Research

We are currently one of the largest and most innovative departments of Anthropology in the UK, and a world-leading leading centre for research that integrates social science and natural science perspectives on questions about human life in its evolutionary, environmental and cultural contexts. A hallmark of our commitment to a broad-based and interdisciplinary vision of anthropology is our willingness to think critically about methods, theories and analysis.

This commitment is evident from the breadth of research that is carried out within the Durham of Anthropology and includes work in fields such as environment/energy and development, animal-human relations, social learning, primatology, evolutionary medicine, health and well-being, public culture, understanding human behaviour and cultural evolution. Our work in these fields places us at the cutting edge of anthropological thinking, practice and application.