I am an evolutionary anthropologist in the broad sense, with interests in primatology, functional morphology, evolutionary biology, biogeography, ecology, palaeontology and human origins. My work applies an evolutionary perspective and focuses on unpicking the complex relationships between different aspects of and actors in evolutionary systems. I am working on two main projects at present, one using morphometrics to explore the evolution of primate locomotion and another applying niche modelling to gain a better understanding of primate distributions, ecology and landscape use. Both have an evolutionary flavour to them, and ultimately I hope to use the insights gained from these and related projects to help reconstruct human evolution. I am currently writing up some of the findings of my earlier work on the subject for a book called The Landscapes of Human Evolution which will be published by Cambridge University Press.

In addition to my primary work on evolutionary anthropology and primatology, I am also interested in the anthropology of science and how humans learn, teach, conduct research and communicate their work. This has produced a co-authored book called The Behavioural Ecology of Project-Based Science and remains ongoing.

Career History

My career history has included:

Personal website: www.isabellewinder.com

E-mail: i.c.winder@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: 01248 38 8859

Office location: Memorial Building, Room F6

School roles: Programme Organiser for Zoology with Primatology, Biology degrees and Biology with Biotechnology, Head of Year 3.

I currently supervise two PhD students: Stacey Massey, working on human evolution with me, Vivien Shaw, Dr. Alex Georgiev and Prof. Oliver Turnbull, and Alexandra Allen, who is at Liverpool and whom I co-supervise with Prof. Robin Crompton and Dr Kris D'Aout).

I also supervise MScRes, MZoo and BSc projects in all the areas listed above, and would be keen to hear from students interested in conducting research with me (see above)!

In 2019-20 I am supervising 6 MScRes and 6 MZool projects.

I teach on the following modules:

BSX-3161 Human Evolutionary Biology (module organiser)

BSX-3153 Primatology

MSE-3009 Applied Anatomy

BSX-3150 Life in a Changing Climate

BSX-2033 Uganda (Primatology) Field Course

BSX-1031 Practical Skills 2 (module organiser)

BSX-1030 Practical Skills 1

I welcome expressions of interest from people who share my research interests (described in other sections). Specifically, I can offer PhDs in the following core areas:

1. Biogeography, ecological modelling and community responses to climate change. I usually do this for non-human primates, but my interests are broad enough to cover other taxa as well. Core question: how will anthropogenic habitat and climate change affect animals?

2. Human evolution, in the broad sense (incuding ecology, interactions with the environment, behaviour, anatomy...). These projects are flexible, and can be comparative, fossil-focused or more question-driven: I have particular interests in reticulate and mosaic evolution.

3. Extended Synthesis perspectives on evolution, and how science is done (including science communication, vsiualisation, data science and the anthropology of science). This strand could be stand-alone or incorporated into one of the two above, as a component part.

Within these broad areas, my PGRs often use niche modelling, statistical analysis, Geographical Information Systems, phylogenetics, morphometrics, field ecology or behavioural research and theoretical approaches.

Do get in touch if these areas interest you!

2023

• PublishedClimate change impacts on non-human primates: what have we modelled and what do we do now?
  Winder, I. C., Mace, B. D. & Korstjens, A. H., 2 Jan 2023, Primates in Anthropogenic Landscapes: Exploring Primate Behavioural Flexibility Across Human Contexts. McKinney, T., Waters, S. & Rodrigues, M. A. (eds.). Springer Nature
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2022

• Accepted/In pressChoice matters: an investigation of students' experiences selecting dissertation projects
  Winder, I. C., 17 Oct 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHiding in Plain Sight-Ancient Chinese Anatomy
  Shaw, V., Diogo, R. & Winder, I. C., 1 May 2022, In: Anatomical record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology . 305, 5, p. 1201-1214
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printThe Evolution of Scientific Visualisations: A Case Study Approach to Big Data for Varied Audiences
  Lunn, A., Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 15 Sep 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) Biomedical Visualisation: Volume 12 - The Importance of Context in Image-Making. Shapiro, L. & Rea, P. M. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 51-84
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2021

• PublishedAnatomy in Ancient China: How Acupuncture Meridians Were First Identified
  Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 3 Nov 2021, In: The AACP Journal. 33, 2, p. 11-18
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Palaeolithic Field Guide: Assessing Morphological Accuracy of Animals in Cave Paintings
  Northfield, A. & Winder, I. C., 6 Jan 2021.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• PublishedThe Virtual Dissection Room: Live-streamed Demonstrations to Complement Recorded Lectures
  Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 6 Jan 2021.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• PublishedThe vertebral artery blood supply to the brain and its relationship with cognition across the taxonomic classes: Mammalia and Aves
  Lunn, A., Winder, I. C. & Shaw, V., 8 Jul 2021.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• PublishedVertebral Artery Supply to the Brain and Relationship with Intelligence Across Taxonomic Classes
  Lunn, A. & Winder, I. C., 6 Jan 2021.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

2020

• PublishedA network of monkey lineages: has reticulation shaped the evolution of Central and South American monkeys?
  Bradley, W. M. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedCan paleobiogeography explain why hybridization only occurs in New Mexico?
  Medlin, K. & Winder, I. C., 10 Jan 2020.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• PublishedDoes mammal (or primate) biodiversity impact on the outbreak of viral zoonoses in Africa?
  Watkins, H. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedHow and why do primate vertebral columns vary? An investigation of intra- and interspecific variation and how it links to locomotor behaviour
  Payne, M., Mulley, J. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedPrimatology and Evolutionary Anthropology: Dr Isabelle Winder
  Winder, I. C., 3 Dec 2020, Conversations in Human Evolution. Timbrell, L. (ed.). Oxford: Archaeopress, Vol. 1. p. 98-103
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedRates and patterns of hybridisation in baboons (genus Papio) under different degrees of anthropogenic climate change
  Fernandes, A., Gomes, L., Hill, S. E. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedThe Ma Wang Dui Texts, An Anatomical Treatise?
  Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 1 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Anatomy. 236, p. 344
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedTime to stop monkeying around? Climate change impacts on the biogeography of Callitrichidae species
  Howe, B. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedVerging On Insanity: A genetic analysis of schizophrenia susceptibility in the hominoids
  Ronan, E., Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., Apr 2020.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedWe use our knowledge of human evolution to explain people’s social and emotional responses to coronavirus for the general public
  Winder, I. C. & Shaw, V., 1 Jul 2020.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

2019

• PublishedAre locomotive styles in primates a driving force behind intra- and interspecies variation in the vertebral column?
  Payne, M., Winder, I. C. & Mulley, J., 18 Dec 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• PublishedCerebral Torque in Nonhuman Primates
  Ronan, E., Winder, I. C. & Shaw, V., 18 Dec 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• PublishedDo the skeletally conservative Cercopithecus monkeys (guenons) show morphological differences in their feet in accordance with their locomotion style?
  Thom, A., Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 18 Dec 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• PublishedMawangdui Medical Texts: An Ancient Anatomical Atlas?
  Shaw, V. & Winder, I. C., 4 Aug 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• PublishedPredicting the impacts of climate change on Papio baboon biogeography: Are widespread, generalist primates 'safe'?
  Hill, S. E. & Winder, I., Jul 2019, In: Journal of Biogeography. 46, 7, p. 1380-1405
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPredicting the impacts of climate change on species of macaque (Macaca spp.)
  Mace, B. D. & Winder, I. C., 8 Apr 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• PublishedThese feet are made for walking: body size influences primate foot structure
  Green, L. & Winder, I. C., 8 Apr 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• PublishedTwo cases of dead-infant carrying by female Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, Zanzibar
  Georgiev, A., Melvin, Z. E., Warkentin, A-S., Winder, I. C. & Kassim, A., 2019, In: African Primates . 13, p. 57-60
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
• PublishedWhy does hybridisation between Crotalus scutulatus and C. viridis only occur in New Mexico?
  Medlin, K. & Winder, I. C., 7 Dec 2019. 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

2017

• PublishedOn Ideas of Evolution and the Evolution of Ideas: Communicating Traditions of Scientific Enquiry
  Winder, N. P., Winder, I., Jefferson, B. & Jeffrey, P., 20 Dec 2017, Open Science Framework.
  Research output: Working paper

2016

• PublishedAnticipatory Modelling and Innovation Management
  Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 176-179 (Human Nature Series).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedDarwin's Goldilocks Problem
  Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, Non-Linearities and System Flips : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N. & Liljenstrom, H. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 2. p. 11-15
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedFit Genes Hide
  Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, Non-Linearities and System Flips : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N. & Liljenstrom, H. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 2. p. 30-35
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedIntegrative Research and the Stakeholder Problem
  Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion: COMPLEX Final Scientific Report . Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 157-175 (Human Nature Series).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedModelling the Modelling Process
  Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 180-188 (Human Nature Series).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedSaltation, Emergence and Non-Linear Dynamics
  Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, Non-Linearities and System Flips : COMPLEX Final Scientific Report . Winder, N. & Liljenstrom, H. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 2. p. 16-29
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedThe COMPLEX Approach to Innovation Management
  Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion: COMPLEX Final Scientific Report . Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 211-219 (Human Nature Series).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedThe Description of Work (DOW) as a Model
  Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion: COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 189-199 (Human Nature Series).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedUsing the DOW for Decision-Support
  Winder, N. & Winder, I., 2016, The Quest for a Model-Stakeholder Fusion COMPLEX Final Scientific Report Vol 1: COMPLEX Final Scientific Report. Winder, N., Liljenstrom, H. & Seaton, R. (eds.). Sigtuna: Sigtuna Foundation Press, Vol. 1. p. 200-210 (Human Nature Series).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2015

• PublishedComplexity, compassion and self-organisation: Human evolution and the vulnerable ape hypothesis
  Winder, N. & Winder, I. C., 15 Jun 2015, In: Internet Archaeology. 40
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvolution and dispersal of the genus Homo: A landscape approach
  Winder, I. C., Devès, M., King, G., Bailey, G., Inglis, R. H. & Meredith-Williams, M. G., Oct 2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 87, p. 48-65 18 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLandscape structures and human evolutionary ecology: space, scale and environmental patterning in Africa
  Winder, I. C., Mar 2015, In: Internet Archaeology. 38
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedEarly hominin palaeoecology
  Winder, I. C., 5 May 2014, In: Environmental Archaeology. 19, 2, p. 179-180 2 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
• PublishedHuman bipedalism and the importance of terrestriality
  Winder, I. C., King, G. C. P., Deves, M. & Bailey, G., 1 Sep 2014, In: Antiquity. 88, 341, p. 915-916 2 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReticulate evolution and the human past
  Winder, I. C. & Winder, N. P., 2014, In: Annals of Human Biology. 41, 4, p. 300-311 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedScrambler man: developing a new theory of human evolution
  Winder, I. C., 17 Mar 2014.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• PublishedThe biogeography of the Papio baboons
  Winder, I. C., Jan 2014, In: Folia primatologica. 85, 5, p. 292-318 27 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedAn agnostic approach to ancient landscapes
  Winder, I. C. & Winder, N. P., 2013, In: Journal of Archaeology and Ancient History. 9, p. 3-30 28 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedComplex topography and human evolution: the missing link
  Winder, I. C., King, G., Deves, M. & Bailey, G., Jun 2013, In: Antiquity. 87, 336, p. 333-349 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHominin Palaeoecology and Environmental Archaeology
  Winder, I. C., Heyerdahl-King, I. S. & Winder, N., 2013, The Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Smith, C. (ed.). Springer, p. 3450-3456
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedThe Behavioural Ecology of Project-Based Science
  Winder, N. & Winder, I. C., 2013, Sigtuna Foundation Press.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2012

• PublishedDISPERSE: Dynamic Landscapes, Coastal Environments and Human Dispersals
  Bailey, G., King, G., DEVÈS, M., Hausmann, N. B. M. J., Inglis, R. H., Meredith-Williams, M. G., Momber, G. L., Winder, I. C., Alsharekh, A. & Sakellariou, D., 2012, In: Antiquity. 86, 334
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedLooking for problems: A systems approach to hominin palaeocommunities from Plio-Pleistocene Africa
  Winder, I. C., Jul 2012, In: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 22, 4, p. 460-493 34 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReview of D'Aout, K. and Vereecke, E.E. (eds) 'Primate Locomotion: Linking Field and Laboratory Research'
  Winder, I. C., Feb 2012, In: Primate Eye. 106, p. 34-36
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

2011

• PublishedA new single-filter method for analyzing coastal aerosol production and links to meteorology
  Winder, I. C., Mar 2011, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 34, 2, p. 326-335 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReview of Rebay-Salisbury, K. et al. 'Body Parts and Bodies Whole'
  Winder, I. C., 2011, In: PaleoAnthropology. 2011, p. 287-288 2 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

2010

• PublishedEnergy production and the potential for life on outer solar system satellites
  Winder, I. C., 2010, In: Journal of Young Investigators. 19, p. 1-7 7 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReview of Cartmill, M. and Smith, F. 'The Human Lineage'
  Winder, I. C., 2010, In: PaleoAnthropology. 2010, p. 160-161 2 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
• PublishedReview of Hetherington, R. and Reid, R.G.B. 'The Climate Connection: Climate Change and Modern Human Origins'
  Winder, I. C., 2010, In: PaleoAnthropology. 2010, p. 223-225 3 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
• PublishedReview of Holmes, K. 'GIS simulation of the earliest hominid colonisation of Eurasia'
  Winder, I. C., 2010, In: PaleoAnthropology. p. 76-78 3 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedReview of Rees, A. 'The Infanticide Controversy: Primatology and the Art of Field Science'
  Winder, I. C., 2010, In: Primate Eye.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2022

• 2022 SRHE International Research Conference: Mobilities in Higher Education

  Presentation entitled "Spoiled For choice? Factors influencing student selection of research projects and how they subsequently evaluated their choices".

  5 Dec 2022

  Activity: Participation in conference (Speaker)
• Anatomical Society (External organisation)

  1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sep 2023

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)
• Society for Research into Higher Education (External organisation)

  10 Jun 2022 →

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)

2021

• Anatomical Society (External organisation)

  1 Oct 2021 – 30 Sep 2022

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)
• Anatomical Society Summer Meeting 2021

  7 Jul 2021 – 9 Jul 2021

  Activity: Participation in conference (Speaker)
• Anatomical Society Virtual Winter Meeting: Vision and Visualisation

  6 Jan 2021 – 8 Jan 2021

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)

2020

• Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2020

  1 Dec 2020 – 2 Dec 2020

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)
• Anatomical Society (External organisation)

  1 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2021

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)

2019

• Anatomical Society Winter meeting 2019

  18 Dec 2019 – 20 Dec 2019

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)
• Anatomical Society (External organisation)

  1 Oct 2019 – 30 Sep 2020

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)
• Evolution Evolving

  1 Apr 2019 – 4 Apr 2019

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)

2018

• Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2018

  4 Dec 2018 – 5 Dec 2018

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)
• Primate Society of Great Britain Spring Meeting 2018

  11 Apr 2018 – 12 Apr 2018

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)

2017

• Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2017

  27 Nov 2017 – 29 Nov 2017

  Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)
• Primatology in UK Universities

  Talk: Primatology and the Extended Synthesis of Evolutionary Theory

  2017

  Activity: Participation in conference (Invited speaker)

2015

• Symposium: New Ideas in Human Evolution

  20 Nov 2015

  Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course (Keynote/plenary speaker)

2014

• SET for Britain - Biological and Biomedical Sciences

  17 Apr 2014

  Activity: Participation in conference (Speaker)

2013

• Complex Systems Seminar Series

  9 Oct 2013

  Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course (Keynote/plenary speaker)
• Scrambler Man: Complex Landscapes and the Evolution of Bipedalism

  Public lecture

  9 Oct 2013

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Reticulate Evolution - what it might tell us about Pleistocene species in Asia

  14 Aug 2013

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)