Guy Lavender Forsyth

Guy Lavender Forsyth is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology's Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, currently based in Auckland. His research integrates evolutionary human sciences with quantitative analysis and ethnographic approaches, focusing on political ideology across cultures and vernacular language vitality. Educational background includes:

• PhD in Psychology (2019-2023) from University of Auckland
• MSc in Evolutionary Anthropology (2017-2019) from Durham University
• BSc in Anthropology (2014-2017) from Durham University

His current projects examine causal predictors of language endangerment in Vanuatu, leveraging the region's exceptional linguistic diversity. Recent publications demonstrate methodological rigor in cross-cultural political attitude measurement and large-scale social analysis, often employing multi-team validation approaches. Primary research domains include quantitative ethnography, cultural evolution, and ideological foundations across diverse societies.