fieldwork
Tradeoffs in climate adaptation? Early data suggest reducing livelihood risks does not change health risks for mobile herders
Pisor, A.C., Singh, D., Omia, D.O., Oketch, D., Ngere, I., Osoro, E., & Njenga, M.K. (2026)
Motivation to form long-distance friendships, even in the absence of those friendships, can foster collective action
Kristopher M Smith, Anne Pisor, Bertha Aron, Kasambo Bernard, Paschal Fimbo, Rose Kimesera, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (submitted)
Q&A: Is it always ‘us vs them’? Researcher explains why flexibility is key
Penn State News - Anne
Perceived inequality and variability in the expression of parochial altruism
Ross, C.T., & Pisor, A.C. (2025)
Long-distance friendships may provide conservation benefits
WSU Insider/Penn State News - Kris & Anne
Long-distance friends and collective action in fisheries management
Smith, K.M., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2024)
Connections beyond blood - chosen kin are integral to human social life
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Ollie & Anne
Human intergroup relations are profoundly flexible. Our science needs to catch up.
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Anne
The impacts of long-distance relationships on local natural resource management
Pisor, A.C., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., & Smith, K.M. (2023)
Long-distance friends are good friends to have around
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Kris
Non-kin alloparents and child outcomes: Older siblings, but not godparents, predict educational attainment in a rural context
Hubbard, E.B., Shannon, O., & Pisor, A.C. (2023)
In need-based sharing, sharing is more important than need
Lightner, A.L., Pisor, A.C., & Hagen, E.H. (2023)
Friends near and afar, through thick and thin: Comparing contingency of help between close- and long-distance friends in Tanzanian fishing villages
Smith, K.M, Pisor, A.C., Aron, B., Bernard, K., Fimbo, P., Kimesera, R., Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (2023)
Studying subsistence societies, long-distance relationships, and climate change
The Dissenter - Anne
Do people manage climate risk through long-distance relationships?
Pisor, A.C. & Jones, J.H. (2021)
Studying subsistence societies, long-distance relationships, and climate change
ScienceNews - Kris
Friendliness is more important in a new friend than which group she belongs to
Phys.org - Anne
Humans really ARE kind: Most people are naturally inclined to help strangers and share limited resources
Daily Mail - Anne
Anne
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
The Conversation - Anne
Q&A: Is it always ‘us vs them’? Researcher explains why flexibility is key
Penn State News - Anne
Long-distance friendships may provide conservation benefits
WSU Insider/Penn State News - Kris & Anne
The evolutionary, applied, interdisciplinary anthropology of climate adaptation
Michigan Anthropology Four-Field Symposium - Anne
Connections beyond blood - chosen kin are integral to human social life
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Ollie & Anne
Human intergroup relations are profoundly flexible. Our science needs to catch up.
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Anne
WSU anthropologist edits special journal issue on cultural climate adaptation
WSU Insider - Anne
Studying subsistence societies, long-distance relationships, and climate change
The Dissenter - Anne
The evolution of between-community relationships in humans
WSU Common Reading Series - Anne
Friendliness is more important in a new friend than which group she belongs to
Phys.org - Anne
Humans really ARE kind: Most people are naturally inclined to help strangers and share limited resources
Daily Mail - Anne
cooperation
Motivation to form long-distance friendships, even in the absence of those friendships, can foster collective action
Kristopher M Smith, Anne Pisor, Bertha Aron, Kasambo Bernard, Paschal Fimbo, Rose Kimesera, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (submitted)
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
The Conversation - Anne
Q&A: Is it always ‘us vs them’? Researcher explains why flexibility is key
Penn State News - Anne
Perceived inequality and variability in the expression of parochial altruism
Ross, C.T., & Pisor, A.C. (2025)
Long-distance friendships may provide conservation benefits
WSU Insider/Penn State News - Kris & Anne
Long-distance friends and collective action in fisheries management
Smith, K.M., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2024)
Connections beyond blood - chosen kin are integral to human social life
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Ollie & Anne
Human intergroup relations are profoundly flexible. Our science needs to catch up.
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Anne
The impacts of long-distance relationships on local natural resource management
Pisor, A.C., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., & Smith, K.M. (2023)
Long-distance friends are good friends to have around
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Kris
Non-kin alloparents and child outcomes: Older siblings, but not godparents, predict educational attainment in a rural context
Hubbard, E.B., Shannon, O., & Pisor, A.C. (2023)
In need-based sharing, sharing is more important than need
Lightner, A.L., Pisor, A.C., & Hagen, E.H. (2023)
Friends near and afar, through thick and thin: Comparing contingency of help between close- and long-distance friends in Tanzanian fishing villages
Smith, K.M, Pisor, A.C., Aron, B., Bernard, K., Fimbo, P., Kimesera, R., Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (2023)
Kinship intensity and the use of mental states in moral judgment across societies
Curtin, C.M., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Crittenden, A., Fessler, D.M.T., Fitzpatrick, S., Gurven, M., Kanovsky, M., Kushnick, G., Laurence, S., Pisor, A., et al. (2020)
Studying subsistence societies, long-distance relationships, and climate change
ScienceNews - Kris
Friendliness is more important in a new friend than which group she belongs to
Phys.org - Anne
Humans really ARE kind: Most people are naturally inclined to help strangers and share limited resources
Daily Mail - Anne
cross-cultural
Comment: The evolution of (intergroup) peace hinges on how we define groups and peace
Pisor, A.C., Smith, K.M., & Deminchuk, J. (2024)
WSU anthropologist edits special journal issue on cultural climate adaptation
WSU Insider - Anne
Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture
Pisor, A.C., Lansing, J.S., & Magargal, K. (2023)
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
Ross, C.T., Hooper, P.L., Smith, J.E., …Pisor, A., … Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (2023)
Want climate-change adaptation? Evolutionary theory can help
Jones, J.H., Ready, E., & Pisor, A.C. (2021)
Human adaptation to climate change: An introduction to the special issue
Pisor, A.C. & Jones, J.H. (2021)
Navigating cross-cultural research: Methodological and ethical considerations
Broesch, T., Crittenden, A.N., Beheim, B.A., Blackwell, A.D., Bunce, J.A., Colleran, H., Hagel, K., Kline, M., McElreath, R., Nelson, R.G., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2020)
Kinship intensity and the use of mental states in moral judgment across societies
Curtin, C.M., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Crittenden, A., Fessler, D.M.T., Fitzpatrick, S., Gurven, M., Kanovsky, M., Kushnick, G., Laurence, S., Pisor, A., et al. (2020)
Preferences and constraints: the value of economic games for studying human behaviour
Pisor, A.C., Gervais, M.M., Purzycki, B.G., & Ross, C.T. (2020)
climate-adaptation
Tradeoffs in climate adaptation? Early data suggest reducing livelihood risks does not change health risks for mobile herders
Pisor, A.C., Singh, D., Omia, D.O., Oketch, D., Ngere, I., Osoro, E., & Njenga, M.K. (2026)
Monetary transfers may be related to patterning in climate events, not just single extreme events
Pisor, A.C., Touma, D., Jared, J.H., & Jones, J.H. (in press)
Wellcome Trust
Climate Health Action through Research, Mobilization, and Engagement of Stakeholders in Kenya (CHARMES)
Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture
Pisor, A.C., Lansing, J.S., & Magargal, K. (2023)
Effective climate-change adaptation means supporting community autonomy
Pisor, A.C., Basurto, X., Douglass, K.G., Mach, K.J., Ready, E., Tylianakis, J.M., Hazel, A., Kline, M.A., Kramer, K.L., Lansing, J.S., Moritz, M., Smaldino, P.E., Thornton, T.F., Jones, J.H. (2022)
Want climate-change adaptation? Evolutionary theory can help
Jones, J.H., Ready, E., & Pisor, A.C. (2021)
Human adaptation to climate change: An introduction to the special issue
Pisor, A.C. & Jones, J.H. (2021)
Do people manage climate risk through long-distance relationships?
Pisor, A.C. & Jones, J.H. (2021)
review
To understand climate change adaptation we must characterize climate variability. Here’s how.
Pisor, A., Touma, D., Singh, D., & Jones, J.H. (2023)
Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture
Pisor, A.C., Lansing, J.S., & Magargal, K. (2023)
Effective climate-change adaptation means supporting community autonomy
Pisor, A.C., Basurto, X., Douglass, K.G., Mach, K.J., Ready, E., Tylianakis, J.M., Hazel, A., Kline, M.A., Kramer, K.L., Lansing, J.S., Moritz, M., Smaldino, P.E., Thornton, T.F., Jones, J.H. (2022)
Want climate-change adaptation? Evolutionary theory can help
Jones, J.H., Ready, E., & Pisor, A.C. (2021)
How can evolutionary and biological anthropologists engage broader audiences?
Jones, J.H., Pisor, A.C., Douglass, K., Bliege Bird, R., Ready, E., Hazel, A., Hackman, J., Kramer, K., Kohler, T.A., Pontzer, H., & Towner, M. (2021)
Human adaptation to climate change: An introduction to the special issue
Pisor, A.C. & Jones, J.H. (2021)
Navigating cross-cultural research: Methodological and ethical considerations
Broesch, T., Crittenden, A.N., Beheim, B.A., Blackwell, A.D., Bunce, J.A., Colleran, H., Hagel, K., Kline, M., McElreath, R., Nelson, R.G., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2020)
climate adaptation
The evolutionary, applied, interdisciplinary anthropology of climate adaptation
Michigan Anthropology Four-Field Symposium - Anne
WSU anthropologist edits special journal issue on cultural climate adaptation
WSU Insider - Anne
intergroup
Perceived inequality and variability in the expression of parochial altruism
Ross, C.T., & Pisor, A.C. (2025)
The evolution of between-community relationships in humans
WSU Common Reading Series - Anne
Friendliness is more important in a new friend than which group she belongs to
Phys.org - Anne
Humans really ARE kind: Most people are naturally inclined to help strangers and share limited resources
Daily Mail - Anne
policy
WSU anthropologist edits special journal issue on cultural climate adaptation
WSU Insider - Anne
Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture
Pisor, A.C., Lansing, J.S., & Magargal, K. (2023)
Effective climate-change adaptation means supporting community autonomy
Pisor, A.C., Basurto, X., Douglass, K.G., Mach, K.J., Ready, E., Tylianakis, J.M., Hazel, A., Kline, M.A., Kramer, K.L., Lansing, J.S., Moritz, M., Smaldino, P.E., Thornton, T.F., Jones, J.H. (2022)
tanzania
Motivation to form long-distance friendships, even in the absence of those friendships, can foster collective action
Kristopher M Smith, Anne Pisor, Bertha Aron, Kasambo Bernard, Paschal Fimbo, Rose Kimesera, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (submitted)
Long-distance friends and collective action in fisheries management
Smith, K.M., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2024)
The impacts of long-distance relationships on local natural resource management
Pisor, A.C., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., & Smith, K.M. (2023)
In need-based sharing, sharing is more important than need
Lightner, A.L., Pisor, A.C., & Hagen, E.H. (2023)
Friends near and afar, through thick and thin: Comparing contingency of help between close- and long-distance friends in Tanzanian fishing villages
Smith, K.M, Pisor, A.C., Aron, B., Bernard, K., Fimbo, P., Kimesera, R., Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (2023)
long-distance-relationships
Motivation to form long-distance friendships, even in the absence of those friendships, can foster collective action
Kristopher M Smith, Anne Pisor, Bertha Aron, Kasambo Bernard, Paschal Fimbo, Rose Kimesera, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (submitted)
Long-distance friends and collective action in fisheries management
Smith, K.M., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2024)
The impacts of long-distance relationships on local natural resource management
Pisor, A.C., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., & Smith, K.M. (2023)
Friends near and afar, through thick and thin: Comparing contingency of help between close- and long-distance friends in Tanzanian fishing villages
Smith, K.M, Pisor, A.C., Aron, B., Bernard, K., Fimbo, P., Kimesera, R., Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (2023)
Do people manage climate risk through long-distance relationships?
Pisor, A.C. & Jones, J.H. (2021)
fisheries
Motivation to form long-distance friendships, even in the absence of those friendships, can foster collective action
Kristopher M Smith, Anne Pisor, Bertha Aron, Kasambo Bernard, Paschal Fimbo, Rose Kimesera, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (submitted)
Long-distance friendships may provide conservation benefits
WSU Insider/Penn State News - Kris & Anne
Long-distance friends and collective action in fisheries management
Smith, K.M., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2024)
The impacts of long-distance relationships on local natural resource management
Pisor, A.C., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., & Smith, K.M. (2023)
Friends near and afar, through thick and thin: Comparing contingency of help between close- and long-distance friends in Tanzanian fishing villages
Smith, K.M, Pisor, A.C., Aron, B., Bernard, K., Fimbo, P., Kimesera, R., Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (2023)
bolivia
Comment: The evolution of (intergroup) peace hinges on how we define groups and peace
Pisor, A.C., Smith, K.M., & Deminchuk, J. (2024)
Non-kin alloparents and child outcomes: Older siblings, but not godparents, predict educational attainment in a rural context
Hubbard, E.B., Shannon, O., & Pisor, A.C. (2023)
Do people manage climate risk through long-distance relationships?
Pisor, A.C. & Jones, J.H. (2021)
Navigating cross-cultural research: Methodological and ethical considerations
Broesch, T., Crittenden, A.N., Beheim, B.A., Blackwell, A.D., Bunce, J.A., Colleran, H., Hagel, K., Kline, M., McElreath, R., Nelson, R.G., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2020)
Preferences and constraints: the value of economic games for studying human behaviour
Pisor, A.C., Gervais, M.M., Purzycki, B.G., & Ross, C.T. (2020)
kenya
Tradeoffs in climate adaptation? Early data suggest reducing livelihood risks does not change health risks for mobile herders
Pisor, A.C., Singh, D., Omia, D.O., Oketch, D., Ngere, I., Osoro, E., & Njenga, M.K. (2026)
Wellcome Trust
Climate Health Action through Research, Mobilization, and Engagement of Stakeholders in Kenya (CHARMES)
long-distance relationships
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
The Conversation - Anne
Long-distance friendships may provide conservation benefits
WSU Insider/Penn State News - Kris & Anne
Long-distance friends are good friends to have around
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Kris
Tanzania
Long-distance friendships may provide conservation benefits
WSU Insider/Penn State News - Kris & Anne
Long-distance friends are good friends to have around
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Kris
Studying subsistence societies, long-distance relationships, and climate change
ScienceNews - Kris
Kris
Long-distance friendships may provide conservation benefits
WSU Insider/Penn State News - Kris & Anne
Long-distance friends are good friends to have around
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Kris
Studying subsistence societies, long-distance relationships, and climate change
ScienceNews - Kris
toolkit
Comment: The evolution of (intergroup) peace hinges on how we define groups and peace
Pisor, A.C., Smith, K.M., & Deminchuk, J. (2024)
To understand climate change adaptation we must characterize climate variability. Here’s how.
Pisor, A., Touma, D., Singh, D., & Jones, J.H. (2023)
Navigating cross-cultural research: Methodological and ethical considerations
Broesch, T., Crittenden, A.N., Beheim, B.A., Blackwell, A.D., Bunce, J.A., Colleran, H., Hagel, K., Kline, M., McElreath, R., Nelson, R.G., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2020)
Preferences and constraints: the value of economic games for studying human behaviour
Pisor, A.C., Gervais, M.M., Purzycki, B.G., & Ross, C.T. (2020)
Bolivia
The evolution of between-community relationships in humans
WSU Common Reading Series - Anne
Friendliness is more important in a new friend than which group she belongs to
Phys.org - Anne
Humans really ARE kind: Most people are naturally inclined to help strangers and share limited resources
Daily Mail - Anne
natural-resource-management
Motivation to form long-distance friendships, even in the absence of those friendships, can foster collective action
Kristopher M Smith, Anne Pisor, Bertha Aron, Kasambo Bernard, Paschal Fimbo, Rose Kimesera, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (submitted)
Long-distance friends and collective action in fisheries management
Smith, K.M., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2024)
The impacts of long-distance relationships on local natural resource management
Pisor, A.C., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., & Smith, K.M. (2023)
applied-research
Wellcome Trust
Climate Health Action through Research, Mobilization, and Engagement of Stakeholders in Kenya (CHARMES)
intergroup relations
Q&A: Is it always ‘us vs them’? Researcher explains why flexibility is key
Penn State News - Anne
Human intergroup relations are profoundly flexible. Our science needs to catch up.
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Anne
fitness-interdependence
Perceived inequality and variability in the expression of parochial altruism
Ross, C.T., & Pisor, A.C. (2025)
Long-distance friends and collective action in fisheries management
Smith, K.M., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2024)
In need-based sharing, sharing is more important than need
Lightner, A.L., Pisor, A.C., & Hagen, E.H. (2023)
climate-change
Tradeoffs in climate adaptation? Early data suggest reducing livelihood risks does not change health risks for mobile herders
Pisor, A.C., Singh, D., Omia, D.O., Oketch, D., Ngere, I., Osoro, E., & Njenga, M.K. (2026)
Monetary transfers may be related to patterning in climate events, not just single extreme events
Pisor, A.C., Touma, D., Jared, J.H., & Jones, J.H. (in press)
health
Tradeoffs in climate adaptation? Early data suggest reducing livelihood risks does not change health risks for mobile herders
Pisor, A.C., Singh, D., Omia, D.O., Oketch, D., Ngere, I., Osoro, E., & Njenga, M.K. (2026)
applied
Tradeoffs in climate adaptation? Early data suggest reducing livelihood risks does not change health risks for mobile herders
Pisor, A.C., Singh, D., Omia, D.O., Oketch, D., Ngere, I., Osoro, E., & Njenga, M.K. (2026)
A transdisciplinary approach to growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future
Brooks, J.S., Koomen, R., Søgaard-Jørgensen, P., Berl, R., Chavez Paez, W., Eirdosh, D., Hakim, M.A., Hanisch, S., Lindell, C., Liu, J., Nguyễn, M.H.T., Pisor, A., et al. (2025)
public-health
Wellcome Trust
Climate Health Action through Research, Mobilization, and Engagement of Stakeholders in Kenya (CHARMES)
US
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
The Conversation - Anne
games
Comment: The evolution of (intergroup) peace hinges on how we define groups and peace
Pisor, A.C., Smith, K.M., & Deminchuk, J. (2024)
Preferences and constraints: the value of economic games for studying human behaviour
Pisor, A.C., Gervais, M.M., Purzycki, B.G., & Ross, C.T. (2020)
climto
primatology
The evolution of between-community relationships in humans
WSU Common Reading Series - Anne
remittances
Monetary transfers may be related to patterning in climate events, not just single extreme events
Pisor, A.C., Touma, D., Jared, J.H., & Jones, J.H. (in press)
migration
Monetary transfers may be related to patterning in climate events, not just single extreme events
Pisor, A.C., Touma, D., Jared, J.H., & Jones, J.H. (in press)
secondary-data
Monetary transfers may be related to patterning in climate events, not just single extreme events
Pisor, A.C., Touma, D., Jared, J.H., & Jones, J.H. (in press)
subsaharan-africa
Monetary transfers may be related to patterning in climate events, not just single extreme events
Pisor, A.C., Touma, D., Jared, J.H., & Jones, J.H. (in press)
livelihoods
basic-science
south-africa
scicomm
A transdisciplinary approach to growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future
Brooks, J.S., Koomen, R., Søgaard-Jørgensen, P., Berl, R., Chavez Paez, W., Eirdosh, D., Hakim, M.A., Hanisch, S., Lindell, C., Liu, J., Nguyễn, M.H.T., Pisor, A., et al. (2025)
cultural-evolution
A transdisciplinary approach to growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future
Brooks, J.S., Koomen, R., Søgaard-Jørgensen, P., Berl, R., Chavez Paez, W., Eirdosh, D., Hakim, M.A., Hanisch, S., Lindell, C., Liu, J., Nguyễn, M.H.T., Pisor, A., et al. (2025)
networks
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
The Conversation - Anne
colombia
Perceived inequality and variability in the expression of parochial altruism
Ross, C.T., & Pisor, A.C. (2025)
Kenya
The evolutionary, applied, interdisciplinary anthropology of climate adaptation
Michigan Anthropology Four-Field Symposium - Anne
culture change
The evolutionary, applied, interdisciplinary anthropology of climate adaptation
Michigan Anthropology Four-Field Symposium - Anne
epidemiology
cooperative childrearing
Connections beyond blood - chosen kin are integral to human social life
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Ollie & Anne
chosen kin
Connections beyond blood - chosen kin are integral to human social life
Human Behavior & Evolution Society blog - Ollie & Anne
climate_change
To understand climate change adaptation we must characterize climate variability. Here’s how.
Pisor, A., Touma, D., Singh, D., & Jones, J.H. (2023)
africa
To understand climate change adaptation we must characterize climate variability. Here’s how.
Pisor, A., Touma, D., Singh, D., & Jones, J.H. (2023)
special issue
cooperative-childrearing
Non-kin alloparents and child outcomes: Older siblings, but not godparents, predict educational attainment in a rural context
Hubbard, E.B., Shannon, O., & Pisor, A.C. (2023)
risk
In need-based sharing, sharing is more important than need
Lightner, A.L., Pisor, A.C., & Hagen, E.H. (2023)
modeling
In need-based sharing, sharing is more important than need
Lightner, A.L., Pisor, A.C., & Hagen, E.H. (2023)
demography
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
Ross, C.T., Hooper, P.L., Smith, J.E., …Pisor, A., … Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (2023)
cross-species
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
Ross, C.T., Hooper, P.L., Smith, J.E., …Pisor, A., … Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (2023)
ClimTo
interdisciplinary
how-to
How can evolutionary and biological anthropologists engage broader audiences?
Jones, J.H., Pisor, A.C., Douglass, K., Bliege Bird, R., Ready, E., Hazel, A., Hackman, J., Kramer, K., Kohler, T.A., Pontzer, H., & Towner, M. (2021)
natural resource management
cognition
Kinship intensity and the use of mental states in moral judgment across societies
Curtin, C.M., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Crittenden, A., Fessler, D.M.T., Fitzpatrick, S., Gurven, M., Kanovsky, M., Kushnick, G., Laurence, S., Pisor, A., et al. (2020)
great-apes
The evolution of between-community relationships in humans
WSU Common Reading Series - Anne