Individual-based research: concepts, epistemology and integration (D02)

Subject Area Theoretical Philosophy
Term since 2018
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 316099922
 

Project Description

The CRC is a paradigm example of Individual-Based Research (IBR), which studies individuals and their interactions with the (social) environment. D02 provides a philosophical framework for IBR in biology by analysing its central concepts, epistemology and integrative practices: How should we understand the concept of an individualised niche? What kind of complexity is IBR concerned with and which methodological challenges arise? How is integration achieved in IBR?
DFG Programme CRC/Transregios
Subproject of TRR 212:  A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction (NC3)
Applicant Institution Universität Bielefeld
Project Heads Professorin Alkistis Elliott-Graves, Ph.D.; Professorin Dr. Marie I. Kaiser