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 andΒ 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.
Me too - it never gets easier. 3rd-time unlucky with ERC for me. No feedback for weeks - though last time it was not very constructive given the effort involved for the application. Another small push towards the exit door π https://t.co/gu1hKH4neZ
— Nichola Raihani #BlackLivesMatter (@nicholaraihani) June 5, 2020
"infants and young children evolved the ability to exploit pre-existing adult tendencies....so as to elicit from them greater care and attention"
— Nichola Raihani #BlackLivesMatter (@nicholaraihani) June 4, 2020
Interesting review article by Tomasello in Phil Trans B.https://t.co/8SPBuTtrN5
Update: it did not disappoint. Thanks @MrBaoUK π π https://t.co/yGKrJVegOT
— Nichola Raihani #BlackLivesMatter (@nicholaraihani) May 30, 2020
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