Funded research Projects

Telmo Pievani carries out his research activities in the fields of epistemology of the life sciences, history of biological thought, and philosophy of biology, with special emphasis on the foundations of the theory of evolution. In this regard, he has developed multiple international contacts over time and is currently a member of networks and groups of researchers, both Italian and international, dealing with philosophy of biology and theory of evolution.

 

 

He is a founding member and coordinator of the international research group Hierarchy Theory of Evolution, directed by Prof. Niles Eldredge at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

 

  • September 2022 - May 2024: National co-Director of Spoke 7 (“Biodiversity and Society: Communication, Education, and Social Impact”) of the NBFC - National Biodiversity Future Centre (PNRR funds, National Center 5) with total funding of €32 million.
  • April 2015 - April 2017: Principal Investigator (PI) of the national research project Extinction. An exhibition, a genetic database, and research on collections of extinct and endangered vertebrates in Italian natural history museums, funded by Law 6-2000 for the dissemination of scientific culture.
  • October 2013 - March 2016: Co-leader, with Niles Eldredge, of the international research project The Hierarchy Group. Approaching complex systems in evolution, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, at the Department of Biology, University of Padua.
  • PRIN Research Project (2007): National Coordinator of The adaptive behavior of biological systems and the scientific method: the role of formal and material models, functional explanations, disciplinary approaches, and unification (Scientific-disciplinary field M-FIL/02 - Logic and Philosophy of Science).
  • Member of the Teachers’ Board of the Doctoral Program in Education and Communication Sciences at the University of Milan Bicocca; supervised eight doctoral theses.
  • Since 2012-2013: Member of the Board of Lecturers of the Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology at the Department of Biology, University of Padua.
  • Since 2023: Member of the National Doctorate on Biodiversity, established by the NBFC - National Biodiversity Future Center.
 
 
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