PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
Doctoral student at the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies researching the evolution of exploitative behaviours and evolutionary medicine. Interested in evolutionary explanations for exploitation at all levels, from micro-environments to human populations, with a particular interest in the co-evolutionary relationship between disease and human behaviours. Recently completed an EPSRC-funded fellowship at the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London, this research was applied to the public health sphere.

Kindness has persisted in a competitive world – cultural evolution can explain why
Sep 26, 2023 03:57 am UTC| Insights & Views
Recently, I was walking with some fellow parents after nursery drop-off when we came across a five-pound note lying on the pavement. We stood around it for a moment, a bit awkwardly, until someone suggested putting it on a...

Psychopaths: why they've thrived through evolutionary history – and how that may change
Feb 14, 2023 13:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
When you start to notice them, psychopaths seem to be everywhere. This is especially true of people in powerful places. By one estimate, as many as 20% of business leaders have clinically relevant levels of psychopathic...