Description of research and teaching

My research operates in the crossroads of evolutionary anthropology, anthrozoology, comparative psychology, behavioural biology, and welfare science. My most recent research focuses on human-animal interactions as well as relationships of social species with their conspecifics. In the horse interaction project I study horses' social personality characteristics and human-oriented social cognition. Simultaneously I study people's experiences in the equestrian context. The project is seated in a broader framework of human-animal relationships, and contributes to both fundamental equestarian science and welfare applications. My second main project focuses on visualising animal emotions in both methodological and representational sense. We study e.g. comprehension of animal emotions, zoo animal welfare and representations thereof, and how to improve the technology of animal emotion science.

Prior to joining the HU, I have worked at Leiden, Utrecht, Cambridge, and Zurich universities. In my past research I have investigated primate cognition, empathy, personality, the evolution and mechanisms of social relationships, conflict management, and communication.

The updated list of my publications can be found at:

www.researchgate.net/profile/Sonja_Koski

intersubjectivity.academia.edu/SonjaKoski

scholar.google.com --> sonja koski

Education information

Education information

2016 Title of Docent in Biological Anthropology