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The origins of the Irish in Northern England: an isonymic analysis of data from the 1881 census (2009)
Journal Article
Smith, M., & MacRaild, D. (2009). The origins of the Irish in Northern England: an isonymic analysis of data from the 1881 census. Immigrants and Minorities, 27(2-3), 152-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619280903128095

n the mid nineteenth century, the Irish became the largest immigrant group in Britain. Despite impressions of homogeneity delivered by the dominant historiographies, these migrants were in reality complex and changing groups whose variegated nature h... Read More about The origins of the Irish in Northern England: an isonymic analysis of data from the 1881 census.

On the Outside Looking In: Biodiversity and the algebra of life. (2009)
Book Chapter
Bell, S., & Reinert, H. (2009). On the Outside Looking In: Biodiversity and the algebra of life. In J. Repic, A. Bartulovic, K. Sajovec Altshul, & E. Pasanovic (Eds.), MESS and RAMSES II, Vol. 7, Mediterranean Ethnological Summer School (327-342). Ljubljana : Znanstvena zalozba Filozofske fakultete

Nine-spined sticklebacks deploy a hill-climbing social learning strategy. (2009)
Journal Article
Kendal, J., Rendell, L., Pike, T., & Laland, K. (2009). Nine-spined sticklebacks deploy a hill-climbing social learning strategy. Behavioral Ecology, 20(2), 238-244. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp016

Theoretical models on the adaptive advantages of social learning lead to the conclusion that copying cannot be indiscriminate and that individuals should adopt evolved behavioral strategies that dictate the circumstances under which they copy others... Read More about Nine-spined sticklebacks deploy a hill-climbing social learning strategy..

In Search of the Good Life: Life History of a Kenyan Indian Settler. A Sartrean Approach to Biography and History. (2009)
Journal Article
Kassam, A. (2009). In Search of the Good Life: Life History of a Kenyan Indian Settler. A Sartrean Approach to Biography and History. History and Anthropology, 20(4), 435-457. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757200903272067

This article recounts how a young Shi’a Muslim Indian born in north‐west India migrated to Kenya in the early twentieth century in the context of the evolving trade linking the two continents, and rose to become a successful merchant and respected me... Read More about In Search of the Good Life: Life History of a Kenyan Indian Settler. A Sartrean Approach to Biography and History..