Plenary speakers Dora Biro (Oxford, UK) Niels Dingemanse (Max Plank Inst. Ornithology, Germany) Andrea Manica (Cambridge, UK) plus the Tinbergen lecture by Innes Cuthill (Bristol, UK) Focus of meeting How do we understand individuality in social, group-living species? How do individual behaviours integrate to produce collective dynamics? What happens to individuals with conflicting motivations in groups? What consequences are there for an individual who chooses the group over its own competing motivations? We welcome presentations of both a theoretical and empirical nature, and particularly encourage submissions on a wide range of species (including humans) and at different levels (e.g. whole organism and cellular levels).

Individuals in Groups

4-5th December 2014, London Zoo, London, UK.

Plenary speakers

Dora Biro (Oxford, UK)

Nils Dingemanse (Max Plank Inst. Ornithology, Germany)

Andrea Manica (Cambridge, UK)

plus the Tinbergen lecture by

Innes Cuthill (Bristol, UK)

Focus of meeting

How do we understand individuality in social, group-living species? How do individual behaviours integrate to produce collective dynamics? What happens to individuals with conflicting motivations in groups? What consequences are there for an individual who chooses the group over its own competing motivations?

We welcome presentations of both a theoretical and empirical nature, and particularly encourage submissions on a wide range of species (including humans) and at different levels (e.g. whole organism and cellular levels).

Organisers: Lisa Collins (Lincoln, UK) and David Sumpter (Uppsala, Sweden)

Abstract book: is available here.

Registration: The meeting is free to attend. No need to register, just tweet us to say you are coming and come along.

Programme: The meeting starts at 9:30 on the Thursday morning. A full scientific programme is now available

Location: The meeting will be held at the Prince Albert Suite at the Zoological Society of London. See a map here.

Travel: The nearest tube station is Camden Town (on the Northern Line) and Bus 274 stops nearby on Prince Albert Road. London is of course well served by national rail, international rail and international air connections.

Accommodation: For accommodation options (including hostels and budget hotel chains), go to the visitlondon.com website. Or if you fancy staying in someone's house or apartment, try airbnb.

This yearly meeting meeting is run by the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB).