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ELISABETTA PALAGI
Elisabetta Palagi is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Pisa. Her research focuses on social behavior and the cognitive bases associated with it. She has studied, both in the wild and in captivity, the adaptive functions of play, sexual and post-conflict behavior, and empathic skills in numerous animal species, including humans. Her approximately 180 works, published in international journals, cover disciplines such as comparative ethology, sociobiology, and evolutionary biology. For three years, she co-directed, along with Canadian and American colleagues, an international research group on play behavior at the University of Tennessee. In 2020, she received the Animal Behavior Society Fellowship Award for her achievements in the study of animal behavior.

CONFERENCE: The Secret of Living Together? Much Simpler Than We Think!
What does it really mean to live together? From the most despotic societies to the most tolerant ones, we explore the dynamics that unite individuals and groups in humans and other animals.
How can a simple laugh create deep connections? And how has evolution transformed small innate abilities into complex social phenomena?
A meeting to discover the mechanisms that bind us to one another, amidst science, curiosity, and surprising reflections on our social nature.

Conference “The secret of living together? Much simpler than we think!” with Elisabetta Palagi – Ethologist, researcher, and writer.