This directory lists people and organizations involved in a variety of areas of research of interest to the consortium.
Francois Cinotti
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Function and Teleology, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Physiology, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Charbel El-Hani
Institution:
Institute of Biology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Ecology and Earth System Science, Education / Outreach, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism
Douglas Fudge
Institution:
Schmid College of Science and Technology
Chapman University
Project or lab website: https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/douglas-fudge.aspx
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Function and Teleology, Physiology
Elihu Gerson
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Ecology and Earth System Science, Education / Outreach, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Function and Teleology, Genomics, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Medicine, Methods, Physiology, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Jon Gibbins
Institution:
University of Reading
Consortium project title: Developing measures of purpose - platelets, calcium signaling, and model predictive control
Project or lab website: https://www.reading.ac.uk/biomedical-sciences/staff/jon-gibbins
Areas of interest: Function and Teleology, Medicine, Physiology
Paul Griffiths
Institution:
University of Sydney and Macquarie University
Project or lab website: https://tmbiosci.org/person/?personId=90
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Function and Teleology, Genomics, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Medicine, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Jacob Hart
Institution:
Recent MA Philosophy graduate from King’s College London. BA Philosophy, University of Reading. Currently developing research at the intersection of philosophy of biology, evolutionary theory, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and ecology. Background also in psychology and philosophy of mind with plans to combine my research into a coherent explanation of life and its moral relevance.
Project or lab website: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0009-0006-6455-2850
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Ecology and Earth System Science, Function and Teleology, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Methods, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Kostas Kampourakis
Institution:
University of Geneva
Project or lab website: https://kampourakis.com/
Areas of interest: Education / Outreach, Function and Teleology, Genomics
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