Science Communication

News Highlights

Scientific American Blog "What can the animal kingdom tell us about North Korea?" December 2011.
Planet Earth (NERC) "Baboons follow the leader to breakfast" November 2011.
Planet Earth (NERC) "The Cape's belligerent baboons" October 2011.
Discover Magazine “Knowledgeable individuals protect the wisdom of crowds", Sep 2011.
BBC Nature Blog “Why do people and other primates share food?", July 2011.
Planet Earth (NERC) “Baboons prefer dining with friends”, July 2011.
The Economist "Human communication - Gesture politics", October 2010 (pictured above).
Planet Earth (NERC) “Research reveals baboon dining etiquette”, July 2009.
New Scientist “Dictators lay down the law in baboon troops”, Nov 2008 (pictured above).

Interviews

Popular Science

King, A. J. (2008) Dictators of the Desert. BBC Wildlife 26, 50-55. This article (pictured above) was also translated for Elethyrotipia magazine (Greece), and WWF Eko magazine (Sweden).

Research Highlights

"Baboons prefer to dine with friends" and "Performance of human groups in social foraging" In: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London 2010-2011 Annual Report
"When to 'Follow an Expert' and 'Aggregate Information” In: Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (Max Planck Institute for Human Development) 2009-2010 Annual Report.
"Coordinating group life in wild primates" In: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London 2009-2010 Annual Report
"Baboon Leaders" In: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London 2008-2009 Annual Report
"The advantage of social information in group living animals" In: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London 2006-2007 Annual Report

Public Meetings

(2010) "Making good decisions: How humans and other animals deal with an uncertain world". Public Scientific Meeting, Zoological Society of London. (Organiser and Chair of meeting.
(2007) “From despotism to democracy: leadership and coordination in animal groups”. Public Scientific Meeting, Zoological Society of London. (Speaker and organiser of meeting with G. Cowlishaw).