Announcement of funded awards
We are excited to announce the projects that this grant scheme will fund
We are pleased to announce our Research Projects and Applied Working Groups
After a thorough application, review and selection process, funding has been awarded. Find out more about each one by clicking on the title:
Variation in Creativity and Imagination
Cooperation and cumulative culture Principal Investigator: Alex Mesoudi
Exploratory learning in human adaptation Principal Investigator: Helen Taylor
Genome of melody Principal Investigator: Jan Hajic
How do people make and change rules? Principal Investigator: Sarah Mathew
How stories make us creative Principal Investigator: Wojciech Małecki
Cultural Influences on Access to ‘Reality’
Is generalizability to the Global South predictable? Principal Investigator: Anisha Singh
What do other men think about women’s empowerment? Principal Investigator: David Lawson
The Impact of Globalization on Cultures
Globalization and youth development Principal Investigator: Jessica McKenzie
Globalization, culture and well-being in Congo Principal Investigator: Adam Boyette
Globalization’s ethical implications on curricula Principal Investigator: Kisor Chakrabarti
People and birds working together – differently Principal Investigator: Jessica van der Wal
Applying Cultural Evolution to Enhance Global Human Futures
An innovation arms-race between parrots and humans? Principal Investigator: Lucy Aplin
Collective action and interdependence Principal Investigator: Nichola Raihani
Cultural evolution of conservation practices Principal Investigator: Thomas Currie
Institutional legacy and policy effectiveness Principal Investigator: Marco Fabbri
Traditional Luhya mourning rituals Principal Investigator: Stephen Asatsa
Cultural Evolution in Global Health Research Principal Investigator: Angela Obasi
Applied Working Groups
Culture as a tool Principal Investigator: Andrew Buskell
Hunter-Gatherer Education Principal Investigator: Jennifer Hays
Natural Resource Management Principal Investigator: Richard Berl
Sustainability Principal Investigator: Rebecca Koomen
Congratulations to all Principal Investigators and their teams!
In addition to the themes of the call, there are seven emergent themes that cut across the awards:
- Cooperation in cultural evolution
- Human-wildlife interactions and conservation
- Amplifying marginalized voices
- Cultural transmission of novel/global attitudes vs traditional/local ones
- Education
- Health and well-being
- Cultural evolution in the Arts
Many thanks from the grant team to everyone involved at any stage in the scheme: all 115 original applicants and those putting in additional effort at the full application stage, the many many reviewers inside and outside of the CES, the Advisory Board, Richard McElreath for ensuring a fair ranking process, Fiona Jordan for oversight of the outline application round, and everyone who spread the word and supported this endeavour in some way.