Benjamin Ashton

Dr

  • The University of Western Australia (M084), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

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Personal profile

Biography

2022-2025: Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Macquarie University, Australia. “Understanding the relationship between the social environment and cognition”.

2019-2022: Macquarie University Research Fellowship, Macquarie University, Australia. “The relationship between cooperation, conflict and cognition”.

2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bristol, U.K. “The relationship between cooperation, conflict and cognition”. Advisor: Prof. Andy Radford.

2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Western Australia, Australia. “The causes and consequences of individual variation in cognition”. Advisor: Assoc/Prof. Amanda Ridley.

2017: Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Western Australia, Australia. “Understanding the relationship between sociality and cognition”.

2013-2017: PhD in Zoology, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia.  Supervisors: Assoc/Prof. Amanda Ridley, Prof. Alex Thornton and Prof. Leigh Simmons.

2007-2011: MBiolSci, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield.

Research

A large component of my research investigates the causes and consequences of individual variation in cognition, with a particular emphasis on exploring the relationship between sociality and cognition.

I also have a keen interest in exploring the relationship between anthropogenic change and cognition.

Current projects

Understanding the impact of heat stress on cognition in a changing world (2022-2025, Australian Research Council Discovery Project, DP220103823).

Understanding the relationship between the social environment and cognition (2022-2025, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, DE220100096).

Understanding the relationship between sociality and cognition (2021-2024, Australian Research Council Discovery Project, DP200100566).

Sociality and cognition in lizards (2019-2022, Macquarie University Research Fellowship).

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

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