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Nichola Raihani

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Nichola Raihani is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Professor in Evolution and Behaviour at UCL. Her group's research focuses on the evolution of social behaviour in humans and non-human species. She has been widely published in scientific journals, won the 2018 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Psychology for her research achievements, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in 2018. She has also worked in the BBC Science Development Team, and appeared on several podcasts and radio shows, including BBC Radio 4’s ‘Hacking the Unconscious’ and ‘Thought Cages’.

Books by Nichola Raihani

The Social Instinct

What can nature teach us about working together? Exploring evolution, animal behaviour and human psychology, THE SOCIAL INSTINCT reveals how cooperation has shaped humankind - and what happens when it goes wrong.

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