Biography

I am an Associate Professor in Comparative Psychology and member of the psychology department at the ϳԹ. Before that I was the group leader of the research group “Evolutionary Roots of Human Social Interaction” at the Max Planck Institute for evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig/ Germany where I also completed my PhD in 2005 (with Michael Tomasello & Josep Call). I was also a Junior Research Fellow at Churchill College and a member of the Experimental Psychology lab of Cambridge University.

Research interests

My main research interest is the evolution of human sociality with a particular focus on social cognition. Here I am especially interested in the individual’s understanding of others’ perception, knowledge, intentions, desires and beliefs. I am also interested in questions concerning cooperation and communication among individuals. In my research I follow a comparative approach, that is, I select meaningful groups for comparisons. One comparison is that of humans with their closest living relatives, the great apes. Another comparison is that of humans with one of their closest living domesticated species, the domestic dog.

Research outputs

2025

Lockey-Kennedy, K., West-Brownbill, A., Kaminski, J.

5 Aug 2025, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 292, 6p., 106778

Research output: Article

Haddy, E. C., Burden, F., Raw, Z., Rodrigues, J., Zappi, H., Brown, J., Kaminski, J., Proops, L.

1 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 28, 1, p. 116–134

Research output: Article

2024

Haddy, E., Proops, L., Burden, F., Raw, Z., Kaminski, J., Brown, J.

14 Feb 2024, In: Animal Welfare. 33, 9p., e9

Research output: Article

Kaminski, J., Stengelin, R., Girndt, A., Haun, D., Liebal, K.

17 Jan 2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 1, 17p., e0295221

Research output: Article

2023

Haddy, E., Brown, J., Burden, F., Raw, Z., Kaminski, J., Proops, L.

19 Dec 2023, In: SAGE Open. 13, 4, 12p.

Research output: Article

Espinosa, J., Stevens, J. R., Alberghina, D., Alway, H. E. E., Barela, J. D., Bogese, M., Bray, E. E., Buchsbaum, D., Byosiere, S., Byrne, M., Cavalli, C. M., Chaudoir, L. M., Collins-Pisano, C., DeBoer, H. J., Douglas, L. E. L. C., Dror, S., Dzik, M. V., Ferguson, B., Fisher, L., Fitzpatrick, H., Freeman, M. S., Frinton, S. N., Glover, M. K., Gnanadesikan, G. E., Goacher, J. E. P., Golańska, M., Guran, C. A., Hare, E., Hare, B., Hickey, M., Horschler, D. J., Huber, L., Jim, H., Johnson, A. M., Kaminski, J., Kelly, D. M., Kuhlmeier, V. A., Lassiter, L., Lazarowski, L., Leighton-Birch, J., MacLean, E. L., Maliszewska, K., Marra, V., Montgomery, L. I., Murray, M. S., Nelson, E. K., Ostojić, L., Palermo, S. G., Parks Russell, A. E., Pelgrim, M. H., Pellowe, S. D., Reinholz, A., Rial, L. A., Richards, E. M., Ross, M. A., Rothkoff, L. G., Salomons, H., Sanger, J. K., Santos, L., Schirle, A. R., Shearer, S. J., Silver, Z. A., Silverman, J. M., Sommese, A., Srdoc, T., St. John-Mosse, H., Vega, A. C., Vékony, K., Völter, C. J., Walsh, C. J., Worth, Y. A., Zipperling, L. M. I., Żołędziewska, B., Zylberfuden, S. G.

1 Aug 2023, In: Animal Behavior and Cognition. 10, 3, p. 232-286

Research output: Article

2022

Haddy, E. C., Brown, J., Burden, F., Raw, Z., Kaminski, J., Proops, L.

9 Sep 2022, In: PLoS One. 17, 9, 21p., e0273972

Research output: Article

Bräuer, J., Kaminski, J.

22 Feb 2022,

Research output: Book

2021

Haddy, E. C., Burden, F., Fernando-Martínez, J. A., Legaria-Ramirez, D., Raw, Z., Brown, J., Kaminski, J., Proops, L.

4 May 2021, In: PLoS One. 16, 5, p. 1-15, 15p., e0251002

Research output: Article

2020

Gnanadesikan, G. E., Hare, B., Snyder-Mackler, N., Call, J., Kaminski, J., Miklósi, Á., Maclean, E. L.

1 Oct 2020, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60, 4, p. 976-990, 15p.

Research output: Article