Manfred Laubichler
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Manfred Laubichler

Visiting Scholar (Mai 2018-Dez 2022)

Manfred Laubichler joined the Research Program on the History of the Max Planck Society (GMPG) in 2013. He is President’s Professor of Theoretical Biology and History of Biology at Arizona State University and a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He and his group study among others the problem of evolutionary innovations—from genomes to technologies and knowledge systems. To this end Laubichler and his team develop novel analytical methods (big data computational history of science) and a general theory of phenotypic and knowledge evolution (extended evolution theory). Laubichler first studied zoology and mathematics in Vienna and received his PhD in Biology from Yale University before studying history and history of science at Princeton. His honors include being an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Within the GMPG, Manfred Laubichler is focused on the role of the MPG within the development and differentiation of the life sciences, including international comparisons. His general research interests span history of biology, computational history of science, evolutionary models of the dynamics of knowledge, and complexity theory.

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Cooperation and Outreach

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Networks, Network Science, and Knowledge Graphs

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Quadrupels as Central Concepts for Encoding Context and Data

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Selected Publications

Painter, Deryc T., Bryan C. Daniels, and Manfred Dietrich Laubichler (2021). “Innovations are Disproportionately Likely in the Periphery of a Scientific Network.” Theory in Biosciences 140 (4): 391–399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12064-021-00359-1.

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Daniels, Bryan C., Manfred Dietrich Laubichler, and Jessica C. Flack (2021). “Introduction to the Special Issue: Quantifying Collectivity.” Theory in Biosciences 140 (4): 321–323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12064-021-00358-2.

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Daniels, Bryan C., Jessica C. Flack, and Manfred Dietrich Laubichler (2021). Quantifying Collectivity. Special issue, Theory in Biosciences 140 (4). Berlin: Springer. https://link.springer.com/journal/12064/volumes-and-issues/140-4.

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Caniglia, Guido, Carlo Jaeger, Eva Schernhammer, Gerald Steiner, Federica Russo, Jürgen Renn, Peter Schlosser, and Manfred Dietrich Laubichler (2021). “COVID-19 Heralds a New Epistemology of Science for the Public Good.” History and Philosophy of…

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Past Events

Workshop

Political Epistemology II

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Symposium

Nach Cassirer. Das Erkenntnisideal der Biologie und seine Wandlungen bis heute

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Auftaktveranstaltung: Grundlagenforschung und Zukunftsgestaltung

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Workshop

Anthropocene Curriculum Workshop

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Digital Media

Nachrichten & Presse

Gastwissenschaftler Manfred Laubichler veröffentlicht einen Artikel über die Anthropocene engine“.

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Manfred Laubichler spricht im Podcast von Die Zeit über Krisen

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Jürgen Renn und Manfred Laubichler im HPLS über Transformationen in der Wissenschaft

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