Position: PhD Candidate in Biological Anthropology
School and/or Centres: School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Email: adam.bode@anu.edu.au
Qualification: BPsych(Hons)/LLB  Australian National University
Adam is an interdisciplinary romantic love and human mating researcher who employs an ethological framework in his theory and analysis. He has a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws from the Australian National University. He is currently enrolled in a PhD in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University. Adam’s research investigates romantic love using methods and approaches from biological anthropology, human ethology, and evolutionary psychology. Adam is a proponent of a new approach to the science of romantic love which takes a broad definition of romantic love, uses an ethological framework, and suggests it evolved by co-opting mother-infant bonding.
In 2021, with his co-author, Adam published a comprehensive review of romantic love using multiple biological perspectives and proposed a new, ethologically-informed, definition of romantic love. He is responsible for the loveresearch.info monthly email update of the latest scientific romantic and companionate love research and annual Symposium.
Visit Adam’s website at www.adambode.net
Romantic love
Human mating
Evolutionary behavioural and social sciences
Bode, A., Kowal, M., Cannas Aghedu, F., & Kavanagh, P. S. Romantic Love and Sexual Frequency: Challenging Beliefs. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1-12. doi:10.1080/0092623X.2024.2394670
Bode, A., & Kavanagh, P. S. (2023). Romantic Love and Behavioral Activation System Sensitivity to a Loved One. Behavioral Sciences, 13(11). doi:10.3390/bs13110921
Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Dinić, B. M., Pisanski, K., Gjoneska, B., Frederick, D. A., . . . Bode, A. . . . Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Validation of the Short Version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) across 37 Languages. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10508-023-02702-7
Bode, A. (2023). Romantic Love Evolved by Co-opting Mother-infant Bonding. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1176067
Bode, A., & Kowal, M. (2023). Toward Consistent Reporting of Sample Characteristics in Studies Investigating the Biological Mechanisms of Romantic Love. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.983419
Bode, A., & Kuula, L. (2021). Romantic Love and Sleep Variations: Potential Proximate Mechanisms and Evolutionary Functions. Biology, 10(9). doi:10.3390/biology10090923
Bode, A., & Kushnick, G. (2021). Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives on Romantic Love. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(1088). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.573123
Dolan, K., Rodas, A., & Bode, A. (2015). Drug and Alcohol Use and Treatment for Australian Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Prisoners: Demand Reduction Strategies. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 11(1), 30-38. doi:10.1108/IJPH-02-2014-0005
Hogan, A., Bode, A., & Berry, H. (2011). Farmer Health and Adaptive Capacity in the Face of Climate Change and Variability. Part 2: Contexts, Personal Attributes and Behaviors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 8(10). doi:10.3390/ijerph8104055
Hogan, A., Berry, H. L., Ng, S. P., & Bode, A. (2011). Decisions Made by Farmers That Relate to Climate Change. Agricultural Science, 23(1), 36-39. doi:10.3316/informit.977617084152339