Vacancies: 2 postdoctoral positions in Modelling Evolutionary Processes (eco-evo-devo)
…will use computational and/or mathematical modelling to explore the adaptive capabilities of different functional processes and different assumptions about the processes of and feedbacks within natural selection: the selective conditions…
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…will consist of 8 parallel sessions running throughout the 5 days (except Wednesday afternoon). There will be some 300 oral presentations fitting within 35 symposia selected by the Scientific Committee….
read moreVacancy: Postdoc positions in the cultural evolution and ecology of institutions
…computer simulation of the evolution of institutions and cooperation in humans, and is suitable for candidates with a background in modelling social evolution, cultural evolution, evolutionary ecology or other related…
read moreHow do living beings fulfil the conditions for evolution by natural selection?
…a bacterium is extraordinarily complex. Evolutionary biologists therefore need manageable representations of how organisms fulfil the Lewontin conditions. The familiar representation – the one we find in textbooks – is…
read moreHow the EES differs from the Modern Synthesis
…in isolated population may be due to niche construction ecosystem stability, productivity and dynamics explained by competition and trophic interactionsecosystem stability, productivity and dynamics critically dependent on niche construction/ecological inheritance…
read moreProf Kevin Lala (f.k.a Kevin Laland)
…learning and Cognitive Evolution, the Institute for Behavioural and Neural Sciences, and the Scottish Primate Research Group. After completing his PhD at University College London, Laland held a Human Frontier…
read moreThe EES in philosophical focus
…& Tobias Uller This project comprises a collaboration between philosophers and biologists focussing on how the conceptual structure of evolutionary theory affects how researchers answer the big questions…
read moreHow evolution learns from experience
…T, Watson RA. 2019. PLoS Comput Biol DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006260. Blog posts The unlikely but fruitful waltz of a curious couple: Phenotypic plasticity and learning theory Brun-Usan M. 6 August…
read moreSummary of our research
… Research projects The program comprises 22 research projects divided into 4 interconnected themes. Experimental and theoretical studies test EES claims by comparing and evaluating predictions from…
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