Summary

I am the Deputy Associate Head for Research and Innovation within the School of Psychology, Sport, and Health Sciences. Through this role I lead our strategic approach to the development of Research and Innovation activities for our research-active staff (about 100 colleagues). In addition, I am the Deputy Director of the Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology. I have a unique expertise in primate cognition with an international recognised profile. I am passionate about research sustainability and infrastructure, and together with my team of students, I contribute to several Big Team Science projects such as , , the and the . I regularly review for top tier journals in the discipline and for national grant funding agencies. I am an expert evaluator for the European Commission (Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Actions).

Research interests

My research interests lie in the evolutionary dynamics of human and non-human primate behaviour and cognition. Among others, I have investigated the link between sociality and cognitive styles, socioecology and foraging decisions and movements, as well as executive functions (working memory, inhibitory control) and undelrying skills to cooperation in different species of non-human primates and in humans. I conduct my research in collaboration with zoo institutions (e.g. Monkey Haven, Isle of Wight; CERZA zoo, France) but also international partners in the field (e.g. Madagascar, Indonesia).

Current major external collaborations include:

  • (University of Newcastle, UK)

 

 

Teaching responsibilities

I am the coordinator of the 2nd year module 'Individual Differences and Psychometrics'  where I teach most of the core lectures on Personality and Intelligence. This is a core unit for the Bsc (Hons) Psychology, BSc (Hons) Forensic Psychology and the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Psychology.

I also teach in the 3rd year 'Cultural Psychology' module.

I am a personal tutor for the 1st year 'Exploring Psychology' module and the 2nd year 'Professional Development and Employability' module.

I supervised 3rd year students for their final year project.

 

Research outputs

2025

Loyant, L., Collins, L. M., Joly, M.

28 Jul 2025, In: Biological Reviews

Research output: Article

2023

Loyant, L., Waller, B., Micheletta, J., Meunier, H., Ballesta, S., Joly, M.

1 Sep 2023, In: Animal Cognition. 26

Research output: Article

Joly, M., Tamengge, M., Pfeiffer, J., Price, M., Agil, M., Engelhardt, A.

1 Aug 2023, In: International Journal of Primatology. 44

Research output: Article

2022

Aguenounon, G. S., Allritz, M., Altschul, D., Ballesta, S., Beaud, A., Bohn, M., Bornbusch, S. L., Brand茫o, A., Brookes, J., Bugnyar, T., Bustamante, L., Call, J., Canteloup, C., Cao, C., Caspar, K., da SIlva, D., de Sousa, A. A., DeTroy, S. E., Duguid, S., Eppley, T. M., Fichtel, C., Fischer, J., Grebe, N. M., Hanus, D., Haun, D., Haux, L. M., H茅jja-Brichard, Y., Helman, A., Hernadi, I., Hernandez-Aguilar, R. A., Herrmann, E., Hopper, L. M., Howard, L. H., Huang, L., Huskisson, S., Jacobs, I., Jin, Z., Joly, M., Kano, F., Keupp, S., Kiefer, E., Knakker, B., K贸cz谩n, K., Kraus, L., Kwok, S. C., Lefran莽ois, M., Lewis, L., Liu, S., Miquel, L., Lonsdorf, E., Loyant, L., Majecka, K., Maurits, L., Meunier, H., Mobili, F., Morino, L., Motes Rodrigo, A., Nijman, V., Nkoy Ihomi, C., Persson, T., Pietraszweski, D., Re谩tiga Parrish, J. F., Roig, A., S谩nchez-Amaro, A., Sato, Y., Sauciuc, G., Schrock, A. E., Schweinfurth, M. K., Seed, A. M., Shearer, C. L., 艩lipogor, V., Su, Y., Sutherland, K., Tan, J., Taylor, D., Troisi, C., V枚lter, C. J., Warren, E., Zablocki-Thomas, P.

1 Nov 2022, In: Animal Behavior and Cognition. 9, 4, p. 428-516, 89p.

Research output: Article

Altschul, D., Bohn, M., Canteloup, C., Ebel, S. J., Hernandez-Aguilar, R., Joly, M., Keupp, S., Llorente, M., O'Madagain, C., Petkov, C. I., Proctor, D., Motes Rodrigo, A., Sutherland, K., Szabelska, A., Taylor, D. J., V枚lter, C. J., Wiggenhauser, N. G.

1 Aug 2022,

Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Loyant, L., Waller, B., Micheletta, J., Joly, M.

9 Feb 2022, In: PeerJ. 10, 29p., e12863

Research output: Article

2021

Loyant, L., Waller, B., Micheletta, J., Joly, M.

24 Nov 2021, In: Royal Society Open Science. 8, 11, 22p., 211564

Research output: Article

2020

Aguenounon, G. S., Ballesta, S., Beaud, A., Bustamante, L., Canteloup, C., Joly, M., Loyant, L., Meunier, H., Roig, A., Troisi, C., Zablocki-Thomas, P.

15 Dec 2020, In: Revue de Primatologie. 11

Research output: Article