Liesbeth Sterck

Liesbeth Sterck is a Professor at Utrecht University's Faculty of Science, affiliated with the Environmental Biology department and Animal Behaviour and Cognition research group. Her work spans Animal Behaviour, Evolutionary Biology, and Primate Social Dynamics.

• Research Expertise: Focus on primate social behavior, depression in non-human primates, cooperative dynamics in macaques and humans, and ecological impacts on wildlife.
• Recent Article Trends: Explores cooperation in Stag Hunt experiments, depression indicators in primates, forest management effects on biodiversity, and mesopredator responses to apex predator changes.

Scientific Recognition:

• Chimpanzee pro-sociality and personality (2010, Prize)
• The evolutionary roots of human social tolerance and cooperation (2018, Fellowship)

She has supervised numerous academic works, organized workshops like Mens en Dier interactie, and contributed to media discussions on primate behavior and human-animal comparisons.