Projecten per jaar
Persoonlijk profiel
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“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).
Externe posities
Research fellow, Universiteit Leiden
Vingerafdruk
- 1 Soortgelijke profielen
Netwerk
Projecten
- 2 Afgelopen
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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: Onderzoek direct
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Norms in Knowledge
Royakkers, L. M. M., Houkes, W. & Vaesen, K.
1/09/03 → 1/04/09
Project: Onderzoek direct
Onderzoeksoutput
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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 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Werkdocument › 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 okt. 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 10, 24 blz., e0274976.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand1 Citaat (Scopus)128 Downloads (Pure) -
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 mrt. 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 9 blz., 4925.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open Access9 Citaten (Scopus) -
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 blz., 56.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › 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.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Commentaar/Brief aan de redacteur › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand1 Citaat (Scopus)27 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Ethics of Research Funding: pilot study dataset
Conix, S. (Ontwerper), De Block, A. (Ontwerper), Vaesen, K. (Ontwerper) & De Peuter, S. (Ontwerper), Zenodo, 31 jul. 2022
Dataset
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Supplementary material from "Social information use and social information waste"
Vaesen, K. (Ontwerper), Morin, O. (Ontwerper), Jacquet, P. O. (Ontwerper) & Acerbi, A. (Ontwerper), The Royal Society, 12 apr. 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5372456
Dataset
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Dataset: "Inbreeding, Allee effects and stochasticity might be sufficient to account for Neanderthal extinction"
Vaesen, K. (Ontwerper), Scherjon, F. (Ontwerper), Hemerik, L. (Ontwerper) & Verpoorte, A. (Ontwerper), PLoS ONE, 24 sep. 2019
Dataset
Prijzen
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NWO Vidi Award : The Darwinisation of culture
Vaesen, Krist (Ontvanger), 2013
Prijs: NWO › Vidi › Wetenschappelijk
Activiteiten
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Hoe verandert cultuur?
Eva Boon (Organisator) & Krist Vaesen (Organisator)
5 apr. 2019Activiteit: Types deelname aan of organisatie van een evenement › Workshop, seminar, cursus of expositie › Populair
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Acta Biotheoretica (Tijdschrift)
Krist Vaesen (Lid redactieraad)
2019 → …Activiteit: Types publicaties van collegiale toetsing en redactioneel werk › Redactioneel werk › Wetenschappelijk
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Why and how to reform current science funding practices
Krist Vaesen (Spreker)
22 nov. 2018Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Wetenschappelijk
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A more egalitarian future
Krist Vaesen (Spreker)
18 apr. 2018Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Keynote spreker › Wetenschappelijk
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A partly externalist account of the course of 20th-Century Anglo-American philosophy
Krist Vaesen (Spreker) & J.K. Katzav (Spreker)
24 okt. 2017Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Wetenschappelijk
Cursussen
Knipsels
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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 van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Onderzoek
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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 van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Onderzoek
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Het vuur verspreidde zich razendsnel door de prehistorie
20/08/21
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar
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El intercambio cultural entre humanos comenzó hace 400.000 años
18/08/21
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar