Life on earth is fundamentally dependent on cooperative interactions among biological units. These social interactions may take the form of cooperation among genes or cells within organisms, between individuals within cooperative societies, or, in human societies, cooperation at an international or global scale.
Our work on social evolution focuses on investigation of the causes and fitness consequences of such evolutionary transitions. We use various bird species to investigate the ecological and evolutionary drivers of sociality in animals, and to explore its consequences for the behaviour of individuals and for the dynamics of their populations. We use diverse approaches, including comparative studies, field observations and experiments, population genetic analyses and modelling to investigate social evolution in a variety of avian study systems. We provide training in experimental design, field techniques, data analysis and science communication.
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