Damien Farine

Damien Farine is an Associate Professor at the Australian National University's Research School of Biology. His research focuses on behavioural and movement ecology, exploring how individuals navigate social landscapes and how social interactions influence physiological and ecological processes. His work integrates advanced analytical techniques with long-term studies in both captive and wild systems to link individual decisions to population-level patterns. Farine is also an Eccellenza Professor at the University of Zurich and an Affiliated Scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. His research interests and projects can be explored on his lab website.

Damien Farine is a researcher in collective animal behaviour, movement ecology, social behaviour, ecology, and evolution. His work focuses on understanding the mechanisms underlying social interactions, collective decision-making, and the evolutionary implications of group dynamics. Farine's research explores how individual traits, such as personality, influence social networks and collective behaviour in wild populations. He has developed methodological tools for social network analysis and has investigated the role of social structure in information transmission and disease dynamics. His studies span a range of species, including birds and primates, and emphasize the integration of ecological and evolutionary perspectives.