This selection of blog posts records and provides links to public discussions and content. Various aspects and achievements of my work as a researcher in evolutionary psychiatry are mentioned. Short-form content such as social media posts is excluded.

At the beginning of April, I was in Erice, Sicily, for a fascinating workshop at the intersection of evolution and psychotherapy. Organised by Marco Del Giudice, the three-day workshop brought together some of the few experts who work at this critical intersection. After spending many years in conversations with psychiatrists, it was interesting to spend some time and make some connections with psychotherapists interested in applying evolutionary theory to their practise. I p

I was very pleased to be invited to teach the Evolution and Mental Health lecture for the Evolutionary Medicine course at the University of Oxford last week. A comment that I hear again and again is that the Mental Health lecture of the Ev Med courses is always the most anticipated. Unsurprising, given that mental health is the most pressing concern for the demographic being taught! Thanks to Paula Sheppard for the invitation, and the chance to be in the room with so many br

I was recently invited to give a lecture to a group of forensic psychiatrists in Oxford at The Oxford Clinic, Littlemore Mental Health Centre, and it was a pleasure to do so. The talk focused on the relevance of evolutionary psychiatry to forensic practice — an area where I think evolutionary thinking has a great deal to offer, even if it doesn't always get the attention it deserves. The discussion afterwards was lively. It's always nice to be asked to speak to colleagues wor