Chimpanzee social ecology; primate and human behaviour in a comparative framework, including influences of diet, violence and culture; self-domestication and the evolution of reduced aggression; primate conservation
Social studies of science and technology; comparative work on relations between science, technology, politics and law in Europe, the United States and India; theoretical work on expertise and democracy
From her disciplinary roots in Geography, Professor Lily Kong FBA has since come to embrace interdisciplinarity in her work. Her research has focused on urban transformations, and social and cultural change in Asian cities.
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