Events

The management of shared natural resources often hinges on local cooperation, yet the social networks linking communities across space can both complicate and enable collective action. This talk examines how long-distance friendships—relationships that bridge community boundaries—shape trust, cooperation, and participation in fisheries management in coastal Tanzania. Drawing on theoretical models and multi-site ethnographic and survey data from […]

Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing large-scale cultural change. Christianity has spread widely and is now nearly universally adopted by non-Muslim populations. Despite this, traditional spiritual beliefs remain deeply rooted and continue to ground social, economic, and political life. Descriptive accounts– especially by African scholars– suggest that Christianity’s universal doctrine, which posits a single god and a […]

In this talk, I will share what I have learned about how endocrine mechanisms interact with environmental and social factors to shape variation in fitness-related outcomes in a wild social mammal. Drawing on nearly three decades of data from free-ranging rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis), I will discuss how male reproductive tactics are associated with divergent […]

Mobility has long enabled humans to access dispersed resources, inhabit diverse environments, and sustain social connections across communities. Mobility also operates across spatial and temporal scales, from everyday movement to larger-scale relocation and migration, echoing the distinction between logistical and residential mobility among hunter-gatherers. This talk brings together three lines of research spanning this broad […]