Dr Roberts read  Human Sciences at the University of Oxford before going on to complete an MSc in Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Liverpool. For his PhD, he moved to the University of Sussex, where he examined social referencing and visual perspective taking in Barbary macaques and chimpanzees. His postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford focused on the structure and dynamics of social networks in humans. He conducted an 18-month longitudinal study investigating how students’ social networks change during the transition from school to University, using a combination of questionnaire and mobile phone bills to track communication and changes in social relationships over time. 

 He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK