Dr Pawel Fedurek

Lecturer in Psychology

Psychology Stirling

Dr Pawel Fedurek

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About me

I did my first degree in Biology followed by MSc in Human Biology (both at the University of Wroclaw, Poland) and MSc in Evolutionary Psychology (University of Liverpool, UK). I did my PhD in Psychology at the University of York, UK (2013), looking at vocal interactions in wild chimpanzees. I then held postdoc positions at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2013-2016), exploring social correlates of chimpanzee vocal behaviour, and at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany (2016-2018), investigating ultimate and proximate mechanisms of social bonding in chimpanzees. I am a holder of Qualified Teacher Status (General Teaching Council for England). I joined the University of Stirling as Lecturer in Psychology in January 2019.

My research has centred around vocal behaviour in non-human primates, particularly chimpanzees, and I have done extensive fieldwork on several communities of wild chimpanzees in Uganda. The topic of particular interest has been the link between the structure and function of vocal sequences. My research also addresses chimpanzee conservation and human-wildlife interface. More recently, I established the Crow Behaviour and Cognition Project studying the carrion crows residing on the University's campus. I am the leader of the Behaviour and Evolution Research Group. I am the PI of the collaborative, cross-faculty Nature Emergency research cluster and a founding member of the LifeSpan Lab. I welcome applications for PhD projects related to animal behaviour and conservation.

Professional membership

Elected member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland
The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy

General Secretary of the Primate Society of Great Britain
Primate Society of Great Britain