Giada Cordoni

Giada Cordoni is an Assistant Professor at the University of Turin's Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, specializing in the evolution of animal and human behavior. She holds dual roles as a faculty member and international relations coordinator for the department. Her research focuses on social play, affiliative mechanisms, conflict resolution, and empathy-related behaviors in primates and domesticated species.

• Education: Extensive background in ethology and primatology, though specific degree details are not listed.

Her research integrates theoretical and experimental approaches to study sociobiology and evolutionary behavior in human and non-human primates. Key interests include play behavior ontogeny, post-conflict affiliation, domestication effects on social communication, and empathy mechanisms like yawn contagion and facial mimicry. She collaborates internationally, conducting fieldwork at institutions like Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) and the Nech Ser National Park (Ethiopia).

Recent work explores behavioral dynamics in African elephants, domestic pigs, and gorillas, emphasizing welfare and conservation implications. Her publications analyze play contagion in elephants, stress reduction in pigs, and social play's role in aggression mitigation.

• Grants/Awards: None explicitly listed.
• Teaching: Courses include Biological Anthropology for Cultural Heritage and Human Ethology.

Labs/Teams: Active in interdisciplinary collaborations across zoos, universities, and wildlife reserves globally, focusing on comparative behavior studies and conservation applications.