Research output per year
Research output per year
BS8 1TQ
Evolution of animal conflict and cooperation, using fieldwork and theory.
Endlessly fascinating Belonogaster wasps, Ghana (PK)
What links climate and cooperation?
Across social animals, links are emerging between climatic variation and the evolution of sociality. My research aims to contribute to this debate using experiments and theoretical modelling (e.g., theory for altruism in fluctuating environments). I am conducting field experiments with African wasps, with colleagues in Cameroon, South Africa, and Kenya.
What role do threats and coercion play in social evolution?
Can organisms use Machiavellian tactics to coerce others into cooperation? I have recently published on the evolution of 'blackmail' between family members, and I am developing experiments in the evolution of dominance hierarchies.
What explains paradoxical acts of cooperation?
2024-Present Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol
2021-2024 Marie Curie Global Fellow, Columbia University (USA) & University of Bristol (UK)
2021-2024 Junior Fellow of Simons Society of Fellows, Columbia University (USA)
2019-2020 Postdoc, Radford Lab, University of Bristol (UK)
2015-2019 PhD, University of Bristol (UK)
2014 Field assistant, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama
2010-2013 BA (Hons.) Biological Sciences, Brasenose College, University of Oxford (UK)
Junior Fellow (Columbia University), Simons Society of Fellows, New York City, Simons Foundation
1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2023
Marie Curie Global Fellow, Columbia University
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Kennedy, P. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
Kennedy, P. (Principal Investigator)
1/06/25 → 31/05/28
Project: Research
Kennedy, P. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Kennedy, P. (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)