07/10/2026
In 2021, Andy Radford became the ASAB executive editor of the Animal Behaviour journal, a joint venture with our sister society, ABS. With their executive editor and a great support team, Andy has worked hard to bring out an issue every single month – a not inconsiderable challenge! Andy is a professor at the University of Bristol, where he studies social behaviour and communication, and runs the long-term dwarf mongoose research project (https://dwarfmongooseresearch.weebly.com). A lot of his work has focused on the use of vocalisations for cooperation/conflict, as well as the impacts of anthropogenic noise.
Before becoming executive editor and a council trustee, Andy was a consulting editor for the journal, and an ordinary council member of ASAB. As executive editor, he has been involved in making several significant changes: There are now paper prizes to support students, ECRs, and low-middle income countries (https://www.asab.org/animal-behaviour-journal-awards), as well as a switch to online-only publishing for sustainability, and added requirements for mandatory data and code provision to improve reproducibility. He also negotiated the new 7-year publishing contract that underpins the vast majority of the funding that ASAB can provide for its members.
In addition to his work for ASAB, Andy is a passionate and excellent teacher and supervisor, for which he’s won a number of awards. Most recently, he was invited to give a great plenary at ECBB 2026 – a perfect ending to his tenure as ASAB executive editor of the Animal Behaviour journal. Andy you will be missed!
