Dr Hugh Turpin
People
Director
Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion
Harvey Whitehouse is an anthropologist whose research focuses on the evolution of social complexity. One of the founders of the cognitive science of religion, Harvey is well known for his theory of “modes of religiosity,” which explains how the frequency and emotional intensity of collective rituals influence the scale and structure of religious organisations. He is Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of Magdalen College.
For more information about Harvey’s work, please visit harveywhitehouse.com.
Deputy Director
Deputy Director
Pieter François is an Associate Professor in Cultural Evolution, and Fellow in Anthropology and Tutor for Graduates at St. Benet’s Hall, University of Oxford. His work focuses on travel and migration in the nineteenth century and on the evolution of social complexity, ritual and warfare. Together with Professor Peter Turchin (UConn) and Professor Harvey Whitehouse (Oxford) he founded the Seshat: Global History Databank in 2011. In 2013 he won the British Library Labs competition with his Sample Generator for Digitized Texts.
For more information about Pieter's work, please visit PieterFrancois.
Lord John Alderdice
Lord John Alderdice
Dr Quentin Atkinson
Dr Quentin Atkinson
Professor Scott Atran
Professor Scott Atran
Dr Adam Baimel
Dr Adam Baimel
Dr Michael Buhrmester
Dr Michael Buhrmester
Dr Emily Burdett
Dr Emily Burdett
Professor Michael Cowan
Professor Michael Cowan
Dr Oliver Scott Curry
Dr Oliver Scott Curry
Dr Celia Deane-Drummond
Dr Celia Deane-Drummond
Dr Sergey Gavrilets
Dr Sergey Gavrilets
Professor Michele Gelfand
Professor Michele Gelfand
Dr Ben Johannes
Dr Ben Johannes
Dr Jonathan Jong
Dr Jonathan Jong
Dr Rohan Kapitány
Dr Rohan Kapitány
Dr Jennifer Larson
Dr Jennifer Larson
Dr Barbara Muzzilini
Dr Barbara Muzzilini
Dr Yo Nakawake
Dr Yo Nakawake
Dr Martha Newson
Dr Martha Newson
Professor Elaine Reese
Professor Elaine Reese
Dr Mark Stanford
Dr Mark Stanford
Dr Tara Tasuji
Dr Tara Tasuji
Professor Peter Turchin
Professor Peter Turchin
Dr Valerie van Mulukom
Dr Valerie van Mulukom
Dr Aiyana Willard
Dr Aiyana Willard
Kiran Basava
Kiran Basava
Julia Ebner
Julia Ebner
Robert Jagiello
Robert Jagiello
Michal Misiak (visiting student)
Michal Misiak (visiting student)
Lukas Reinhardt (visiting student)