Dr. Ben Kawam

Postdoc

Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies

bkawam@ab.mpg.de

Main Focus

I am broadly interested in building bridges between theory and data to explain variation in animal behaviour. In my current research, I focus on social behaviour by combining probabilistic and causal modelling tools to study the causes and consequences of animal social network structure.

For more information, see my personal website.

Curriculum Vitae

2026 – present. Postdoctoral researcher.

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
2022 – 2025. PhD Programme in Behavioural Ecology.

German Primate Center; University of Göttingen; Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research.
2019 – 2021. Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology (MEME).

University of Groningen; University of Montpellier.
2016 – 2019. Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences.

University of Namur.