Research Directory

This directory lists people and organizations involved in a variety of areas of research of interest to the consortium.

Arsham Nejad Kourki
Institution:

Francis Crick Institute

Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Education / Outreach, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Physiology, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
David Oderberg
Institution:

Department of Philosophy

University of Reading

Reading RG6 6EL

United Kingdom

Project or lab website: https://www.davidsoderberg.uk
Areas of interest: Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Physiology
Manus Patten
Institution:

Georgetown University

Project or lab website: https://www.pattenlab.com/
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Tianqin Ren
Institution:

University of Missouri; Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science

Project or lab website: https://www.rentianqin.com
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
Thomas Reydon
Institution:

Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Philosophy

Project or lab website: https://www.reydon.info
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Bernd Rosslenbroich
Institution:

Witten/Herdecke University, Germany

 

Areas of interest: Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Armin Schulz
Institution:

University of Kansas

Project or lab website: http://arminwschulz.com/
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Function and Teleology, Methods, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Matthew Sims
Institution:

Macquarie University
University of Cambridge

Project or lab website: https://matthewsims5.com
Areas of interest: Agency and Autonomy, Classification / Taxonomy, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Transitions in Agency/Individuality

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