The goal of CASP is fourfold: (1) capacity building of conceptual, theoretical, and empirical resources to facilitate new research configurations and strategies that advance inquiry distinctly; (2) community formation and sustenance to nurture an ever-increasing group of scholars pursuing these themes through a variety of methods and mechanisms; (3) synergy across different research projects and disciplinary approaches to capitalize on researchers who are unaware of or not connected with others working on the core ideas reflected in the Science of Purpose initiative; and (4) visibility, to raise the profile of these researchers and their projects to a wider audience, both within and outside academia, and ultimately to the general public.
In support of these goals, we post news here about consortium members' work and accolades as well as consortium-led opportunities for involvement in meetings, workshops, essay contests, collaborations, and more.
If you have a news item you would like to share here, please email Keely.
Linquist, S. Elliott, T. A. Kremer, S. C. Gregory, T. R. Saylor, B. and Cottenie, K. (2026) Transposon Ecology and the Octopus Genome. BioEssays48, no. 3 (2026): e70124.
López, César Flores. Rivera-Yoshida, Natsuko. Arzola, Alejandro V. Hernández, Adrian Arturo Huerta. Benítez, Mariana. (2026). Self-generated trail networks promote aggregation in multicellular bacteria Myxococcus xanthus. R Soc Open Sci. 13 (4): 251889.
Silva, J. M., Nunes-Neto, N. de F., and El-Hani, C. N. (2026). What Is the Value of Nature? Environmental Ethics, 48 (1):65-92.
Allen, B. (2026). Understanding large-scale cooperation in a nonlinear, interconnected world. Nature Computational Science, 6(2), 112-114.
We have now begun work on some of the many activities we have planned for the next five years (for example, interdisciplinary workshops in early 2027).
Interested individuals will shortly be able to sign up for membership via the consortium website. We will publicize the link when it is available.
In the meantime, please follow us on Bsky and check back here and on the Opportunity webpage for the latest developments.
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