Pushing the Boundaries
Agency, Evolution, and
the Dynamic Emergence
of Expanding Possibilities
Team members:
Johannes Jaeger, Project Leader
Tarja Knuuttila, Project Co-Leader
Andrea Loettgers, Senior Researcher
Paul Poledna, PhD Candidate
Kevin Purkhauser, PhD Candidate
Basak Senova, Outreach Curator
Pushing the Boundaries
Agency, Evolution, and
the Dynamic Emergence
of Expanding Possibilities
Team members:
Johannes Jaeger, Project Leader
Tarja Knuuttila, Project Co-Leader
Andrea Loettgers, Senior Researcher
Paul Poledna, PhD Candidate
Kevin Purkhauser, PhD Candidate
Basak Senova, Outreach Curator
Johannes Jaeger, PhD
johannes_jaeger@univie.ac.at
Jaeger is a researcher and educator whose research interests revolve around the nature of organisms and their evolution. He was trained as an experimental biologist, but has since moved into more mathematical and philosophical approaches to understand the organization of evolving living systems.
He serves as the leader of this project and will be coordinating its philosophical, scientific, and outreach activities.
johannes_jaeger@univie.ac.at
Jaeger is a researcher and educator whose research interests revolve around the nature of organisms and their evolution. He was trained as an experimental biologist, but has since moved into more mathematical and philosophical approaches to understand the organization of evolving living systems.
He serves as the leader of this project and will be coordinating its philosophical, scientific, and outreach activities.
Tarja Knuuttila, PhD
tarja.knuttila@univie.ac.at
Knuutila is professor for the philosophy of science at the Dept of Philosophy of the University of Vienna. Her work focuses on scientific modeling, representation, and interdisciplinarity in research practice from a philosophical point of view. She is the principal investigator of the ERC "Possible Life" project.
She serves as the co-leader and host of this project at the University of Vienna.
tarja.knuttila@univie.ac.at
Knuutila is professor for the philosophy of science at the Dept of Philosophy of the University of Vienna. Her work focuses on scientific modeling, representation, and interdisciplinarity in research practice from a philosophical point of view. She is the principal investigator of the ERC "Possible Life" project.
She serves as the co-leader and host of this project at the University of Vienna.
Andrea Loettgers, PhD, PD
andrea.loettgers@univie.ac.at
Loettgers is a historian and philosopher of science with a longstanding interest in scientific modeling in physics, neurobiology, and systems/synthetic biology. She was trained as a theoretical physicist. As a historian, she studies the transfer of experimental and modeling practices from physics to biology. As a philosopher, she focuses on epistemological questions concerning modeling practices in biology and physics.
andrea.loettgers@univie.ac.at
Loettgers is a historian and philosopher of science with a longstanding interest in scientific modeling in physics, neurobiology, and systems/synthetic biology. She was trained as a theoretical physicist. As a historian, she studies the transfer of experimental and modeling practices from physics to biology. As a philosopher, she focuses on epistemological questions concerning modeling practices in biology and physics.
Paul Poledna, BSc, MA
paul.poledna@univie.ac.at
Poledna has a background in physics and philosophy. His current research combines his interests in both fields, focusing on far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics, complex dynamic systems, and semiotic processes. In particular, Paul investigates how insights from these areas combine to yield new insights into the emergence of self-organization and the distinctive self-manufacturing behavior of living systems.
paul.poledna@univie.ac.at
Poledna has a background in physics and philosophy. His current research combines his interests in both fields, focusing on far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics, complex dynamic systems, and semiotic processes. In particular, Paul investigates how insights from these areas combine to yield new insights into the emergence of self-organization and the distinctive self-manufacturing behavior of living systems.
Kevin Purkhauser, BA, MSc
kevin.purkhauser@univie.ac.at
Purkhauser trained in physics, philosophy, as well as in the cognitive and neurosciences. Interested in combining all these areas of expertise, his research is concerned with a broader and deeper understanding of emergent phenomena in the context of adaptive biological systems. In particular, he is focusing on the application of formal computational approaches to the dynamics of living processes, and their limitations.
kevin.purkhauser@univie.ac.at
Purkhauser trained in physics, philosophy, as well as in the cognitive and neurosciences. Interested in combining all these areas of expertise, his research is concerned with a broader and deeper understanding of emergent phenomena in the context of adaptive biological systems. In particular, he is focusing on the application of formal computational approaches to the dynamics of living processes, and their limitations.
Basak Senova, PhD, Assoc.Prof
basak.senova@uni-ak.ac.at
Curator, designer, writer, and researcher: with her projects, Senova creates collective, interdisciplinary research platforms and networks; her focus is a curatorial model that prioritizes the process of artistic research and production, and its presentation.
Her role in the project is to curate our innovative, cohesive, and systematic outreach effort.
basak.senova@uni-ak.ac.at
Curator, designer, writer, and researcher: with her projects, Senova creates collective, interdisciplinary research platforms and networks; her focus is a curatorial model that prioritizes the process of artistic research and production, and its presentation.
Her role in the project is to curate our innovative, cohesive, and systematic outreach effort.
Senova and Jaeger are part of the arts & science collective The ZoNE, whose two other members, Bronwyn Lace & Marcus Neustetter, will also be involved in outreach and education activities in the context of the project.
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