Talks
Invited Plenaries/Keynotes:
2022
Early career Social Learning Researchers workshop: cultural evolution for good (Aarhus, Denmark)
2021
Cátedra Europa (Universidad del Norte, Colombia): The adaptive use of social learning.
2020
Scottish Primate Research Group (SPRG) annual meeting (April, The Burn, Scotland) *postponed due to COVID-19 to 2022*
European Human Behaviour and Evolution Conference (April, Krakow, Poland) *postponed due to COVID-19 to 2021, given in June 2021*
2019
Evolutionary Approaches to Culture conference (November, Institute of Advanced Studies, Sao Paulo University, Brazil)
(Videos: Part 1 featuring Edu Ottoni, Andy Whiten, Christine Caldwell & Part 2 featuring Cristine Legare, Rachel Kendal (starts 1hr 34mins))
2017
European Student Conference on Behaviour & Cognition (Czech Republic, Declined as unavailable)
2016
The role of sensory ecology and cognition in social decisions (Switzerland, Declined as unavailable)
What is cumulative culture and who has it? Cumulative Culture Conference (Birmingham, UK)
Comparative Studies of Cultural Transmission (Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus, Denmark) - watch the video
Centre for Behaviour and Evolution Research Away Day (Newcastle, UK)
2015
Göttingen Freilandtage on From Cohesion to Social Norms (Gottingen,Germany)
Primate Society of Great Britain Conference on Social Learning and Culture (London, UK)
Invited Panel Member / Discussant:
2021
Discussant for a joint Royal Society and British Academy meeting, The Emergence of Collective Knowledge and Cumulative Culture in Animals, Humans and Machines (The Royal Society, London, UK) *postponed due to Covid-19 to March 2022*
2019
Reporter for Lorentz Center workshop on Probing the Foundations of Cultural Evolution (Netherlands) - declined as unavailable
2017
Royal Anthropological Institute Annual Student Conference - Interdisciplinary panel regarding the concept of 'post truth'
Invited Public talks / Outreach:
Social Learning Strategies in Animals (lecture) - Part of the Cultural Evolution Society's online learning series 'Animal Culture: Core Discoveries & New Horizons'
Conserving rainforests - St Margaret's Primary school, Durham UK (April 2019)
HIVE (Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions) outreach products workshop - Yogyakarta City, Java, Indonesia (March 2018)
Primates and their Habitats - St Margaret's Primary school, Durham, UK (July 2017).
What is Anthropology? - Durham Johnston secondary school, Durham, UK (June 2017).
Respondent at public lecture as part of Wisdom’s Deep Evolution conference (declined as unavailable; London, July 2017).
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants - Representing the Royal Society of London at Manchester Science Festival (Nov 2012) - watch the video
Invited Departmental Seminars:
2022
University of Lausanne, Switzerland (Biology & Economics Departments)
2021
University of St Andrews (Psychology)
2018
Bristol University (Anthropology & Archaeology)
University of Lyon (Biometry & Evolutionary Biology)
2017
University of St Andrews (Biology)
2016
University of Exeter (Biology)
University of Manchester (Biology)
2015
University of Cambridge (Zoology)
2014
University of Kent (Anthropology)
2012
University of York (Biology)
University of Oxford (Biology)
University College London (Anthropology)
2011
Queen Mary University (Psychology)
2004
University of British Columbia (Biology)
Stanford University (Psychology)
2003
Stanford University (Biology)
2001
Copenhagen University (Biology)
Konrad-Lorenz Institute
University of Vienna (Biology)
Invited Symposium/Workshop Participant:
2019
Moving social learning strategies beyond functional perspectives (Brain and Behavioral Evolution in Primates, Erice, Sicily, in Sept.)
Experimental field investigations of cultural capacities in tool-using bearded capuchins (Primate archaeology, developments of a new research field, PSGB-EFP September meeting, Oxford, UK)
2018
The evolution of cultural complexity (satellite meeting of Complex Systems conference, Greece; Declined as unavailable)
Integrating different perspectives on social learning (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
HIVE (Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions) outreach products workshop (Yogyakarta City, Java, Indonesia)
2017
Incorporating learning theory into the development of outreach products for HIVE (Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions) (3rd HIVE workshop, Durham, UK)
Experimental field investigations of cultural capacities in the bearded capuchin. (Primate Cultures: Updates and New Trends) European Federation for Primatology (Strasbourg, France)
2016
Partnerships with Science Centres, Engage (Bristol)
The Development of Cumulative Culture, Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development (Hungary)
2014
Innovation: Understanding the Origins and Development of Human Creativity, Templeton and ESRC funded workshop (St Andrews, UK)
2013
Comparative Studies of Social Learning, Cognition and Culture, International Ethological Conference (Newcastle, UK)
Other Conference Presentations:
2018
Experimental field investigations of cultural capacities in the bearded capuchin. Cultural Evolution Society conference (Arizona, USA)
2017
Do humans and chimpanzees share a payoff biased social learning strategy? Inaugural Cultural Evolution Society conference (Jena, Germany)
How to be a successful doctoral supervisor (Durham University staff training course)