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Professor Rebecca Sear FBA

Evolutionary approaches to demography and anthropology; thematic interests in family, fertility and health; research integrity and the persistence of eugenic ideology.
A portrait photo of Rebecca Sear FBA. Photo: Anne Koerber
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Sections
Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
Website
https://www.rebeccasear.org/

Current post

Brunel University Professor and Director of the Centre for Culture and Evolution

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Children, young people, media and education: media use, civic participation, consumerism, youth culture, sexuality, media literacy, media regulation, identity

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