Staff Profile
About me
I am interested in animal behaviour and ecology, conservation, animal welfare and human animal interactions. I have conducted field research in Costa Rica, Peru and Suriname as well as captive research at the Blair Drummond Safari Park, and the Living Links to Human Evolution Research Centre, RZSS, Edinburgh Zoo.
Memberships
Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University
IUCN SCC Primate Specialist Group (Neotropics Section)
Scottish Primate Research Group
Primate Society of Great Britain
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
Qualifications
2014 - 2020: the University of Stirling
PhD - Living together: Habitat use, behaviour and social networks in mixed-species groups of tufted capuchin and squirrel monkeys
2010 - 2011: Oxford Brookes University
Master of Science in Primate Conservation
2006-2010: the University of Stirling
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) in Psychology
My Research
My research has focused on non-human primates in the following scientific areas: behaviour and ecology, and welfare. Where appropriate, I advocate a combined approach of field research in natural habitats, together with hypotheses testing under controlled conditions in captivity. I have a wide range of collaborators including close links with the RZSS Edinburgh Zoo as well as Blair Drummond Safari Park.
Specifically I am currently working in collboration with Professor Hannah Buchanan-Smith, University of Stirling on the following long-term project at the RZSS Edinburgh Zoo: Living Together: Enclosure use, behaviour and interactions in a mixed-species exhibit.
PhD Students
J. Hardman (2021 - present): Co-supervisor on interdisciplinary project studying the movement behaviour and space use of an invasive population of vervet monkeys on the island of St Kitt's.
Newcastle University, Demonstrator/Lecturer
- PSY1010 - Research Methods & Skills1
- PSY1011 - Research Methods & Skills2
- PSY1012 - Introduction to Psychology
- PSY2022 - Methods in Psychology 2A
- PSY2009 - Methods in Psychoogy 2B
- PSY2020 - Evolution, Behaviour & Comparative Cognition
- PSY2003 - Social Psychology
- PSY3097 - Empirical Projects
The University of Stirling, Lecturer – Teaching & Scholarship (2018-2019)
- The Social Mind, Second Year: Lecturer
- Individual Differences – Statistics Labs, Third Year: Lecturer
- Social Psychology, Third Year: Module Co-ordinator
- Animal Welfare, Theoretical Elective, Fourth Year: Elective co-ordinator
- Measuring Animal Behaviour, Practical Elective, Fourth Year: Fieldwork coordinator at Blair Drummond Safari Park.
- Joint Honours Group Research Project, Fourth Year: Supervisor
- Human-Animal Interactions, MSc: Lecturer & Dissertation Supervisor
- Human-Animal Interactions, MSc placements: Co-ordinator
The University of Stirling, Teaching Assistant (2014-2018)
- Introductory Psychology I, First Year: Demonstrator & Marker
- Introductory Psychology II, First Year: Demonstrator & Marker
- The Social Mind, Second Year: Lecturer, Demonstrator, Marker
- Research Methods, Second Year: Demonstrator, Marker
- Animal Behaviour, Third Year: Demonstrator, Marker
- Social Psychology, Third Year: Demonstrator, Marker
- Individual Differences, Third Year: Demonstrator, Marker
- BSc dissertation: Study Skills Tutor and Proofreader (x2 students from Psychology and Sociology)
- MSc dissertation: Mentor
Durham University, Teaching Assistant (2017- 2018)
Human Evolution & Diversity, First Year: Demonstrator & Marker
INTO Stirling, Module Coordinator (Jan-Aug 2016)
- Daoudi S, Badihi G, Buchanan-Smith HM. Is Mixed-Species Living Cognitively Enriching? Enclosure Use and Welfare in Two Captive Groups of Tufted Capuchins (Sapajus apella) and Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Animal Behavior and Cognition 2017, 4(1), 72-90.
- Buchanan-Smith HM, Griciute J, Daoudi S, Leonardi R, Whiten A. Interspecific interactions and welfare implications in mixed species communities of capuchin (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) over 3 years. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2013, 147(3-4), 324-333.