Research in this group explores the evolution of cooperation in nature. In particular, we ask what mechanisms can maintain cooperation in interactions where partners may otherwise be tempted to exploit one another. In parallel, we investigate the ecological causes and evolutionary consequences of individual variation in social behaviour.
We work on a variety of model species, and use real-world and lab-based methods to tackle these questions.
We are striving to be an open science lab. We publish in open-access journals, we pre-register our experiments when we can, and we routinely post the materials, data and code to reproduce analyses online.
If you’re keen to come and work with us in the Social Evolution and Behaviour Lab at UCL, please get in touch.
Principal investigator
Nichola Raihani is PI of the Social Evolution and Behaviour Lab. She is Professor in Evolution and Behaviour, a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
Keep a living spreadsheet of all your achievements, contributions to your dept, grants applied for, journals & funding agencies you review for, students mentored, invited talks etc. You need it when you want to build and refresh your CV. https://t.co/20emH6wFW4
— Prof Nichola Raihani (@nicholaraihani) January 25, 2021
Why do we act in accordance with abstract principles, for example by becoming vegan? This paper is a really interesting attempt to tackle that question. @Moshe_Hoffman @mnvrsngh https://t.co/z3cwDAG4gj
— Prof Nichola Raihani (@nicholaraihani) January 25, 2021
The journal, Religion, Brain & Behavior, announces a new article type: the 'retake'. Recommend reading this short intro piece where they explain why. Wonder if other journals will follow suit. https://t.co/kbx3ogZEAJ
— Prof Nichola Raihani (@nicholaraihani) January 25, 2021
Nichola Raihani awarded Philip Leverhulme Prize for Psychology
New paper shows that social threat causes paranoid thinking
Nichola Raihani elected to Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology