Stephanus Henzi, University of Lethbridge

Research

social dynamics social networks vervet monkeys baboons social integration vigilance predation risk spatiotemporal environmental variation

Latest funding

Contingency and Specificity in the Structure and Dynamics of Social Behaviour in Baboons and Vervet Monkeys
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$54,000
Environmental Structuring Of Individual Action In A Social Mammal
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$198,000

All 2 grants and awards

Contingency and Specificity in the Structure and Dynamics of Social Behaviour in Baboons and Vervet Monkeys

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Henzi, Stephanus

Keywords: vervet monkeys; baboons; social networks; social dynamics; social integration; vigilance; predation risk; spatiotemporal environmental variation; mating behaviour; sexual conflict

$54,000

Environmental Structuring Of Individual Action In A Social Mammal

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Henzi, Stephanus

Keywords: health; intergroup relations; pathogens; primates; reproductive strategies; social dynamics; social networks; space use; stress; thermoregulation

$198,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: social dynamics Dear Professor Henzi, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on social dynamics connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Contingency and Specificity in the Structure and Dynamics of Social Behaviour in Baboons and Vervet Monkeys" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]