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| The CECD is an AHRC funded research group dedicated to examining the
evolutionary underpinnings of human cultural behaviour, past and present. more> |
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Research Fellows Profile
Dr Laura Fortunato
Omidyar Fellow, Santa Fe Institute
Email: fortunato@santafe.edu |
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| Funding |
UCL Graduate School Scholarship for Cross-Disciplinary Training (2006-07);
UCL Graduate School Research Scholarship (2004-07, suspended 2006-07, resumed 2007-08);
ESRC 1 + 3 Research Studentship (2003-07, suspended 2006-07, resumed 2007-08);
University of Padova, Faculties of Science and Engineering Fondazione Gini Award (2003-04; 2004-05). |
| Research and Teaching interests |
| I use theory and methods developed in evolutionary biology to investigate the evolution of kinship and marriage systems. |
| Educational Background |
Research Fellow, School of Biology, University of St Andrews (July-October 2009)
Cross-Disciplinary Training, Dept of Biology, UCL (2006-2007)
PhD Anthropology, Dept of Anthropology, UCL (enrolled 2004, suspended 2006-07, resumed 2007-08)
MRes Anthropology, Dept of Anthropology, UCL (Distinction, 2004)
Laurea Biological Sciences (5-yr programme), Dept of Biology, University of Padova (Summa cum laude, 2003) |
Associated Links:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucsalfo/EDP
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/heeg/Laura_Fortunato.htm
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Associated Continuing AHRC CEACB Projects (Phase 1): | | • | Project 036
Modelling cultural evolution in Indo-European groups |
Associated Publications - AHRC CECD - phase 2: | | • | Fortunato, L. and R. Mace (2009).
Testing functional hypotheses about cross-cultural variation: a maximum-likelihood comparative analysis of Indo-European marriage practices.S. J. Shennan (ed.). Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution. University of California Press. 235-249. | |
| • | Fortunato, L (2008).
A phylogenetic approach to the history of cultural practices.Allen, N. J., Callan, H., Dunbar, R. & James, W. (eds.). Early human kinship: from sex to social reproduction. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.: Malden, MA. 189-199. | |
| • | Fortunato, L (2007).
Beyond the Ethnographic Atlas: cross-cultural data and the comparative analysis of human cultural practices.EHBES 2007 Conference. | |
| • | Fortunato, L., C. J. Holden and R. Mace (2006).
From bridewealth to dowry? A Bayesian estimation of ancestral states of marriage transfers in Indo-European groups
.Human Nature . Vol 17(4). 355-376. | |
Associated Publications - AHRC CEACB - phase 1: | | • | Fortunato, L. and R. Mace (2009).
Testing functional hypotheses about cross-cultural variation: a maximum-likelihood comparative analysis of Indo-European marriage practices.S. J. Shennan (ed.). Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution. University of California Press. 235-249. | |
| • | Fortunato, L (2008).
A phylogenetic approach to the history of cultural practices.Allen, N. J., Callan, H., Dunbar, R. & James, W. (eds.). Early human kinship: from sex to social reproduction. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.: Malden, MA. 189-199. | |
| • | Fortunato, L (2007).
Beyond the Ethnographic Atlas: cross-cultural data and the comparative analysis of human cultural practices.EHBES 2007 Conference. | |
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