Heidelberg Wild Thinking Workshop I Heidelberg Wild Thinking Workshop - The organism, its self and its environment: from philosophy to physics.

 

19-20 May 2026

An interdisciplinary workshop and discussion meeting organised by Gáspár Jékely, Fred Keijzer (University of Groningen) and Peter Godfrey-Smith (University of Sydney) .

The aim of the workshop is to freely (wildly) explore topics related to organismal biology, sensing, movement, the self and consciousness, at the crossover between evolution, philosophy, and physics.

Venue:

Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg

Registration will open in 2026

Speakers:

John Dupre  (University of Exeter)

Kirsty Wan (University of Exeter)

Nick Lane (University College London)

Yogi Jaeger (freelance educator, facilitator, systems scientist, evolutionary biologist)

Detlev Arendt (EMBL Heidelberg)

Aneat Koseska (Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behaviour)

Núria Ros-Rocher (Institut Pastuer)

Gáspár Jékely (Heidelberg University)

Fred Keijzer (University of Groningen)

Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh)

Peter Godfrey-Smith (University of Sydney)