Rene van Dijk

Research Fellow
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom

Academician Plant Sciences
Biography

Degrees MSc, University of Groningen, The Netherlands PhD, University of Bath, UK Employment March 2005-April 2005 - Freelance consultant ornithologist in a risk assessment study, RIFCoN GmbH, Germany June 2009-August 2009 - Postdoctoral Research Officer, University of Szeged, Hungary September 2009-April 2010 - Postdoctoral Research Officer, University of Bath, UK April 2010-January 2014 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sheffield, UK January 2014-present - Research Co-Investigator, University of Sheffield, UK

Research Intrest

My principal research interest is in conflict resolution: How do animals decide whether to cooperate or to defect towards their social partners? I address this question using field-based observations and experiments testing specific evolutionary hypotheses.