Research Associate: Behaviour and Evolution Group (Fixed Term)

A Research Associate post is available in the Behaviour and Evolution Group directed by Rufus Johnstone in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. The applicant will join an exciting, inter-disciplinary team investigating the role of intergroup conflict in the evolution of animal societies. Informed by data collected from banded mongoose and termite study systems, the applicant will develop new theoretical models of intergroup conflict, as part of an ERC Advanced Grant (INTERGROUP) awarded to Rufus Johnstone and Michael Cant and funded by the UKRI under the Horizon Guarantee programme. Intergroup conflict is recognised as a potentially powerful force shaping the evolution of social behaviour in animal societies.