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  • Congrats Alex!

    Dr Alex Ishungisa wins 'best talk addressing equity, diversity and inclusion' at the Cultural Evolution Society 2024 conference!

    Alex presented his recent paper - What do other men think? Understanding (mis)perceptions of peer gender role ideology among young Tanzanian men.

  • 'Reimagining International Collaboration in Anthropology: Tanzania as a Case Study'

    We have received core funding from the Wenner-Gren foundation to host this workshop on equitable collaboration in Mwanza, Tanzania in 2025. More info coming soon!

  • We are going to the Cultural Evolution Society 2024 Conference!

    David, Alex and Joseph will all be attending the Cultural Evolution Society Conference in Durham, UK Sept 9-13th.

  • David gave a plenary talk at EHBEA!

    The European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association 2024 Conference was held in Montpellier, France April 16-19th 2024. David presented a plenary talk on “The Social Learning of Gendered Conflict”.

  • Fieldwork complete!

    We have successfully completed running two field projects in Tanzania from July-Sept 2023 in collaboration with the National Institute for Medical Research. Data will be used for Joseph’s PhD and our project on the social learning of gender roles.

  • AEA lab publishes new collection of papers on gendered conflict.

    Published in Evolutionary Human Sciences, the collection brings together 13 new papers on the evolution of conflict between women and men and its wellbeing implications (June 2023).

  • We have been awarded a grant from the Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund!

    We will use the funds to study the social learning of gender roles in Tanzania. For more info see here. The project will run from early 2023 to late 2024.

  • Joseph awarded an NSF award!

    The award “The Social and Reproductive Ramifications for Men Supporting Gender Equity Efforts” will fund data collection in summer 2023 Tanzania for Joseph’s PhD research.

On gender: misperceptions about others can stifle women’s empowerment. The Current. 2024.

Shifting gender roles in Tanzania. Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund Blog. 2024.

New collection of articles unpacks the importance of culture in the evolution of gendered conflict. The Current. 2023.

Gendered conflict in the human family. Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund Blog. 2023.

Fostering an inclusive and equitable global research community in cross-cultural social science. Author Aid Blog. 2021.

When is marriage harmful to women? Human Behavior & Evolution Society Newsletter 2021.

What men want. The Current. 2021.

Parachute Failure. The Current. 2021.

The Cost of Change. The Current. 2021.

To “Decolonize” the Social Sciences, Cross-Cultural Research Must Be More Equitable, Researchers Say. Daily Nexus 2021

Using mixed methods to correct stubborn misconceptions about child marriage. Nature Behavioural & Social Sciences Forum. 2020.

UCSB Anthropologists Identify Common Misconceptions About Child Marriage Among Americans. Daily Nexus. 2020.

‘Child Marriage’ Misconceptions. The Current. 2020.

An age-old question. The Current. 2020.

Distinguishing reality from stereotype in the end child marriage movement. Nature Behavioural and Social Sciences Forum. 2019.

What if 'child marriage' means older teens making choices? Futurity. 2019.

‘Child marriages’ - coercion or choice? The Current. 2019.

Child’s work. The Current. 2019.

Why daughters may choose early marriage. Nature Human Behaviour 3:325–326. 2019.

Earning their keep? Fostering, education and work in Tanzania. IUSSP online news magazine. 2019.

Maasai in Tanzania: World fame but empty stomachs. The Guardian. 2014.

Population Paradox. New Scientist. 2013.

How older siblings stunt your growth. BBC News. 2007

Only children more likely to be taller than those with brothers or sisters. Daily Mail 2007.

Younger siblings grow more slowly. The Guardian. 2007.