@animalinvention
Our research explores how & why non-human animals invent new behaviours by studying their play. The project is led by Mathilde Tahar & Alecia Carter. We are funded by the Leverhulme Trust and hosted by UCL. https://www.animalinventiveness.com
The next session of our transdisciplinary (biology-philosophy) seminar on Agency will take place next Wednesday. Marek ล pinka will talk about play in nonhuman animals !
More info here :
www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
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! ๐๐๐
www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
The next session of our seminar is tomorrow !!
Angie Pepper will be presenting, on the topic ยซย A good life or their own life? Rethinking nonhuman animal interests in freedomย ยป.
Relevant information can be found here : www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
Youโre welcome to join!
Next session is tomorrow !
Come and join us to unveil the mystery of animal agency (or just try to make sense of the concept actuallyโฆ)! Daria Zakharova will be presenting!
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).
Youโre very welcome to join ! :)
www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
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).
By our @drmathildetahar.bsky.social (in French again)๐ ๐ฆโโฌ ๐ณ
laviedesidees.fr/Penser-l-ani...
In April, our very own Mathilde Tahar discussed animal consciousness in Paris with Florian Moullard. And it is now a podcast!
(Available in French thoughโฆ for now?)
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...
Next Wednesday !!!
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!
@drmathildetahar.bsky.social will speak about animalโs cognition and imagination with Florian Moullard.
9th April in Paris !
ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr/evenements/s...
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 ๐
More info here:
www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
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...
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 exploreโฆ
New draft available on our website. Your feedback is most welcome โ feel free to contact @drmathildetahar.bsky.social with any comments!
www.animalinventiveness.com/preprints-pu...
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 itโฆ
It's about biological agency! Please share your comments :)
Here is the preprint:
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
Next session is this Thursday !!!
Thanks !
Thank you !
If you want to learn more about our seminarโs first session (and the next ones !!!), you can find everything here!
Hey ! Thanks for putting that together ! Would it be possible to be added with @drmathildetahar.bsky.social (who coruns the project)๐? We work on chacal baboons !
And a cool seminar cross disciplinary seminar we just launched this month:
www.animalinventiveness.com/howtheresear...
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 !
Hi ! Thanks for the starter pack! Could we be with @drmathildetahar.bsky.social who runs the project ?
Hello ! Could we be added with @drmathildetahar.bsky.social who runs the project? Many thanks ! And thank you for putting together this starter pack!
