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We are delighted to invite you to the interdisciplinary workshop of @animalinvention.bsky.social on Agency between Biology and Philosophy. It will take place at UCL and online on 22-23 September. All info and registration details can be found here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/interna...

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!

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...

This is also the very first piece I wrote after giving birth so it may be of interest for those of you who are studying the « mommy brain ».

If you want to know more about Bergson, lucky you @emilyherring.bsky.social wrote an amazing book about him. But if you’re still hesitating whether you should put any time into reading about this French philosopher you barely the name of, you can read this short piece I wrote iep.utm.edu/bergson/

Le CNRS poursuit son projet d'agrandir son élevage de primates non humains. Le but est d'y élever au maximum 1 800 primates pour, à partir de 2032, en produire de 250 à 300 par an et les vendre aux laboratoires de recherche publics français à des fins d'expérimentations scientifiques.

Save the dates !!

A year ago !!! « I am very happy to share this piece, exploring the link between inventiveness and play in our fellow nonhuman animals. It was written with care and a sincere desire to convey what science and philosophy can teach us about this fascinating topic. » aeon.co/essays/how-e...

Hello everyone ! Our Agency Between Biology and Philosophy seminar is coming back ! I am very happy (and honoured) to say that Denis Walsh will be leading this session, on Ecological Agency. => Zoom => 8 April from 4 to 5 PM, UK time => how to join? Here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

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...

The next session of our transdisciplinary (biology-philosophy) seminar on Agency will take place next Wednesday. Marek Špinka will talk about play in nonhuman animals, and I expect it to be super cool ! 😎 More info here : www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

À paraître cette année chez Vrin ! Le temps du vivant, discussion de Bergson à l’aune de l’histoire de la biologie et des découvertes contemporaines

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...

In 2024, my colleagues and I organized the @evothan symposium, bringing together experts in comparative thanatology from around the world. At the time, a French documentary team captured many of us in action: now available to watch here (w/ Eng subtitles): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11... #animalgrief

The next session of our online 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!

Next session is tomorrow ! Come and join us to unveil the mystery of animal agency (or just try to make sense of the concept actually…)! Daria Zakharova will be presenting. www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

This is a book I am really looking forward to read 😍 : The Arrogant Ape by @christinewebb.bsky.social (spoiler alert: we are the said arrogant apes) Will report once done 📚🤓

As Bonfire Night approaches, new research lnkd.in/epBXK8Tu by @distrustful-dinos.bsky.social and me shows that fireworks significantly disturb urban corvids. OA: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/d... #BonfireNight #Wildlife #AnimalWelfare #Corvids 📸 Photo: @distrustful-dinos.bsky.social

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...

Merci à Renan Strauss et @laviedesidees.bsky.social pour cette généreuse recension de mon livre ! Paru aux @editions-puf.bsky.social et disponible dans beaucoup de librairies : www.puf.com/du-finalisme...