Dr ALISON Fletcher

Alison's teaching focus is in the field of Animal Behaviour, with particular interests in Animal Cognition and Behavioural Ecology. She is involved in teaching at all levels of undergraduate provision as well as at postgraduate level, including supervision of MSc, MRes and PhD students.

Alison is behavioural ecologist whose research background is in immature behavioural development and maternal investment in gorillas. With her focus and experience in primatology, she has also been involved in research on laterality of function in captive chimpanzees in addition to male social behaviour and relationships in golden monkeys of Rwanda. She has more recently broadened her focus to include human-wildlife interactions, including crop foraging in golden monkeys, which involves exploring human attitudes and behaviour alongside the importance of community conservation initiatives. Alison also has had a long-term interest in animal cognition research.