School of Biosciences
Dr Michael Cant
A mongoose huddle
Academic staff
Dr Michael Cant
Royal Society University Research Fellow
I study the evolution of conflict and cooperation in animal societies using a combination of field-based research and game-theoretical modelling. My field studies studies focus on two model systems: cooperatively breeding banded mongooses in Uganda, and paper wasps in southern Spain. My current research aims are to understand the resolution of conflicts over reproduction and helping behaviour in animal societies, social influences on life history evolution, and how evolutionary transitions to cooperation can occur. I am a member of the Behaviour research group. My publications are available for download at the Banded Mongoose Research Project website.
Qualifications
1999 PhD (Cambridge University)
1994 Postgraduate Certificate in Biotechnology Training (Leicester University)
1993 BSc Zoology (Newcastle University)
Career
2007-present Royal Society University Research Fellow, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
2003 Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, Cambridge University
2001 Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellow. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, New York, USA
1999 Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Department of Biology, University College London
Contact details
| Building | Daphne du Maurier |
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| Address | Daphne du Maurier School of Biosciences University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus Penryn Cornwall TR10 9EZ UK |
