Anne Pisor ("pie-zur") is a scientific anthropologist doing transdisciplinary work on how individuals and households respond to environmental risk, with implications for their livelihoods and health. Her research often falls under adaptation, preparedness, sustainability, risk mitigation, and natural resource management. You'll usually find her doing field-based mixed-methods research in East Africa, Latin America, or the US; integrating environmental and social data at scale; and doing data science and data analytics on both small and big data.
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Recent Publications
Perceived inequality and variability in the expression of parochial altruism
Ross, C. T. & Pisor, A. C., Jan 20 2025, In: Evolutionary Human Sciences. 7, e3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Long-distance Friends and Collective Action in Fisheries Management
Smith, K. M., Pisor, A. C., Aron, B., Bernard, K., Fimbo, P., Machano, H., Kimesera, R., Rubens, J., Slade, L., Sobo, J., Thani, A. & Mulder, M. B., Jan 1 2025, In: Conservation Letters. 18, 1, e13073.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Long-distance social relationships can both undercut and promote local natural resource management
Pisor, A. C., Borgerhoff Mulder, M. & Smith, K. M., Jan 1 2024, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 379, 1893, 20220269.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Parochial altruism: What it is and why it varies
Pisor, A. C. & Ross, C. T., Jan 2024, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 45, 1, p. 2-12 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
The evolution of (intergroup) peace hinges on how we define groups and peace
Pisor, A. C., Smith, K. M. & Deminchuk, J. P., Jan 15 2024, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 47, e1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Non-kin alloparents and child outcomes: Older siblings, but not godparents, predict educational attainment in a rural context
Hubbard, E. B., Shannon, O. & Pisor, A. C., Nov 2023, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 44, 6, p. 597-604 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In need-based sharing, sharing is more important than need
Lightner, A. D., Pisor, A. C. & Hagen, E. H., Sep 2023, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 44, 5, p. 474-484 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture
Pisor, A., Lansing, J. S. & Magargal, K., Nov 6 2023, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 378, 1889, 20220390.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
To understand climate change adaptation, we must characterize climate variability: Here's how
Pisor, A. C., Touma, D., Singh, D. & Jones, J. H., Dec 15 2023, In: One Earth. 6, 12, p. 1665-1676 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
Ross, C. T., Hooper, P. L., Smith, J. E., Jaeggi, A. V., Smith, E. A., Gavrilets, S., tuz Zohora, F., Ziker, J., Xygalatas, D., Wroblewski, E. E., Wood, B., Winterhalder, B., Willführ, K. P., Willard, A. K., Walker, K., von Rueden, C., Voland, E., Valeggia, C., Vaitla, B. & Urlacher, S. & 84 others, , 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 22, e2220124120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Friends near and afar, through thick and thin: Comparing contingency of help between close-distance and long-distance friends in Tanzanian fishing villages
Smith, K. M., Pisor, A. C., Aron, B., Bernard, K., Fimbo, P., Kimesera, R. & Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Sep 2023, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 44, 5, p. 454-465 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Distinguishing Intergroup and Long-Distance Relationships
Pisor, A. C. & Ross, C. T., Sep 2022, In: Human Nature. 33, 3, p. 280-303 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effective climate change adaptation means supporting community autonomy
Pisor, A. C., Basurto, X., Douglass, K. G., Mach, K. J., Ready, E., Tylianakis, J. M., Hazel, A., Kline, M. A., Kramer, K. L., Lansing, J. S., Moritz, M., Smaldino, P. E., Thornton, T. F. & Jones, J. H., Mar 2022, In: Nature Climate Change. 12, 3, p. 213-215 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
How can evolutionary and biological anthropologists engage broader audiences?
Jones, J. H., Pisor, A. C., Douglass, K. G., Bird, R. B., Ready, E., Hazel, A., Hackman, J., Kramer, K. L., Kohler, T. A., Pontzer, H. & Towner, M. C., Jul 1 2021, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 33, 4, e23592.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Want climate-change adaptation? Evolutionary theory can help
Jones, J. H., Ready, E. & Pisor, A. C., Jul 1 2021, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 33, 4, e23539.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review