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Kevin Laland
Born
Kevin Neville Laland

(1962-10-05) 5 October 1962 (age 62)
NationalityEngland
EducationUniversity College London (Ph.D., 1990)
AwardsRoyal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
Scientific career
FieldsBehavioral biology
Evolutionary biology
InstitutionsUniversity of St Andrews
Thesis Social transmission in Norway rats and its implications for evolutionary theory  (1990)

Kevin Neville Laland (born 5 October 1962)[1] is an English evolutionary biologist who is Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Educated at the University of Southampton and University College London,[2] he was a Human Frontier Science Program fellow at the University of California, Berkeley before joining the University of St Andrews in 2002. He is one of the co-founders of niche construction theory[3] and a prominent advocate of the extended evolutionary synthesis.[4] He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Society of Biology. He has also received a European Research Council Advanced Grant,[5] a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award,[6] and a John Templeton Foundation grant.[7] President of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association from 2007 to 2010.[8]

Extended evolutionary synthesis

In the mid-2010s, Kevin Laland, Tobias Uller, and colleagues pushed for an extended evolutionary synthesis in a series of high-impact articles[9][10]. From 2015 to 2018, Uller and Laland led a large international John Templeton Foundation grant to test key hypotheses and assumptions of the extended evolutionary synthesis.[7][11]

Anti-racism work

Kevin Laland previously served on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion division of the School of Biology as deputy director[12]. He is currently serving as an Anti-Racism advocate[13], publishing articles[14][15] on racism in academia.

Publications

Journal articles

Books

  • Evolutionary Causation: Biological and Philosophical Reflections, The MIT Press, 2019, Tobias Uller, Kevin N Laland ISBN 9780262039925
  • Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind, Princeton University Press, 2017 ISBN 9780691151182
  • Social Learning: An Introduction to Mechanisms, Methods, and Models, Princeton University Press, 2013, William Hoppitt and Kevin N. Laland ISBN 9780691150703
  • Sense and nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour, Oxford University Press, 2011, Kevin N. Laland and Gillian R. Brown, 2nd edition ISBN 9780199586967
  • Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution, Princeton University Press, 2003, John Odling-Smee, Kevin N. Laland, Marcus W. Feldman ISBN 9780691044378
  • Sense and nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour, Oxford University Press, 2002, Kevin N. Laland and Gillian R. Brown, 1st edition ISBN 9780198508847

References

  1. ^ "Laland, Kevin N." Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ Odling-Smee, J.; Laland, K. N.; Feldman, M. W. (February 2000). "Niche construction, biological evolution, and cultural change". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 23 (1): 131–146, discussion 146–175. doi:10.1017/s0140525x00002417. ISSN 0140-525X. PMID 11303338.
  3. ^ Laland, K. N.; Odling-Smee, J.; Feldman, M. W. (2003). Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution. Princeton University Press. p. 488. ISBN 9780691044378.
  4. ^ Zimmer, Carl (22 November 2016). "Scientists Seek to Update Evolution". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ^ "ERC Funded Projects". European Research Council. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship". University of St. Andrews. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Putting the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis to the Test". John Templeton Foundation. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. ^ "archived:www.cambridge.org/core/membership/ehbea/about-us". cambridge.org. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  9. ^ Laland, Kevin; Uller, Tobias; Feldman, Marc; Sterelny, Kim; Müller, Gerd B.; Moczek, Armin; Jablonka, Eva; Odling-Smee, John; Wray, Gregory A.; Hoekstra, Hopi E.; Futuyma, Douglas J.; Lenski, Richard E.; Mackay, Trudy F. C.; Schluter, Dolph; Strassmann, Joan E. (October 2014). "Does evolutionary theory need a rethink?". Nature. 514 (7521): 161–164. doi:10.1038/514161a. ISSN 1476-4687.
  10. ^ Laland, Kevin N.; Uller, Tobias; Feldman, Marcus W.; Sterelny, Kim; Müller, Gerd B.; Moczek, Armin; Jablonka, Eva; Odling-Smee, John (22 August 2015). "The extended evolutionary synthesis: its structure, assumptions and predictions". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282 (1813): 20151019. doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.1019. PMC 4632619. PMID 26246559.
  11. ^ "Extended Evolutionary Synthesis – An integrative research program". Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Committee – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion". biology.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Anti-racism – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion". biology.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  14. ^ Laland, Kevin N. (25 August 2020). "Racism in academia, and why the 'little things' matter". Nature. 584 (7822): 653–654. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02471-6.
  15. ^ "ReSourcE Spring 2021". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 27 January 2023.


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