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Staff Profile

Professor Daniel Nettle

Professor of Behavioural Science

  • Email: daniel.nettle@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8993
  • Personal Website:
  • Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
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    Henry Wellcome Building
    Framlington Place
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    NE2 4HH
Background

Daniel Nettle received his PhD in Anthropology from University College London. He has worked a wide range of topics in behavioural science. His personal research website is . Since coming to Â鶹´«Ã½ in 2004, he has taught mostly on the Psychology BSc undergraduate programme and the MRes programme in the Faculty of Medical Sciences.

 

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Research

I am a member of the behavioural science and psychology research theme. 

Research interests:

  • The psychology of poverty and inequality
  • Prosocial and antisocial behaviour
  • Hunger and food insecurity
  • Evolutionary explanations in psychology and behavioural science

Expertise:

  • Laboratory and field experiments
  • Statistical modelling using R
  • Meta-analysis
  • Computational and mathematical modelling

Current trainees:

  • Courtney Neal: The psychology of hunger and food insecurity
  • Benoit de Courson (Freiburg): Inequality, crime and violence
  • Mona Joly (Berlin): Delay discounting and health behaviour
Teaching

MMB8047 Evolution and Human Behaviour

PSY1003 Evolution and Genetics for Psychology

'Fun with R', an online course for statistical analysis in R, which you can access

Publications
  • Thomas AJ, Woo B, Nettle D, Spelke E, Saxe R. . Science 2022, 375(6578), 311-325.
  • Andrews C, Zuidersma E, Verhulst S, Nettle D, Bateson M. . Royal Society Open Science 2021, 8(9), 211099.
  • Shinwell J, Bateson M, Nettle D, Pepper GV. . British Journal of Nutrition 2022, 128(4), 770-777.
  • Bateson M, Andrews C, Dunn J, Egger CBCM, Gray F, McHugh M, Nettle D. . PeerJ 2021, 9.
  • Allen C, Nettle D. . Current Psychology 2021, 40, 2275-2289.
  • Nettle D, Saxe R. . Collabra: Psychology 2021, 7(1), 28105.
  • Andrews C, Dunn J, Nettle D, Bateson M. . Animal Cognition 2021, 24, 731-745.
  • De Courson B, Nettle D. . Scientific Reports 2021, 11(1), 1937.
  • Nettle D, Johnson E, Johnson M, Saxe R. . Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 2021, 8(1), 79.
  • Frankenhuis WE, Nettle D. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2020, 41(6), 469-473.
  • Fraser S, Nettle D. . Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 2020, 6, 334-355.
  • Nettle D, Saxe R. . Cognition 2020, 198, 104234.
  • Saxe R, Nettle D. . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2020, 43, e45.
  • Nettle D. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 2020, 375(1797), 20190358.
  • Frankenhuis WE, Nettle D. . Current Directions in Psychological Science 2020, 29(1), 16-21.
  • Frankenhuis WE, Nettle D, Dall SRX. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2019, 374(1770), 20180110.
  • Nettle D, Seeker L, Nussey D, Froy H, Bateson M. . PLoS ONE 2019, 14(5).
  • Bateson M, Eisenberg DTA, Nettle D. . Royal Society Open Science 2019, 6(10), 190937.
  • Gott A, Andrews C, Bedford T, Nettle D, Bateson M. . Animal Cognition 2019, 22, 99-111.
  • Dunn J, Andrews C, Nettle D, Bateson M. . Animal Cognition 2019, 22(3), 413-421.
  • Godsell S, Randle M, Bateson M, Nettle D. . Frontiers in Psychology 2019, 10, 1886.
  • Nettle D, Bateson M. . Journal of Obesity 2019, 2019, 7174058.
  • Bateson M, Aviv A, Bendix L, Benetos A, Ben-Shlomo Y, Bojesen SE, Cooper C, Cooper R, Deary IJ, Hagg S, Harris SE, Kark JD, Kronenberg F, Kuh D, Labat C, Martin-Ruiz CM, Meyer C, Nordestgaard BG, Penninx BWJH, Pepper GV, Revesz D, Said MA, Starr JM, Syddall H, Thomson WM, Van Der Harst P, Whooley M, Von Zglinicki T, Willeit P, Zhan Y, Nettle D. . Royal Society Open Science 2019, 6(6), 190420.
  • Nettle D. . Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2019, 47(6), 672-677.
  • Nettle D. . Behavioural Processes 2019, 161, 101-107.
  • Nettle D, Frankenhuis WF. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2019, 286(1899), 20190040.
  • Andrews C, Nettle D, Reichert S, Bedford T, Monaghan P, Bateson M. . Behavioral Ecology 2018, 29(3), 589-597.
  • van Berkel M, Bateson M, Nettle D, Dunn J. . Animal Behaviour 2018, 142, 147-155.
  • Gott A, Andrews C, Hormigos ML, Spencer K, Bateson M, Nettle D. . PeerJ 2018, 6, e5842.
  • Dunn J, Andrews C, Nettle D, Bateson M. . Royal Society Open Science 2018, 5, 171918.
  • Frankenhuis W, Nettle D, McNamara J. . Child Development 2018, 89(5), 1504-1518.
  • Dunn J, Andrews C, Nettle D, Bateson M. . PLOS One 2018, 13(10), e0206363.
  • Nettle D. . Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2018.
  • Frankenhuis WE, Nettle D. . Perspectives On Psychological Science 2018, 13(4), 439-447.
  • Nettle D, Joly M, Broadbent E, Smith C, Tittle E, Bateson M. . Appetite 2018, 132, 222-229.
  • Pepper G, Bateson M, Nettle D. . Royal Society Open Science 2018, 5(8), 180744.
  • Bonham T, Pepper G, Nettle D. . PeerJ 2018, 6, e4257.
  • Bateson M, Nettle D. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 2018, 373, 20160438.
  • Andrews C, Nettle D, Larriva M, Gillespie R, Reichert S, Brilot BO, Bedford T, Monaghan P, Spencer KA, Bateson M. . Royal Society Open Science 2017, 4, 171208.
  • Nettle D, Andrews C, Bateson M. . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2017, 40, e131.
  • Nettle D, Bateson M. . PeerJ 2017, 5, e3528.
  • Nettle D, Bateson M. . PeerJ 2017, 2017(4), e3265.
  • Neville V, Andrews C, Nettle D, Bateson M. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 14823.
  • Nettle D. . Frontiers in Psychology 2017, 8, 358.
  • Nettle D, Andrews C, Reichert S, Bedford T, Kolenda C, Parker C, Martin-Ruiz C, Monaghan P, Bateson M. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 40794.
  • Bedford T, Oliver CJ, Andrews C, Bateson M, Nettle D. . Animal Behaviour 2017, 128, 51-60.
  • Hartman S, Li Z, Nettle D, Belsky J. . Development and Psychopathology 2017, 29(5), 1839-1849.
  • Nettle D, Andrews C, Bateson M. . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2017, 40, e105.
  • Pepper G, Nettle D. . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2017, 40, 45-66.
  • Pepper GV, Nettle D. . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2017, 40, e314.
  • Pepper GV, Corby DH, Bamber R, Smith H, Wong N, Nettle D. . PeerJ 2017, 5, e3580.
  • Bateson M, Nettle D. . Aging Cell 2017, 16(2), 312-319.
  • Nettle D, Andrews C, Reichert S, Bedford T, Gott A, Parker C, Kolenda C, Martin-Ruiz C, Monaghan P, Bateson M. . Ecology and Evolution 2016, 6(22), 8138-8148.
  • Frankenhuis WE, Panchanathan K, Nettle D. . Current Opinion in Psychology 2016, 7, 76-80.
  • Smith JE, Gavrilets S, Mulder MB, Hooper PL, El Mouden C, Nettle D, Hauert C, Hill K, Perry S, Pusey AE, van Vugt M, Smith EA. . Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2016, 31(1), 54-66.
  • Nettle D, Bateson M. . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 2015, 282(1812), 23-31.
  • Nettle D, Monaghan P, Gillespie R, Brilot B, Bedford T, Bateson M. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2015, 282, 20141610.
  • Adams J, Stamp E, Nettle D, Milne EMG, Jagger C. . PLoS ONE 2015, 10(3), e0118782.
  • Paál T, Carpenter T, Nettle D. . PeerJ 2015, 3, e964.
  • Bateson M, Nettle D. . PEERJ 2015, 3, e998.
  • Nettle D, Andrews CP, Monaghan P, Brilot BO, Bedford T, Gillespie R, Bateson M. . Animal Behaviour 2015, 107, 239-248.
  • Bateson M, Brilot BO, Gillespie R, Monaghan P, Nettle D. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2015, 282(1799), 20142140.
  • Andrews C, Viviani J, Egan E, Bedford T, Brilot B, Nettle D, Bateson M. . Animal Behaviour 2015, 109, 123-132.
  • O'Hagan D, Andrews CP, Bedford T, Bateson M, Nettle D. . Animal Behaviour 2015, 102, 141-148.
  • Clutterbuck S, Adams J, Nettle D. . Journal of Biosocial Sciences 2015, 47(2), 188-202.
  • Schroeder KB, Nettle D, McElreath R. . Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B 2015, 370(1683), 20150011.
  • Bateson M, Emmerson M, Ergün G, Monaghan P, Nettle D. . PLoS ONE 2015, 10(7), e0132602.
  • Nettle D. . Cambridge: OpenBook Publishers, 2015.
  • Bateson M, Robinson R, Abayomi-Cole T, Greenlees J, O'Connor A, Nettle D. . PeerJ 2015, 3, e1443.
  • Nettle D, Pepper GV, Jobling R, Schroeder KB. . PeerJ 2014, 2(e236), 1-20.
  • Clutterbuck S, Adams J, Nettle D. . PLoS ONE 2014, 9(1), e85013.
  • El Mouden C, André JB, Morin O, Nettle D. . Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2014, 27(2), 231-241.
  • Hill J, Pollet TV, Nettle D. . PeerJ 2014, 2.
  • Fathi M, Bateson M, Nettle D. . Evolutionary Psychology 2014, 12(5), 878-887.
  • Schroeder KB, Pepper GV, Nettle D. . PeerJ 2014, 2, e450.
  • Pepper GV, Nettle D. . PeerJ 2014, 2, e459.
  • Pepper GV, Nettle D. . Human Nature 2014, 25(3), 378-392.
  • Bateson P, Nettle D. . Creativity Research Journal 2014, 26(2), 219-222.
  • Hill JM, Jobling R, Pollet TV, Nettle D. . Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences 2014, 8(2), 59-69.
  • Pepper GV, Nettle D. . In: Lawson, DW; Gibson, M, ed. Applied Evolutionary Anthropology: Darwinian Approaches to Contemporary World Issues. Springer, 2014, pp.225-243.
  • Adams J, Stamp E, Nettle D, Milne EMG, Jagger C. . Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2014, 68(9), 818-825.
  • Nettle D, Frankenhuis WE, Rickard IJ. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences 2014, 281, 1780.
  • Bloxham L, Bateson M, Bedford T, Brilot B, Nettle D. . Animal Behaviour 2014, 91, 33-40.
  • Nettle D. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2014, 35(6), 519-525.
  • Rickard IJ, Frankenhuis WE, Nettle D. . Perspectives on Psychological Science 2014, 9(1), 3-15.
  • Stulp G, Buunk AP, Pollet TV, Nettle D, Verhulst S. . PLoS One 2013, 8(1), e54186.
  • Nettle D, Monaghan P, Boner W, Gillespie R, Bateson M. . PLoS One 2013, 8(12), e83617.
  • Pepper GV, Nettle D. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2013, 34(6), 433-439.
  • Bateson M, Callow L, Holmes JR, Roche MLR, Nettle D. . PLoS ONE 2013, 8(12), e82055.
  • Nettle D, Gibson MA, Lawson DW, Sear R. . Behavioral Ecology 2013, 24(5), 1031-1040.
  • Nettle D, Gibson MA, Lawson DW, Sear R. . Behavioral Ecology 2013, 24(5), 1046-1047.
  • Nettle D, Cronin KA, Bateson M. . Animal Behaviour 2013, 86(3), 595-602.
  • Nettle D, Frankenhuis WE, Rickard IJ. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2013, 280(1766), 20131343.
  • Nettle D, Harper Z, Kidson A, Stone R, Penton-Voak IS, Bateson M. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2013, 34(1), 35-40.
  • Schroeder KB, McElreath R, Nettle D. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2013, 110(10), 3955-3960.
  • Kareklas K, Nettle D, Smulders TV. . Biology Letters 2013, 9(2), 20120999.
  • Pollet TV, Nelissen M, Nettle D. . Journal of Biosocial Science 2012, 44(3), 377-381.
  • Nettle D. . Journal of Ethology 2012, 30(1), 109-116.
  • Nettle D, Nott K, Bateson M. . PLoS One 2012, 7(12), e51738.
  • Powell K, Roberts G, Nettle D. . Ethology 2012, 118(11), 1096-1101.
  • Nettle D, Coyne R, Colleony A. . Human Nature 2012, 23(4), 375-385.
  • Nettle D. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Society 2012, 367(1597), 1829-1836.
  • Nettle D, Frankenhuis WE, Rickard IJ. . Developmental Psychology 2012, 48(3), 718-721.
  • Nettle D, Bateson M. . Current Biology 2012, 22(17), R712-R721.
  • Sylwester K, Lyons M, Buchanan C, Nettle D, Roberts G. . Personality and Individual Differences 2012, 52(2), 113-117.
  • Brilot BO, Nettle D, Whittingham MJ, Bateson M, Read JCA. . The American Naturalist 2012, 179(6), E180-E195.
  • Bateson M, Brilot B, Nettle D. . Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 2011, 56(12), 707-715.
  • Nettle D, Coall DA, Dickins TE. . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 2011, 278(1712), 1721-1727.
  • Ernest-Jones M, Nettle D, Bateson M. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2011, 32(3), 172-178.
  • Nettle D. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 2011, 366(1563), 357-365.
  • Nettle D. . PLoS One 2011, 6(6), e21051.
  • Stulp G, Verhulst S, Pollet TV, Nettle D, Buunk AP. . PLoS One 2011, 6(6), e20497.
  • Clegg H, Nettle D, Miell D. . Frontiers in Psychology 2011, 2, 310.
  • Nettle D, Panchanathan K, Rai TS, Fiske AP. . Current Anthropology 2011, 52(5), 747-756.
  • Nettle D, Colléony A, Cockerill M. . PLoS ONE 2011, 6(10), e26922.
  • Herberich E, Hothorn T, Nettle D, Pollet T. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2010, 31(2), 150-151.
  • Nettle D, Coall DA, Dickins TE. . American Journal of Human Biology 2010, 22(2), 172-179.
  • Pollet T, Nettle D. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2010, 31(2), 149.
  • Nettle D, Cockerill M. . PLoS ONE 2010, 5(9), e12690.
  • Nettle D. . Behavioral Ecology 2010, 21(2), 387-395.
  • Nettle D, Penke L. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 2010, 365(1560), 4043-4050.
  • Watts G, Nettle D. . Journal of Sexual Medicine 2010, 7(1), 143-148.
  • Nettle D. . Evolutionary Psychology 2010, 8(2), 205-228.
  • Nettle D. . PLoS ONE 2010, 5(10), e13371.
  • Nettle D. . Journal of Theoretical Biology 2009, 257(1), 100-103.
  • Nettle D. . Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 2009, 15(2), 250-253.
  • Nettle D. . Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 2009, 15(2), 223-240.
  • Pollet TV, Nettle D. . Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2009, 26(8), 1029-1046.
  • Pollet TV, Nettle D. . Evolutionary Psychology 2009, 7(1), 57-65.
  • Nettle D. . Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2009, 24(11), 618-624.
  • Nettle D. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Pollet TV, Nelissen M, Nettle D. . Journal of Biosocial Science 2009, 41(3), 355-379.
  • Pollet T, Nettle D. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2009, 106(7), 2114-2117.
  • Pollet TV, Nettle D. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009, 106(7), 2114-2117.
  • Pollet TV, Nettle D. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2009, 30(2), 146-151.
  • Pollet TV, Fawcett TW, Buunk AP, Nettle D. . Biology Letters 2009, 5(6), 765-768.
  • Nettle D. . Psychologist 2009, 22(11), 934-937.
  • Adams JM, Nettle D. . British Journal of Health Psychology 2009, 14(1), 83-105.
  • Clegg H, Nettle D, Miell D. . Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 2008, 6(2), 101-115.
  • Nettle D, Liddle B. . European Journal of Personality 2008, 22(4), 323-335.
  • Nettle D. . In: International Journal of Psychology: XXIX International Congress of Psychology. 2008, Berlin, Germany: Psychology Press.
  • Pollet TV, Nettle D. . Biology Letters 2008, 4(1), 31-33.
  • Nettle D. . New Scientist 2008, 197(2642), 36-39.
  • Nettle D, Pollet TV. . American Naturalist 2008, 172(5), 658-666.
  • Nettle D. . European Journal of Personality 2008, 22(5), 464-465.
  • Pollet TV, Nettle D. . American Journal of Human Biology 2008, 20(3), 264-269.
  • Nettle D. . Evolution and Human Behaviour 2008, 29(6), 416-423.e1.
  • Nettle D. . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2008, 31(3), 275-276.
  • Nettle D. . In: Roth I, ed. Imaginative Minds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, pp.259-274.
  • Pollet TV, Nettle D. . Personality and Individual Differences 2007, 43(7), 1796-1806.
  • Nettle D, Grace JB, Choisy M, Cornell HV, Guegan J-F, Hochberg ME. . PLoS ONE 2007, 2(9), e929.
  • Nettle D. . British Journal of Psychology 2007, 98(2), 237-255.
  • Nettle D. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2007, 104(26), 10755-10756.
  • Nettle D. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2007, 104(26), 10755-10756.
  • Nettle D. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2007, 28(6), 447-448.
  • Farrelly D, Nettle D. . Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 2007, 5(1), 141-148.
  • Pollet T, Nelissen M, Nettle D. . Evolutionary Psychology 2007, 5(4), 832-843.
  • Nettle D. . American Psychologist 2007, 62(9), 1074-1075.
  • Bateson M, Nettle D, Roberts G. . Biology Letters 2006, 2(3), 412-414.
  • Nettle D. . Personality and Individual Differences 2006, 40(2), 375-383.
  • Nettle D. . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2006, 29(4), 418-418.
  • Nettle D. . Journal of Research in Personality 2006, 40(6), 876-890.
  • Nettle D, Clegg H. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2006, 273(1586), 611-615.
  • Nettle D. . Applied Cognitive Psychology 2006, 20(8), 1117-1117.
  • Nettle D. . American Psychologist 2006, 61(6), 622-631.
  • Haselton MG, Nettle D. . Personality and Social Psychology Review 2006, 10(1), 47-66.
  • Fessler DMT, Nettle D, Afshar Y, De Andrade Pinheiro I, Bolyanatz A, Mulder MB, Cravalho M, Delgado T, Gruzd B, Correia MO, Khaltourina D, Korotayev A, Marrow J, Santiago De Souza L, Zbarauskaite A. . Archives of Sexual Behavior 2005, 34(3), 267-276.
  • Nettle D. . Evolution and Human Behavior 2005, 26(4), 363-373.
  • Nettle D. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • Roberts KH, Munafo MR, Rodriguez D, Drury M, Murphy MFG, Neale RE, Nettle D. . Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2005, 7(5), 801-808.
  • Joinson C, Nettle D. . Personality and Individual Differences 2005, 38(4), 859-870.
  • Haselton MG, Nettle D, Andrews P. . In: Buss DM, ed. Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. New York: Wiley, 2005, pp.724-746.
  • Nettle D. . Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology 2005, 3(1), 39-56.
  • Nettle D. . In: Evans, D. Cruse, P, ed. Emotion, Evolution and Rationality. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp.193-208.
  • Nettle D. . Journal of Affective Disorders 2004, 81(2), 91-102.
  • Nettle D. . The Times Literary Supplement 2004, (5290), 26-26.
  • Nettle D. . Brain and Cognition 2003, 52(3), 390-398.
  • Nettle D. . British Journal of Psychology 2003, 94(4), 551-61.
  • Nettle D, Harriss L. . Human Biology 2003, 75(3), 331-344.
  • Nettle D. . Human Nature 2002, 13(4), 473-491.
  • Nettle D. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2002, 269(1503), 1919-1923.