Background Education (click here for my CV and full list of publications) 2004: Ph.D. Liverpool John Moores University, U.K. 2001: M.Sc. University of Stirling, U.K. 1998: Laurea, University La Sapienza of Rome, Italy.

Teaching

I am module coordinator for Social and Individual Psychology (year 1) and for Comparative Social behaviour and Cognition (year 2) and module team for Research Skills 1 (year 1), Research Skills 3 (year 2), and Evolutionary Psychology (year 2). I also teach on the MSc on child studies.

Research

I have a broad interest in the ecological and cognitive factors that affect social behaviour in humans and in non-human animals. In more details, my focus is on analysing the strategies used to establish and maintain amicable relationships, the benefits and costs of cooperation, competition, and conflict management. Currently I address these topics by using three model species: the Japanese and Barbary macaque (Macaca fuscata and M. sylvanus), and humans. Recently, I have established a field site in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco, to study the Barbary macaque and I am supervising various projects there. Work on the Japanese macaque is based on the data I collected on Yakushima Island, Japan, for my Ph.D. thesis. Work on humans is run at the University of Lincoln mainly in collaboration with undergraduate students.

Publications (click here for my CV and full list of publications)

Majolo B. & McFarland R. (2009). Self-suckling in Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) mothers before and after the death of their infant. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 140: 381-383. Press coverage on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8287000/8287774.stm

Majolo B., Ventura R. & Koyama N.F. (2009a). A statistical modelling approach to the occurrence and timing of reconciliation in wild Japanese macaques. Ethology, 115: 152-166.

Majolo B., Ventura R. & Koyama N.F. (2009b). Anxiety level predicts post-conflict behaviour in wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui). Ethology, 115: 986-995.

Majolo B., de Bortoli Vizioli A. & Schino G. (2008). Costs and benefits of group living in primates: group size effects on behaviour and demography. Animal Behaviour, 76: 1235-1247.

Majolo B. & Koyama N.F. (2006). Seasonal effects on reconciliation in Macaca fuscata yakui. International Journal of Primatology, 27: 1383-1397. pdf

Majolo B., Ames K., Brumpton R., Garratt R., Hall K. & Wilson N. (2006). Friendship favours cooperation in the iterated prisoner’s dilemma. Behaviour 143: 1383-1395. pdf

Ventura R., Majolo B., Koyama N.F., Hardie S. & Schino G (2006). Reciprocation and interchange in wild Japanese macaques: Grooming, co-feeding and agonistic support. American Journal of Primatology, 68: 1-12. pdf

Gippoliti S. & Majolo B. (2006). Luigi Fossati: A forgotten early primatologist and his observations on hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) in Eritrea. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution, 18(1): 69-72. pdf

Majolo B., Schino G. & Troisi A. (2005). Towards thirty years of ethological research on the Macaca fuscata colony of the Rome zoo: A review. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 83: 43-60. pdf

Majolo B., Ventura R. & Koyama, N.F. (2005). Sex, rank and age differences in the Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui) participation in inter-group encounters. Ethology, 111: 455-468. pdf

Majolo B., Ventura R. & Koyama N.F. (2005). Post-conflict behaviour among male Japanese macaques. International Journal of Primatology, 26(2): 321-336. pdf

Ventura R., Majolo B., Schino G. & Hardie S. (2005). Differential effects of ambient temperature and humidity on allogrooming, self-grooming, and scratching in wild Japanese macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 126: 453-457. pdf

Majolo B. & Ventura R. (2004). Apparent feeding association between Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui) and sika deer (Cervus nippon) living on Yakushima Island, Japan. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution, 16(1): 33-40. pdf

Majolo B, Buchanan-Smith H.M. & Morris K. (2003).Factors affecting the successful pairing of unfamiliar common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) females: preliminary results. Animal Welfare, 12 (3): 327-337. pdf

Majolo B., Buchanan-Smith H.M. & Bell J. (2003). Response to novel objects and foraging tasks by common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) female pairs. Lab Animal, 32(3): 40-46. pdf

Schino G., Majolo B., Ventura R. & Troisi A. (2001). Resumption of sexual activity affects mother-infant interactions in Japanese macaques. Behaviour, 138: 261-275. pdf

Selected conference proceedings and talks

Majolo B., Ventura R., Koyama N.F., Hardie S. M., Jones B.M., Knapp L.A. & Schino G. (2008). The role of kinship and group size on grooming and reconciliation in wild Japanese macaques. International Primatological Society Meeting, Edinburgh, U.K.

Majolo B. (2008). Modelling reconciliation in the Japanese macaques. Conference on reconciliation and models. University of Groningen, the Nederland.

Majolo B., Piedimonte P., Gippoliti S. & Destro Bisol G. (2006). Maintaining a threatened primate in captivity: The effect of social environment and exhibit design on the welfare and reproduction of the white-naped mangabey. International Journal of Primatology, 27 (suppl. 1): 291.

Gippoliti S., Piedimonte P. & Majolo B. (2006). Ex situ conservation and behavioural research: the case of the white-naped mangabey Cercocebus atys lunulatus. Third International Conference on Animals, Zoos and Conservation, Poznan, Polland

Majolo B. & Koyama N.F. (2003). Inter-individual differences affect post-conflict behaviour among wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui). ASAB Conference, Grunau, Austria.

Majolo B., Ventura R. & Koyama N.F. (2002). The effect of inter-group encounters on male emigration in Japanese macaques. Primate Eye, 79: 5.