Darwin@LSE is
run by Helena Cronin, Oliver Curry and Richard Webb.
Helena Cronin
Helena Cronin launched and runs Darwin@LSE. She is a Co-Director
of LSE's Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.
She is the author of The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism
and sexual selection from Darwin to today (Cambridge
University Press) and co-editor of Darwinism
Today. Her research interests include an evolutionary
understanding of sex differences; methodological problems
of evolutionary theory, particularly in its application
to our own species; and how Darwinian theory can inform
policy. Helena is currently writing a book on sex differences.
Email: h.cronin@lse.ac.uk
Publications
Oliver Curry
Oliver Curry is a Research Associate in LSE's Centre for
Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. He also teaches
Political Theory at New York University in London. Oliver
is interested in evolutionary explanations of behaviour,
especially human social, moral and political behaviour.
He is also interested in how evolutionary explanations of
moral and political thought and behaviour shed light on
problems in moral and political theory. Oliver completed
his
PhD thesis -- on the evolution of human moral sentiments
-- in the Government Department of the LSE. His thesis used
recent developments in evolutionary game theory, animal
behaviour and evolutionary psychology to further the goal
of placing the study of morality on a sound scientific basis.
The thesis gave David Hume's account of the moral sentiments
a Darwinian update, showed how the evolutionary account
of morality provides a framework in which to make sense
of various aspects of moral philosophy, and highlighted
a number of areas in which further research is needed. Oliver
is currently working on turning some of the predictions
that evolutionary theory makes about human moral and political
psychology into tractable experiments, and putting them
to the test. This includes work on the evolution of patience,
on attitudes to abortion, and on moral decision-making in
psychopaths. For more information on this area of research,
see the website of the Evolutionary
Moral Psychology Group. Oliver is co-editor and author
of various Darwin@LSE publications, including Darwinism
Today and the special edition of the Demos
Quarterly.
Email: o.s.curry@lse.ac.uk
Webpage: www.olivercurry.com
Publications
Richard H Webb
Richard Webb was involved in launching, and still helps
to run, Darwin@LSE. He is a Research Associate in LSE's
Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. A zoologist
by training, he is particularly interested in the evolutionary
mechanisms of non-living systems, especially those, such
as technology, that seem at first glance to be directed
by human intentions (themselves the product of evolved minds).
A management consultant by profession, Richard has worked
with industry to develop tools that apply evolutionary theory
to managing research and development (R&D) and encouraging
innovation. He has used evolutionary principles to help
a range of public and private sector clients to develop
their organisations and manage change. His special interest
areas are agriculture and public health.
Email: lse2@rhwebb.com
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