbot.org\/\">Society for Economic Botany<\/a> for an outstanding book published in the discipline of Economic\/Ethno Botany. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/7928\/roy-ellen-wins-the-2022-mary-w-klinger-book-award\">More information<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Dr Daniel Ingram, soon to join the School of Anthropology and Conservation is part of a cohort of 84 promising future leaders in research and innovation selected for UKRI Fellowships in round six of the \u00a3900m scheme. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/7925\/future-leader-fellowship-awards\">Learn more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\">Keep up to date with the latest news from the School of Anthropology and Conservation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can robotics aid sustainable development? 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