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Personal profile
Quote
“Past and failed innovations tell us as much about innovation as contemporary successful ones”
Research profile
Krist Vaesen is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy of Innovation, at the department Philosophy & Ethics. Krist has worked on a wide range of topics, including technological normativity, the extended mind hypothesis, the epistemology of cognitive artifacts, the cognitive bases of tool use and experimental philosophy. His current research interests include theories of cultural and technological evolution, foundational issues in human origins research, the philosophy of scientific models (e.g., models of innovation), scientific pluralism, science & research policy, and the history of 20th Century Anglo-American philosophy.
Academic background
Krist Vaesen studied bioscience engineering (1998) and philosophy (2003) at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He obtained his doctoral from TU/e (2008) with a philosophical essay on artifacts and norms. He was a post-doctoral researcher in the NWO-program “Things that make us smart: cognitive artifacts and extended minds” (2008-2012), and was awarded an excellence grant from TU/e’s Executive Board for his work on this program. In 2012, he became an assistant professor in philosophy at TU/e. He obtained a Vidi-grant in 2014 for the program “Darwinizing culture: the status of cultural evolutionary theory as a science” (2014-2019). Since 2015, he has been a research fellow at the Human Origins Group, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University. In 2018, he became an elected member of the Eindhoven Young Academy of Engineering.
He has published in prominent general science journals (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, PLoS ONE), biology journals (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B), anthropology journals (Evolutionary Anthropology, Current Anthropology), and philosophy journals (Biology & Philosophy, Philosophy of Science). His research has been covered by various national and international media outlets (Times Higher Education, Volkskrant, Radio 1/VPRO, BNR News Radio, Royal Society’s Chemistry World).
External positions
Research fellow, Universiteit Leiden
Network
Projects
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Darwinizing culture: The status of cultural evolutionary theory as a science
Vaesen, K. & Acerbi, A.
15/12/14 → 14/12/19
Project: Research direct
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Norms in Knowledge
Royakkers, L. M. M., Houkes, W. N. & Vaesen, K.
1/09/03 → 1/04/09
Project: Research direct
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Leaving academia: PhD attrition and unhealthy research environments
Kis, A., Tur, E. M., Lakens, D., Vaesen, K. & Houkes, W., 28 Jan 2022, PsyArXiv Preprints, 44 p.Research output: Working paper › Academic
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Leaving academia: PhD attrition and unhealthy research environments
Kis, A., Tur, E. M., Lakens, D., Vaesen, K. & Houkes, W., 5 Oct 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 10, 24 p., e0274976.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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An emerging consensus in palaeoanthropology: demography was the main factor responsible for the disappearance of Neanderthals
Vaesen, K., Dusseldorp, G. L. & Brandt, M. J., 1 Mar 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 9 p., 4925.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A new framework for teaching scientific reasoning to students from application-oriented sciences
Vaesen, K. & Houkes, W., Jun 2021, In: European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 11, 2, 16 p., 56.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Author Correction: An emerging consensus in palaeoanthropology: demography was the main factor responsible for the disappearance of Neanderthals (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (4925), 10.1038/s41598-021-84410-7)
Vaesen, K., Dusseldorp, G. L. & Brandt, M. J., 13 Apr 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 8450.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)21 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Ethics of Research Funding: pilot study dataset
Conix, S. (Creator), De Block, A. (Creator), Vaesen, K. (Creator) & De Peuter, S. (Creator), Zenodo, 31 Jul 2022
Dataset
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Dataset: "Inbreeding, Allee effects and stochasticity might be sufficient to account for Neanderthal extinction"
Vaesen, K. (Creator), Scherjon, F. (Creator), Hemerik, L. (Creator) & Verpoorte, A. (Creator), PLoS ONE, 24 Sep 2019
Dataset
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Supplementary material from "Social information use and social information waste"
Vaesen, K. (Creator), Morin, O. (Creator), Jacquet, P. O. (Creator) & Acerbi, A. (Creator), The Royal Society, 12 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5372456
Dataset
Prizes
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NWO Vidi Award : The Darwinisation of culture
Vaesen, K. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: NWO › Vidi › Scientific
Activities
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Hoe verandert cultuur?
Eva Boon (Organiser) & Krist Vaesen (Organiser)
5 Apr 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Popular
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Acta Biotheoretica (Journal)
Krist Vaesen (Editorial board member)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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Why and how to reform current science funding practices
Krist Vaesen (Speaker)
22 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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A more egalitarian future
Krist Vaesen (Speaker)
18 Apr 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Scientific
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A partly externalist account of the course of 20th-Century Anglo-American philosophy
Krist Vaesen (Speaker) & J.K. Katzav (Speaker)
24 Oct 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Courses
Press / Media
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A Leading Theory Behind Neanderthal Extinction May Surprise You
17/11/21 → 4/01/23
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Waarom sommige promovendi overwegen te stoppen
Andrea Kis, Elena M. Tur, Daniël Lakens, Krist Vaesen & Wybo N. Houkes
11/11/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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-Eindhoven University of Technology : Why some PhD students may decide to leave academia
Paul M. Koenraad, Wybo Houkes, Krist Vaesen, Andrea Kis & Elena M. Tur
11/11/22
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Why some PhD students may decide to leave academia
Andrea Kis, Elena M. Tur, Daniël Lakens, Wybo N. Houkes & Krist Vaesen
10/11/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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