My research encompasses both the history and philosophy of biology, as well as broader questions in the general philosophy of science. On the historical side, I have worked on the history of morphology, particularly the legacy of Aristotle's biology, but most of my work focuses on the recent history of evolutionary biology, with a special emphasis on evo-devo and evolvability. I combine bibliometric methods and oral history to reconstruct the dynamics of scientific practice, while using conceptual tools from cultural evolution to interpret these patterns.
Philosophically, my work has explored the role of dispositions and propensities in evo…
My research encompasses both the history and philosophy of biology, as well as broader questions in the general philosophy of science. On the historical side, I have worked on the history of morphology, particularly the legacy of Aristotle's biology, but most of my work focuses on the recent history of evolutionary biology, with a special emphasis on evo-devo and evolvability. I combine bibliometric methods and oral history to reconstruct the dynamics of scientific practice, while using conceptual tools from cultural evolution to interpret these patterns.
Philosophically, my work has explored the role of dispositions and propensities in evolutionary explanations, the interplay between imaging methodologies and concepts of life in developmental biology, and the nature of teleological and agential explanations in development and evolution. In recent years, I have paid particular attention to the field of reproduction, approaching it both from a theoretical perspective—aiming to integrate reproductive relations into our understanding of evolution—and through a feminist interrogation of scientific practices representing and explaining female sexuality and reproduction. More generally, I am interested in interdisciplinarity and theory integration, the role of values in science, new materialism, and emerging forms of scientific realism.
