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

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

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