Short interview with Kostas Kampourakis invited speaker in #EvoKEBCN21 Dear Dr. Kampourakis, Question. How the theory of evolution has impacted your everyday life as a citizen? Answer. The theory of evolution made me, a long time ago, reconsider the assumptions I had as a child about the existence of purpose and design in nature. Whereas … Continue reading “What we observe today is the outcome of long, natural processes that are unconscious and purposeless, and that therefore our existence is a magnificent contingent outcome of these processes”.

In our second release of short interviews with some of our amazing invited speakers, Juan Gefaell Borrás talks with Dr. Ute Harms, to give us the opportunity of knowing more about her, and her valuable contribution to enhance the correct understanding of evolution through formal education. This autumn in Barcelona at the #EvoKEBCN21 Meeting. Interview … Continue reading “Animations and simulations support students in better understanding particular evolutionary principles and concepts. This counts especially for the so called ‘threshold concepts’, abstract concept underlying the understanding of evolution “.

Interview with Dr. Oded Rechavi Full Professor in the Life Sciences Faculty at Tel Aviv University Contributing to the topic: Interdisciplinarity, tradeoffs between specialization and exploring of new fields through collaboration with experts in other fields. Juan Gefaell Borrás, has prepare a series of short interviews with some of our invited speakers, to know more … Continue reading “Interdisciplinarity makes life interesting and that it is invaluable for coming up with completely new ideas”.