Professor Robin Dunbar FBA

Evolutionary Psychology, Evolutionary Anthropology
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1998
Subjects
Anthropology, Psychology

10-Minute Talks: The nature of friendship

7 Apr 2021 Professor Robin Dunbar FBA

Professor Robin Dunbar FBA discusses what friendship is and why it is important for our psychological and physical health.

Current post

Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Liverpool British Academy Research Professor, University of Liverpool

2004 -

University of Liverpool Professor of Evolutionary Psychology

1994 -

University of Liverpool Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, University of Liverpool

1994 - 2004

University College London Lecturer, Professor of Anthropology

1987 - 1994

University of Cambridge Advanced Research Fellow

1977 - 1982

Publications

Primate social systems 1988

Evolution of social behaviour patterns in primates and man (_PBA_ 88, 1996)

Grooming, gossip and the evolution of language 1995

Human evolutionary psychology 2002

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Martin John Pickering FBA

The psychology of language, particularly language production, comprehension, dialogue, and bilingualism

Martin John Pickering FBA (credit Elizabeth Pickering)

Professor Nancy Kanwisher FBA

The functional organization of the human brain, as a window into the architecture of the mind, studied with functional MRI and other methods of cognitive neuroscience

nancy-kanwisher.jpg

Professor Roy Ellen FBA

Anthropology of the environment, cultural cognition, ethnobiological knowledge systems; eastern Indonesia

roy-ellen.jpg

Sign up to our email newsletters

Join our mailing list to explore the ideas and impact of the British Academy. Get updates on research, funding, policy, international collaborations, and events that bring the humanities and social sciences to life.