Kirsten Sutherland

Doctoral Student
Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
phone: +49 (0) 341 3550 403
email: kirsten_sutherland@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Research Interests
My doctoral research focuses on how great apes resolve conflicts of interest in group-level social dilemmas.
General research interests:
- Comparative psychology
- Social dilemmas
- Resource management
- Common-Pool Resource Dilemmas
- Volunteer's Dilemmas
- Evolution of communication
- Primatology
- Sexual selection
Curriculum Vitae
Career & Education
09/2021 - Present | Doctoral Researcher |
09/2020 - 09/2021 | Research Scholarship Holder |
10/2019 - 07/2020 | MPhil Human Evolutionary Studies University of Cambridge Thesis: “Secondary Sexual Development in Howler Monkeys (Alouatta spp.): the Relationship between Testosterone, Coat Colour, Hyoid Volume and Canine Length” |
10/2018 - 09/2019 | Manuscript Assistant Scientific Reports, Nature Research London |
09/2015 - 07/2018 | BSc Biological Anthropology |
Practical Experience
06/2018 - 07/2018 | Research stay at Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru |