Departmental Lecturer in Cognitive Anthropology
I am an evolutionary anthropologist who uses tools from across the social sciences, in particular ethnographic fieldwork and behavioural economic games, to better understand human inter-group dynamics. Most of my research takes place in the Italian city of Siena, where I collaborate with local neighbourhoods known as the contrade. I also promote the adoption of various open research practices through teaching and practice.
I am currently Departmental Lecturer at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford, where I am also Course Director for the MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology. I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Calleva Research Centre for Evolution and Human Sciences, Magdalen College, Oxford. I hold a DPhil in Anthropology from the University of Oxford (supervisor: Laura Fortunato), alongside an MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology (UCL) and an MA in Natural Sciences (University of Cambridge).
Contact details: adam.kenny@anthro.ox.ac.uk
Personal website link: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-3091; https://twitter.com/kennyanthropus