Name: Friends and foes: mind your relationships
Start: 2023-05-24T19:30:00
End: 2023-05-24T21:30:00
Location: The Oxford Retreat

Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist and anthropologist, known for his Species podcast and TikTok content on human mating behavior. He studied infidelity research at Oxford and now researches human mating behavior at the University of Melbourne. Tanya Manchanda, a PhD student at Oxford's Department of Psychiatry, focuses on adolescent mental health and the impact of friendships on well-being. She is investigating school-based intervention programs to improve mental health outcomes for adolescents with the involvement of their authentic social group.

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Macken Murphy (Scientist )

Scientist and writer Macken Murphy has been praised by the BBC, The New York Times, and more for his work on evolutionary biology and anthropology. In his popular science podcast Species, Macken not only talks about animals, but also about human behavioural biology and evolution. On social media his content on human mating behaviour has amassed millions of views. He studied cognitive and evolutionary anthropology at Oxford University with a research focus on infidelity – the action of "cheating". Macken currently is researching human mating behaviour at the University of Melbourne.

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Tanya Manchanda (PhD student in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford)

Tanya Manchanda is a PhD student in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. She brings with her a wealth of academic experience, having earned an M.Ed. from Harvard University and a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto. Her research is centered around adolescent development and mental health, with a particular focus on understanding the impact of friendships on young people's well-being. Tanya is currently working on investigating school-based intervention programs that aim to improve mental health outcomes for adolescents with the involvement of their authentic social group.

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