Training and professional background
Research interests
Fieldwork
Awards and research grants
Teaching
Main publications and conferences
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I am an ethologist interested in the study of communication in primates. My expertise focuses particularly on the bonobo, human’s closest living relative along with the chimpanzee.
My postdoctoral project aims at exploring the effect of early social experience on the development of communicative abilities in bonobos by analyzing playful interactions. Moreover, I am studying how bonobos communicate in the foraging and aggressive contexts.
My studies stem from the collaboration between the Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage and the Equipe de Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielle of the University of Saint-Etienne within the Project ADYN-BONOBO of the LabEX ASLAN.
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TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
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 | PhD in Behavioural Biology - University of Parma, Italy
Emotional and intentional communication in bonobos (Pan paniscus)
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| Master in Evolution of Animal and Human Behaviour - University of Torino, Italy
Audience effect and multimodality in bonobo communication (Pan paniscus)
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| Bachelor Degree in Natural Sciences - University of Torino, Italy
The impact of fishing on the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in Sardinia |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
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| Social Cognition
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| Evolution of Human Language
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| Primate Communication
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| Empathy |
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| Play Behaviour
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FIELDWORK
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| Behavioural Data Collection on Bonobos
La Vallée des Singes (France - 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019)
Lola Ya Bonobo (Democratic Republic of Congo - 2018)
Planckendael Zoo (Belgium - 2017)
Wilhelma Zoo (Germany - 2009, 2015)
Apenheul Primate Park (The Netherlands - 2009) |
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AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
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2019: Prix AAUL Best foreign Post-Doctoral Researcher of the University of Lyon (3000 €)
2012: Optime Award, Recognition of Academic Value – Best Graduated Student of 2011-2012
2011: Best Oral Presentation, XX National Congress of the Association of Italian Primatologists
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TEACHING
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| 2018-2019 / 2019-2020 / 2020-2021 / 2021-2022
TD ANIMAL COGNITION - L2 Sciences Cognitives - Université Lumière Lyon 2
CM ANIMAL COGNITION - L2 Sciences Cognitives - Université Lumière Lyon 2
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LA SCIENCE TAILLE XX ELLES - Women & Science
I am very proud to be one of the women scientists taking part in the project "LA SCIENCE TAILLE XX ELLES" fostered by the association "Femmes & Sciences" which aims to encourage girls to undertake careers in Science.
If you want to know more, please visit:
www.femmesetsciences.fr/lascience-taillexxelles/lyon/
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MAIN PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
SHOW LONG VERSION / SHORT VERSION
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Edited books
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Demuru, E. & Giacoma, C. (eds), 2022, "Interacting primates: the biological roots of human communication", Taylor & Francis - Ethology, Ecology & Evolution
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Chapters in books
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Palagi, E. & Demuru, E., 2017, "Pan paniscus or Pan ludens? Bonobos, playful attitude and social tolerance", in BONOBOS: Unique in Mind, Brain and Behavior, Hare, B. & Yamamoto, S. (eds), Oxford University Press
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Journals
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Caselli, M., Russo, E., Guéry, J.P., Demuru, E. & Norscia, I., 2023, "More Than Just Kibbles: Keeper Familiarity and Food Can Affect Bonobo Behavior", Animals, 13
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Caselli, M., Malaman, B., Cordoni, G., Guéry, J.P., Kok, J., Demuru, E. & Norscia, I., 2023, "Not lost in translation: Changes in social dynamics in Bonobos after colony relocation and fusion with another group", Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 261
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Demuru, E., Clay, Z. & Norscia, I., 2022, "What makes us apes? The emotional building blocks of intersubjectivity in hominids", Ethology Ecology and Evolution, 34
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Cordoni, G., Pirarba, L., Elies, S., Demuru, E., Guéry, J.P. & Norscia, I., 2022, "Adult–adult play in captive lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)", Primates, 1
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Norscia, I., Caselli, M., De Meo, G., Cordoni, G., Guéry, J.P. & Demuru, E., 2022, "Yawn contagion in bonobos: Another group, another story", American Journal of Primatology, 84
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Development Neurocognition Disorders
Linguistic Diversity and its Sources
elisa.demuru@cnrs.fr 