This directory lists people and organizations involved in a variety of areas of research of interest to the consortium.
Peter Takacs
Institution:
Macquarie University
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Ecology and Earth System Science, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Function and Teleology, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Medicine, Methods, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Kirk Taylor
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/kirk-taylor
Areas of interest: Education / Outreach, Function and Teleology, Medicine, Methods, Physiology
Tobias Uller
Institution:
Department of Biology
Lund University
Project or lab website: https://feiner-uller-group.se/
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, 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, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Walter Veit
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/philosophy/philosophy-staff-profiles/dr-walter-veit
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
C. Kenneth Waters
Institution:
Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary
Consortium project title: Using material models to investigate agency, innovation, and directionality in evolution
Project or lab website: http://www.ckennethwaters.com
Richard Watson
Institution:
University of Southampton
Project or lab website: https://www.richardawatson.com/
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Education / Outreach, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Christopher Wiles
Institution:
University of Bristol
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Function and Teleology
Tom Williams
Institution:
University of Bristol
Consortium project title: Direction, agency and function in the evolution of symbiotic integration
Project or lab website: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Tom-Williams-09520f33-b160-4776-a3fc-e375215ae687/
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