Daniel Nettle

[1] He is notable for his research that integrates psychology with evolutionary and comparative biology.

He is a CNRS senior researcher at the Institut Jean Nicod, an interdisciplinary research institute associated with the Ecole Normale Superieure and EHESS in Paris.

He was President of European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA) from 2013 to 2016.

[2] Daniel Nettle is the author of several books, most notably, Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile (2005),[3] Personality: What Makes You the Way You Are (2007),[4] Tyneside Neighbourhoods: Deprivation, Social Life and Social Behaviour in One English City (2015),[5] and Hanging on to the Edges: Essays on Science, Society and the Academic Life.

He writes a regular blog on science, society and the academic life.