Invited lectures
2015
· "How to be a non-reductiuonist geneticist", workshop 'How to be a non-reductionist geneticist', Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 23-25 Sept 2015.
· "Robustness and Plasticity in Gene Expression: The Interplay of Stochasticity and Downward Informational Control", workshop 'Approaches to variation and stability in contemporary biology', Sydney, May 26, 2015.
· "Causation in Postgenomics", workshop ‘Heredity in the Postgenomic Era II’, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 21-22 May 2015.
· “Robustness and Plasticity in Gene Expression: The Interplay of Stochasticity and Downward Informational Control”, Workshop ‘Chance at the Heart of the Cell (CHC3', ENS, Paris 27-28 April 2015).
· “When is a causal relationship informational?”, ISHPSSB 2015 meeting, Montreal July 6-10.
· “Proximate and Ultimate Explanations”, ‘Heredity in the Postgenomic Era’, Wissenschaftskolleg workshop, Berlin, June 2015.
· “Stochasticity and distributed specificity as an argument for non-Determinism”, ‘Stochasiticity in Gene Expression’ workshop, Paris, April 27-29, 2015.
2014
· “Measuring the specificity of genes, mind and environment”, Australasian Society for Cognitive Science 2014 Meeting, Monash University, Melbourne, 8-10 Dec, 2104.
· "Specificity, Invariance and stability – an information-theoretic approach. Sydney-ANU meeting, Bundanoon, 26-28 Nov, 2014.
· “A Process View of Human Nature”, ‘Process Philosophy Workshop, Exeter University, Nov 20-21, 2014.
· “Distributed specificity”, Information: Trash or Treasure’ Workshop, IHPST, Paris, Nov 19, 2014.
· “A Molecular Future for Behavior Genetics?” ‘Philosophy of Behavior Genetics’, Templeton Workshop, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nov 1-2, 2014.
· “Measuring Specificity”, with A. Pocheville and P. Griffiths, Work in Progress Seminar, University of Sydney, Oct 9, 2014.
· “Two kinds of Niche Construction”, ‘Cultural Evolution and Learning’ Workshop, Macquarie University, August 17, 2014.
· “A Causal Foundation of Biological information”, ‘Heredity in the Postgenomic Era’, Wissenschaftskolleg workshop, Berlin, June 19-20, 2014.
· “Towards a biologically basic cognition: from developmental plasticity to higher learning”, ‘Cognition in Context: Cognition Wars’ workshop, Macquarie University, April 7, 2014.
· “Crick Information: Causal Foundation of Biological information”, ‘The Power of Information’, Templeton Workshop, Oxford, /
March 26-28, 2014.
2013
· “How different views of parental effects promote the relationships between development, heredity and evolution”, ISHPSSB
2013, Montpellier, July 7-11, 2103.
· “Crick Information: an informational concept for biology”, Egenis Seminar, Exeter University, Oct 21, 2013.
2012
· “Crick Information, Distributed Specificity, and Molecular Epigenesis”, Sydney – Anu meeting, Bundanoon Nov 12, 2012.
· “From Cell-Surface Receptors to Learning: beyond the innate and the acquired”. ‘Mechanism of Cognition Workshop’, Genes to
Geoscience Centre, Macquarie University, Oct 23, 2012.
· “What progress occurred when genes went molecular?” ‘HPS in Australia’, University of Sydney Sept 26-28, 2012.
· “Human Nature and Developmental Plasticity”. ‘Human Nature and Diversity’ Workshop, University of Sydney, Sep 5-7, 2012.
· “Nonreductive integration: Commentory”. ‘Integration in Biology and Biomedicine’ workshop, University of Sydney, May 3-5,
2012.
· “Biology and the Extended Mind”. Workshop’ Emergence in Cognitive Science’, Wollongong Unversity, April 12-13, 2012.
· “Nature, Human Nature, and Nurture”. Workshop ‘Concepts in Use’, University of Bielefeld, Germany, April 5, 2012.
· “From Ecological to Development Niche Construction”. ‘Cultural factors of Inheritance II: Forms’, Centre for Literature and
Cultural Research, Berlin, Mar 13-14, 2012.
2011
· “Cognitive- Developmental Niche Construction as an Argument against Innate Human Nature”. ‘Human Nature, Agent tracking and cognitive architecture’ workshop, Macquarie University 17-21 June, 2011.
· “From cell-surface receptors to higher learning: A whole world of experience”. ‘Ethology’ Workshop, Macquarie University 19-21 Feb, 2011.
2010
· “Putting Reductionism in its place”, ‘Mechanism’ workshop, Macquarie University, Dec 16-17, 2010.
· “Cognitive-Developmental Niche Construction and Human Nature”, PSA Montreal, Nov 4-6, 2010.
· “Environmental Epigenomics of Health and Disease”, Egenis seminar, University of Exeter, Oct 25, 2010.
· “From Developmental Plasticity to Learning: A Whole World of Experience”, Sydney – Anu Meeting, Bundanoon Sept 17, 2010.
2009
· “Cognitive Niche Construction: from Extended organisms to extended minds”. Workshop ‘Embodied cognition, enactivism, and
extended mind’, U of Wollongong Dec 10-11, 2009.
· “The biological foundation of cognition”. Workshop ‘Biological Cognition’ and Discussion panel, July 17-19, University of
Adelaide, 2009.
· “Xphi of Science”. NEH Summer Institute on Experimental Philosophy (Xphi), June 28-30, 2009.
2008
· “The Nurturing of Human Nature”. Workshop “Man and her Genes”, Oslo, Nov 20-23, 2008.
· “A philosophical analysis of extended inheritance”. Egenis Seminar Series, Nov 17, 2008.
· “The Nurture of Human Nature”, Panel discussion “Postgenomic Perspectives on Human Nature”. Exeter University, Oct 31,
2008.
· “Behavior epigenetics: Epigenetics, Parental Effects, Ontogenetic Niche Construction and Behavior”. Workshop “Future Direction
in Genetic Studies’, Wash U St Louis, Aug 10, 2008.
· “Tanz der Gene: Evolutionstheorie in der Krise?” Studium Generale ‘Mensch, Genom, Evolution’, University of Luebeck, April 24,
2008.
· “From Apes to Humans: the Naturing of Human Nature”. Workshop on Human Nature, Egenis, Exeter April 21, 2008.
2007
· “From Molecular Epigenesis to Developmental Niche Construction”. Philosophical Colloquim, UCSC, May 10, 2007.
· “Developmental Niche Construction as an Evolutionary Factor”. ‘Making Sense of Evolution’- author meets critics, Oregon State
University, April 7, 2007.
· “From Nature and Nurture to Nurturing Nature”. Keynote address, Symposium ‘Reconciling Nature and Nurture in the Study of
Behavior’, IU Mar 20-22, 2007.
· ”Molecular epigenesis as an argument for developmental niche construction”. Developmental seminar, Indiana University,
March 2, 2007.
· “Experimental philosophy of biology: a meeting point between philosophy and science?” ‘Does Philosophy matter to Science?’ A
Stony Brook symposium, Mar 9, 2007.
· ”Distributed specificity as a break in the Central Dogma”. ‘Central Dogma’, Colloquim, University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine,
Feb 22-23, 2007.
2006
· “From Genetics to Postgenomics: a case against reductionism”. 3. Biohumanities Conference “Idealization, Mechanism and
Reduction”, UQ, Dec 17-19, 2006.
· “2001 and all that: A tale of a third science”. 7th Philosophy of Developmental Biology workshop, Vancouver, Nov 6-7, 2006.
· “How to test conceptual change in science: notes from the field”. PSA 2006 20th biannual meeting, Vancouver, Nov 2-5, 2006.
· “Niche Construction”, Graduate workshop ‘Future directions in the Life Sciences’, Indiana University, June 2006.
· “Mental Representation and the Extended Mind: Some lessons from the genome”. CogSci lunchtime seminar series, Indiana
University Bloomington, April 20, 2006.
2005
· “What is a Gene?” (with Paul Griffiths). Keynote address, Biohumanities conference I: “The conceptual impact of the genomics
revolution”, UQ, Oct 13-15, 2005.
· “Diverse conceptualizations of the gene and why they matter” (with Paul Griffiths). Keynote address of the ‘Representing Genes
III’ workshop, University of Exeter, May 13, 2005.
· “With Genes like that who needs an environment? Postgenomics’ argument for the ‘Ontogeny of Information’”. Center for
Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, April 5th, 2005.
· “Representing Genes Project”. Human Genetics Lunchtime seminar series, Pittsburgh Medical School, Feb 18, 2005.
· “Genes: Philosophical Analyses put to the test”. Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Feb. 03,
2005.
2015
· "How to be a non-reductiuonist geneticist", workshop 'How to be a non-reductionist geneticist', Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 23-25 Sept 2015.
· "Robustness and Plasticity in Gene Expression: The Interplay of Stochasticity and Downward Informational Control", workshop 'Approaches to variation and stability in contemporary biology', Sydney, May 26, 2015.
· "Causation in Postgenomics", workshop ‘Heredity in the Postgenomic Era II’, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 21-22 May 2015.
· “Robustness and Plasticity in Gene Expression: The Interplay of Stochasticity and Downward Informational Control”, Workshop ‘Chance at the Heart of the Cell (CHC3', ENS, Paris 27-28 April 2015).
· “When is a causal relationship informational?”, ISHPSSB 2015 meeting, Montreal July 6-10.
· “Proximate and Ultimate Explanations”, ‘Heredity in the Postgenomic Era’, Wissenschaftskolleg workshop, Berlin, June 2015.
· “Stochasticity and distributed specificity as an argument for non-Determinism”, ‘Stochasiticity in Gene Expression’ workshop, Paris, April 27-29, 2015.
2014
· “Measuring the specificity of genes, mind and environment”, Australasian Society for Cognitive Science 2014 Meeting, Monash University, Melbourne, 8-10 Dec, 2104.
· "Specificity, Invariance and stability – an information-theoretic approach. Sydney-ANU meeting, Bundanoon, 26-28 Nov, 2014.
· “A Process View of Human Nature”, ‘Process Philosophy Workshop, Exeter University, Nov 20-21, 2014.
· “Distributed specificity”, Information: Trash or Treasure’ Workshop, IHPST, Paris, Nov 19, 2014.
· “A Molecular Future for Behavior Genetics?” ‘Philosophy of Behavior Genetics’, Templeton Workshop, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nov 1-2, 2014.
· “Measuring Specificity”, with A. Pocheville and P. Griffiths, Work in Progress Seminar, University of Sydney, Oct 9, 2014.
· “Two kinds of Niche Construction”, ‘Cultural Evolution and Learning’ Workshop, Macquarie University, August 17, 2014.
· “A Causal Foundation of Biological information”, ‘Heredity in the Postgenomic Era’, Wissenschaftskolleg workshop, Berlin, June 19-20, 2014.
· “Towards a biologically basic cognition: from developmental plasticity to higher learning”, ‘Cognition in Context: Cognition Wars’ workshop, Macquarie University, April 7, 2014.
· “Crick Information: Causal Foundation of Biological information”, ‘The Power of Information’, Templeton Workshop, Oxford, /
March 26-28, 2014.
2013
· “How different views of parental effects promote the relationships between development, heredity and evolution”, ISHPSSB
2013, Montpellier, July 7-11, 2103.
· “Crick Information: an informational concept for biology”, Egenis Seminar, Exeter University, Oct 21, 2013.
2012
· “Crick Information, Distributed Specificity, and Molecular Epigenesis”, Sydney – Anu meeting, Bundanoon Nov 12, 2012.
· “From Cell-Surface Receptors to Learning: beyond the innate and the acquired”. ‘Mechanism of Cognition Workshop’, Genes to
Geoscience Centre, Macquarie University, Oct 23, 2012.
· “What progress occurred when genes went molecular?” ‘HPS in Australia’, University of Sydney Sept 26-28, 2012.
· “Human Nature and Developmental Plasticity”. ‘Human Nature and Diversity’ Workshop, University of Sydney, Sep 5-7, 2012.
· “Nonreductive integration: Commentory”. ‘Integration in Biology and Biomedicine’ workshop, University of Sydney, May 3-5,
2012.
· “Biology and the Extended Mind”. Workshop’ Emergence in Cognitive Science’, Wollongong Unversity, April 12-13, 2012.
· “Nature, Human Nature, and Nurture”. Workshop ‘Concepts in Use’, University of Bielefeld, Germany, April 5, 2012.
· “From Ecological to Development Niche Construction”. ‘Cultural factors of Inheritance II: Forms’, Centre for Literature and
Cultural Research, Berlin, Mar 13-14, 2012.
2011
· “Cognitive- Developmental Niche Construction as an Argument against Innate Human Nature”. ‘Human Nature, Agent tracking and cognitive architecture’ workshop, Macquarie University 17-21 June, 2011.
· “From cell-surface receptors to higher learning: A whole world of experience”. ‘Ethology’ Workshop, Macquarie University 19-21 Feb, 2011.
2010
· “Putting Reductionism in its place”, ‘Mechanism’ workshop, Macquarie University, Dec 16-17, 2010.
· “Cognitive-Developmental Niche Construction and Human Nature”, PSA Montreal, Nov 4-6, 2010.
· “Environmental Epigenomics of Health and Disease”, Egenis seminar, University of Exeter, Oct 25, 2010.
· “From Developmental Plasticity to Learning: A Whole World of Experience”, Sydney – Anu Meeting, Bundanoon Sept 17, 2010.
2009
· “Cognitive Niche Construction: from Extended organisms to extended minds”. Workshop ‘Embodied cognition, enactivism, and
extended mind’, U of Wollongong Dec 10-11, 2009.
· “The biological foundation of cognition”. Workshop ‘Biological Cognition’ and Discussion panel, July 17-19, University of
Adelaide, 2009.
· “Xphi of Science”. NEH Summer Institute on Experimental Philosophy (Xphi), June 28-30, 2009.
2008
· “The Nurturing of Human Nature”. Workshop “Man and her Genes”, Oslo, Nov 20-23, 2008.
· “A philosophical analysis of extended inheritance”. Egenis Seminar Series, Nov 17, 2008.
· “The Nurture of Human Nature”, Panel discussion “Postgenomic Perspectives on Human Nature”. Exeter University, Oct 31,
2008.
· “Behavior epigenetics: Epigenetics, Parental Effects, Ontogenetic Niche Construction and Behavior”. Workshop “Future Direction
in Genetic Studies’, Wash U St Louis, Aug 10, 2008.
· “Tanz der Gene: Evolutionstheorie in der Krise?” Studium Generale ‘Mensch, Genom, Evolution’, University of Luebeck, April 24,
2008.
· “From Apes to Humans: the Naturing of Human Nature”. Workshop on Human Nature, Egenis, Exeter April 21, 2008.
2007
· “From Molecular Epigenesis to Developmental Niche Construction”. Philosophical Colloquim, UCSC, May 10, 2007.
· “Developmental Niche Construction as an Evolutionary Factor”. ‘Making Sense of Evolution’- author meets critics, Oregon State
University, April 7, 2007.
· “From Nature and Nurture to Nurturing Nature”. Keynote address, Symposium ‘Reconciling Nature and Nurture in the Study of
Behavior’, IU Mar 20-22, 2007.
· ”Molecular epigenesis as an argument for developmental niche construction”. Developmental seminar, Indiana University,
March 2, 2007.
· “Experimental philosophy of biology: a meeting point between philosophy and science?” ‘Does Philosophy matter to Science?’ A
Stony Brook symposium, Mar 9, 2007.
· ”Distributed specificity as a break in the Central Dogma”. ‘Central Dogma’, Colloquim, University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine,
Feb 22-23, 2007.
2006
· “From Genetics to Postgenomics: a case against reductionism”. 3. Biohumanities Conference “Idealization, Mechanism and
Reduction”, UQ, Dec 17-19, 2006.
· “2001 and all that: A tale of a third science”. 7th Philosophy of Developmental Biology workshop, Vancouver, Nov 6-7, 2006.
· “How to test conceptual change in science: notes from the field”. PSA 2006 20th biannual meeting, Vancouver, Nov 2-5, 2006.
· “Niche Construction”, Graduate workshop ‘Future directions in the Life Sciences’, Indiana University, June 2006.
· “Mental Representation and the Extended Mind: Some lessons from the genome”. CogSci lunchtime seminar series, Indiana
University Bloomington, April 20, 2006.
2005
· “What is a Gene?” (with Paul Griffiths). Keynote address, Biohumanities conference I: “The conceptual impact of the genomics
revolution”, UQ, Oct 13-15, 2005.
· “Diverse conceptualizations of the gene and why they matter” (with Paul Griffiths). Keynote address of the ‘Representing Genes
III’ workshop, University of Exeter, May 13, 2005.
· “With Genes like that who needs an environment? Postgenomics’ argument for the ‘Ontogeny of Information’”. Center for
Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, April 5th, 2005.
· “Representing Genes Project”. Human Genetics Lunchtime seminar series, Pittsburgh Medical School, Feb 18, 2005.
· “Genes: Philosophical Analyses put to the test”. Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Feb. 03,
2005.
