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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Organised by @drmathildetahar.bsky.social and Alecia Carter with the support of @asab.org ! (In the framework of our @leverhulme.ac.uk research project ✨)

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We are delighted to invite you to our interdisciplinary workshop on Agency between Biology and Philosophy. The workshop will take place at University College London and online on 22-23 September 2026. All info and registration details can be found here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/interna...

Workshop
Agency between
Biology and Philosophy
22-23 September 2026
University College London, London, UK + online
Organisers: Mathilde Tahar & Alecia Carter

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The next session of our seminar is tomorrow! Christopher Joseph Gonzalez will talk about normative agency in nonhumans ! Info on how to join can be found here : www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar... We are looking forward to discussing this fascinating topic with you!

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Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.Next session10 June, 4.15 to 5.15 PM UK timeSession led by Christopher J...

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hello everyone, The next session of our seminar on Agency between Biology and Philosophy will take place tomorrow 13th of May from 4 to 5 PM (UK time) on Zoom. This session on AI agency will be led by Leonard Dung. Feel free to join us :) www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

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Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.Next session13 May, 4 to 5 UK timeSession led by Leonard DungTitle: Dist...

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Some fresh news from us! Mathilde Tahar will share the preliminary results of our research: - at the ISAE regional conference 21 April (Nottingham) - at the Common Ground on Animal Ethics Workshop 30 April (London, LSE) www.animalinventiveness.com/post/excitin... We are looking forward to it ! 🐒 🐜

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Exciting news: we’ll be sharing our first findings on inventive agency in the wild!

We are delighted to share that the first results of the project’s initial research stage will be presented at two upcoming conferences this spring!

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The next session of our transdisciplinary (biology-philosophy) seminar on Agency will take place this Wednesday on Zoom ! Hugh Desmond will talk about agency and cognitive capacities! More info on how to join us here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

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Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Tomorrow is the first session of the 2026 edition of our online seminar on animal agency! This session will be led by Lisa Yon and will explore ways to promote agency in captive animals (especially elephants!). Hoping to see many of you! 🐘🐘🐘 www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

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Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The next session of our seminar is tomorrow !! Angie Pepper will be presenting, on the topic « A good life or their own life? Rethinking nonhuman animal interests in freedom ». Relevant information can be found here : www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar... You’re welcome to join!

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Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Our seminar on animal agency, between biology and philosophy, is back ! Check out the programme for the next sessions here ! We meet on the second Wednesday of each month, on Zoom, from 4 to 5 PM (UK time). You’re very welcome to join ! :) www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

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Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Great paper on the degrees and the levels of innovativeness, contributing to the ongoing debate on how to measure and compare innovations & the tendency to innovate. (Note: to be distinguished from the propensity to invent = produce a novel behaviour, which we are studying in chacma baboons).

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

In April, our very own Mathilde Tahar discussed animal consciousness in Paris with Florian Moullard. And it is now a podcast! (Available in French though… for now?)

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The next session of our seminar will take place next Thursday! We will be discussing the possibility of connecting (or not) the different concepts of biological agency. Mathilde Tahar will be leading the session! You're welcome to join us through Zoom! www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

A new piece by @drmathildetahar.bsky.social just got out on @aeon.co!! It explores the link between inventiveness and play in nonhuman animals. It is written with a sincere desire to convey what science and philosophy can teach us about this fascinating topic. We hope you enjoy reading it!

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

@drmathildetahar.bsky.social will speak about animal’s cognition and imagination with Florian Moullard. 9th April in Paris ! ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr/evenements/s...

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Les soirées Philosophie, sciences et société à la Sorbonne | IHPST

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Next session of our online seminar on Agency between Biology and Philosophy is today (5pm UK time). We will talk about the link between organism and agency + biosemiotics !! Feel free to join us 😃 More info here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

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Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy. Organisation and schedule

Here, you will find the programme of the upcoming sessions, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.Next SessionsThe seminar series will continue on the seco...

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Our seminar on agency between biology and philosophy is still on, and we have amazing discussions. It is on the second Thursday of each month, from 5pm to 6pm (UK time). Feel free to join :) More info here : www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

There are many links between play and love/tenderness. The way the two intertwine when it comes to the co-invention of shared behaviours and signals between members of different species is one subject we aim to explore…

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

New draft available on our website. Your feedback is most welcome — feel free to contact @drmathildetahar.bsky.social with any comments! www.animalinventiveness.com/preprints-pu...

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Mathilde Tahar @drmathildetahar.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hey ! I have a new paper I'm willing to submit. I am still working on it. But I'd be happy to have some feedback before the final version ! I think it needs it… It's about biological agency! Please share your comments :) Here is the preprint: dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....

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(PDF) "Individual playful memory": making sense of biological agency

PDF | In recent decades, agency has become a prominent concept for conceiving of biological phenomena, both in philosophy and in biology. The concept... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

If you want to learn more about our seminar’s first session (and the next ones !!!), you can find everything here!

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

And a cool seminar cross disciplinary seminar we just launched this month: www.animalinventiveness.com/howtheresear...

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Animal Inventiveness Research Project @animalinvention.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This is the Bsky account of the Animal Inventiveness project led by @drmathildetahar.bsky.social & Alecia Carter ! The project is funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social and hosted by UCL. We will share here our news&events, publications, and any useful materials !

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