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is the Evolution Institute's Operations Manager and a Research Assistant at the Institute of Cognition and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford.
Seshat is a vast and growing database of historical and archaeological knowledge that can be explored using scientific techniques. That makes it a powerful tool for testing and ultimately discarding hypotheses. “A cemetery for theories,” is how Seshat co-founder Peter Turchin at the University of Connecticut in Storrs describes it. By making history more evidence-based, he and his colleagues hope it will become more relevant.[button open_new_tab="true" color="accent-color" hover_text_color_override="#fff" size="medium" url="https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230950-600-the-database-that-is-rewriting-history-to-predict-the-future/" text="Read more on newscientist.com" color_override=""]
Ashle has worked in the non-profit sector both in the US and UK for over 6 years, in addition to her role as research assistant for the University of Oxford and Queen’s University Belfast. She holds an MA in Cognition and Culture and an MA in nonprofit management, with an emphasis on cultural institutions. She is a regular contributor to Learning & the Brain.
