Christopher Young

ChrisEducation

2009 – Present: PhD Social Evolution, University of Gottingen. Subject: Cooperation and competition in wild Barbary macaque males.

2006 – 2007: MRes in Primatology, University of Roehampton. Field-based research dissertation on “The effects of tourist pressure on stress and human-macaque interactions of the Barbary macaques of Gibraltar”.

2000 – 2004: BSc Zoology (Hons), University of Edinburgh.

 

Research interests

Socio-ecology, behavioural ecology, social evolution, cooperation, competition, welfare and conservation.

 

Grants awarded

2010: University of Gottingen – Cooperation and competition in wild Barbary macaque males.

2009: Max Planck Institute (€12,000) – Cooperation and competition in wild Barbary macaque males.

Contact: chrissyboy1888@hotmail.com