Guarded behaviour
The Department of Social Anthropology at Cambridge is a leading centre of the subject in Britain. Many of the UK's best known anthropologists were educated here. The Department focuses on innovative frontline research.
The Department has a cosmopolitan body of teaching staff, each one at the forefront of their field. Their research ranges across the world (Britain, India, Vietnam, Russia, Mongolia, Melanesia, West and East Africa, Indonesia, North America, and Latin America) and focuses on diverse research topics. Themes of current research in the Department include: