stefaan blancke

StefaanBlancke

PERSONALDATA

Emailaddress: [email protected]

Dateofbirth: 23May1976

Maritalstatus: Married,3children

STUDIES

1996-2000: Licentiaat(Master)cumlaudeinPhilosophy,GhentUniversity

Dissertation:Manandthegreatapesinthe18thCentury.Aphilosophical-anthropologicalcase-study.(Promoter:Prof.Dr.JohanBraeckman)

2008-2011: PhDinPhilosophy,GhentUniversity

Dissertation:Towardsanintegratedunderstandingofcreationism.Historical,philosophicalandeducationalperspectives.(Promoter:Prof.Dr.JohanBraeckman)

PROFESSIONALAPPOINTMENTS

January2012–December2017:

Postdoctoralresearcher,DepartmentofPhilosophyandMoralSciences,GhentUniversity(50%sinceSeptember2015).

March2017–July2018:

TeachingassistantPhilosophicalAnthropologyandHistoryofPhilosophy(20%),GhentUniversity.

October2017–September2018:

Lecturer(20%),DepartmentofPhilosophyandMoralScience,GhentUniversity.

February2018–July2018:

Postdoctoralresearcher(50%),SocialMindCenter,DepartmentofCognitiveScience,CentralEuropeanUniversityBudapest.

August2018-today:

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AssistantProfessorinPhilosophyofScience,DepartmentofPhilosophy,TilburgUniversity.

PROFESSIONALAFFILIATIONS

JuniorFellowoftheDescartesCentrefortheHistoryandPhilosophyofScienceandtheHumanities,UtrechtUniversity(Fall2017)

AffiliatedmemberoftheCognition,BehaviorandEvolutionNetwork(CBEN)

AffiliatedmemberoftheSocialMindCenter,CEUBudapest.

AWARDS

2018LaureatePrizeLucienDeConinck

TRAINING

BasiskwalificatieOnderwijs

MultipleChoiceTraining

PUBLICATIONS

Articlesininternationalpeer-reviewedjournals–A1(WebofScience)

1. Altay,Sasha,Anne-SophieHacquin,AurélienAllard,StefaanBlancke,andHugoMercier(accepted)Scalingupinteractiveargumentationbyprovidingcounterargumentswithachatbot.NatureHumanBehaviour.

2. Heintz,Christophe,StefaanBlancke,andThomScott-Phillips(2019)Methodsforstudyingculturalattraction.EvolutionaryAnthropology28(1):18-20.

3. Scott-Phillips,Thom,StefaanBlancke,andChristopheHeintz(2018)Fourmisunderstandingsaboutculturalattraction.EvolutionaryAnthropology27:163-172.

4. Tanghe,Koen,AlexisDeTiège,LievenPauwels,StefaanBlancke,andJohanBraeckman(2018)What’swrongwiththemodernevolutionarysynthesis?AreplytoWelch.Biology&Philosophy33:23.

5. Blancke,Stefaan(2018)Islamicmodernityandthechallengesforsecularliberalism.Zygon.JournalofReligionandScience53(1):274-287.

6. Blancke,Stefaan,MaartenBoudry,andMassimoPigliucci(2017)Whydoirrationalbeliefsmimicscience?Theculturalevolutionofpseudoscience.Theoria83(1):78-97.DOI:10.1111/theo.12109

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7. Blancke,Stefaan,FrankVanBreusegem,GeertDeJaeger,JohanBraeckman,andMarcVanMontagu(2016)TheneedtoexplainGMOopposition:ReplytoCouée.TrendsinPlantScience.21(2):92.DOI:10.1016/j.tplants.2015.12.001

8. Blancke,Stefaan,FrankVanBreusegem,GeertDeJaeger,JohanBraeckman,andMarcVanMontagu(2015)Fatalattraction:TheintuitiveappealofGMOopposition.TrendsinPlantScience20(7):414-418.DOI:10.1016/j.tplants.2015.03.011.

9. Boudry,Maarten,StefaanBlancke,andMassimoPigliucci(2015)Whatmakesweirdbeliefsthrive?Theepidemiologyofpseudoscience.PhilosophicalPsychology28(8):1177-1198.DOI:10.1080/09515089.2014.971946.

10. Blancke,Stefaan,TammySchellens,RonaldSoetaert,HildeVanKeer,andJohanBraeckman(2014)Fromendstocauses(andbackagain)bymetaphor:theparadoxofnaturalselection.Science&Education24(4):793-808.

11. Blancke,Stefaan,HansHenrikHjermitslev,JohanBraeckman,andPeterC.Kjærgaard(2013)CreationisminEurope:facts,gapsandprospects.JournaloftheAmericanAcademyofReligion81(4):996-1028.

12. Blancke,Stefaan(2013)Catholicresponsestoevolutionarytheory,1859-2009:Localinfluencesandmid-scalepatterns.JournalofReligiousHistory37(3):353-368.

13. Blancke, Stefaan, Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz, Maarten Boudry, and JohanBraeckman (2012) The implications of the cognitive sciences for the relationbetweenreligionandscienceeducation:thecaseofevolutionarytheory.Science&Education21(8):1167-1184.

14. Boudry,Maarten,StefaanBlancke,andJohanBraeckman(2012)Gristtothemillofanti-evolutionism:Thefailedstrategyofrulingthesupernaturaloutofsciencebyphilosophicalfiat.Science&Education21(8):1151-1166.

15. DeCruz,Helen,MaartenBoudry,JohanDeSmedt,andStefaanBlancke(2011)Evolutionaryapproachestoepistemicjustification.Dialectica65(4):517-535.

16. Blancke,Stefaan,MaartenBoudry,JohanBraeckman,JohanDeSmedt,andHelenDeCruz(2011)Dealingwithcreationistchallenges.WhatEuropeanbiologyteachersmightexpectintheclassroom.JournalofBiologicalEducation45(4):176-182.

17. Boudry,Maarten,HelendeCruz,StefaanBlancke,andJohanDeSmedt(2011)Het“universelezuur”vandeevolutionairepsychologie?TijdschriftvoorFilosofie73(2):287-305.

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18. Blancke,Stefaan,MaartenBoudry,andJohanBraeckman(2011)Simulationofbiologicalevolutionunderattack,butnotreally:AresponsetoMeester.BiologyandPhilosophy26(1):113-118.

19. Blancke,Stefaan(2010)CreationismintheNetherlands.Zygon.JournalofReligionandScience45(4):791-816.

20. Boudry,Maarten,StefaanBlancke,andJohanBraeckman(2010)HownottoattackIntelligentDesignCreationism:PhilosophicalmisconceptionsaboutMethodologicalNaturalism.FoundationsofScience15(3):227-244.

21. Boudry,Maarten,StefaanBlancke,andJohanBraeckman(2010)IrreducibleincoherenceandIntelligentDesign.Alookintotheconceptualtoolboxofapseudoscience.QuarterlyReviewofBiology85(4):473-482.

Articlesininternationalpeer-reviewedjournals–A2

Blancke,Stefaan,MaartenBoudry,andJohanBraeckman(2019)Reasonableirrationality:Theroleofreasonsinthediffusionofpseudoscience.JournalofCognitionandCulture19(5):432-449.

DeTiège,Alexis,Blancke,Stefaan,andJohanBraeckman(2018)Themodernversusextendedevolutionarysynthesis–Sketchofanintra-genomicgene’seyeviewfortheevolutionary-geneticunderpinningofepigeneticanddevelopmentalevolution.LifeSciencePress2(1):70-78.

Blancke,Stefaan,MaartenBoudry,andJohanBraeckman(2018)Whencepseudoscience?Anepidemiologicalapproach.MetodeScienceStudiesJournal8:133-139.

Blancke,Stefaan(2014,invitedpaperforspecialissueonEmotionsandpracticalphilosophy)Areemotionsreliableguidesforpolicy?Anevolutionaryapproach.Azafea.RevistadeFilosofia16:39-56.

Blancke,Stefaan(2004)MensenmensaapindeVerlichting:EdwardTysonenLordMonboddo.JaarboekvoorEcologischeGeschiedenis2002,pp.55-66.

Books–B1

Blancke,Stefaan(2017).Darwinnadeschepping.Moderncreationismeenintelligentdesign.Brussels:ASP.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Evolutietheorie.Antwerp:Luster.

EditedBooksandSpecialIssues–B3

Blancke,Stefaan&GillesDenis(2018)DarwinintheHumanitiesandtheSocialSciences.SpecialissueofHistoryandPhilosophyoftheLifeSciences.

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Rutten,Kris,StefaanBlancke,andRonaldSoetaert(2018)Perspectivesonscienceandculture.WestLafayette:PurdueUniversityPress.

Blancke,Stefaan,HansHenrikHjermitslevandPeterC.Kjaergaard(2014)CreationisminEurope.Baltimore:JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress.

Bookchapters(withpeerreview)–B2

Blancke,Stefaan,KoenTanghe,andJohanBraeckman(2018)Intuitionsinscienceeducationandthepublicunderstandingofscience.In:Rutten,Kris,StefaanBlanckeandRonaldSoetaert(eds.),Perspectivesonscienceandculture.WestLafayette:PurdueUniversityPress,pp.223-241.

Blancke,StefaanandJohanBraeckman(2015)Thereisgrandeurinthisviewoflife:Thebeautyofevolution.In:Knight,Christopher&ChristianBurvenich(eds.)Defabulis,artibusetscientiis:Historiaphysiologiae;Ghent:GhentUniversity.,pp.92-101.

Blancke,Stefaan,AbrahamC.FlipseandJohanBraeckman(2014)TheLowCountries.In:Blancke,Stefaan,HansHenrikHjermitslev&PeterC.Kjærgaard(eds.)CreationisminEurope(Baltimore:JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress),pp.65-84.

Blancke,StefaanandJohanBraeckman(2014)“Youcan’tmakeamakeamonkeyoutofme”.Overcreationisme,vanScopestotIntelligentDesign.In:PraetDanny,NelGrillaert&SteffCoppieters(eds.),Christendomenfilosofie.Opstellenoverwijsbegeerte,wereldbeeldenwetenschappenvanhetantiekechristendomoverNietzschetotfundamentalismevandaag.Gent:AcademiaPress(GingkoSeries),pp.215-231.

Blancke,StefaanandJohanDeSmedt(2013)Evolvedtobeirrational?Evolutionaryandcognitivefoundationsofpseudosciences.In:ThePhilosophyofPseudoscience.In:Pigliucci,Massimo&MaartenBoudry(eds.),Chicago:ChicagoUniversityPress,pp.361-379.

Proceedings–P1(WebofScience)

Tanghe,Koen,AlexisDeTiège,andStefaanBlancke(2016)Linguisticreferenceinscience:problemsandprogress.SGEMViennaHofburg2016,pp.603-610.

Blancke,Stefaan(2014)LordMonboddo’sOurangOutangandtheoriginandprogressoflanguage.In:MarcoPina&NathalieGontier(eds.)Theevolutionofsocialcommunicationinprimates:aninterdisciplinaryapproach.Springer,pp.31-44.

MaexJoke,AnneleenDeLaet,CharlotteDeBacker,StefaanBlancke,JohanBraeckman,JobDeMeyere(2010)TheimpactofaneducationprogramaboutevolutionontheshiftfromteleologicaltoevolutionaryexplanationsamongBelgianchildrenaroundtheageoften.ProcediaSocialandBehavioralSciences.2:2539-2543.

Proceedings–C1

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Braeckman,Johan,andStefaanBlancke(2009)Eenkortegeschiedenisvanhetevolutionairedenken.Evolutieendarwinismeanno2009.ContactforumKoninklijkeVlaamseAcademievanBelgiëvoorWetenschappenenKunsten.Brussel:43-50.

Otherarticles–A4

Blancke,Stefaan(2019)Pseudoscienceandtheendofdialogue.Spokes.https://www.ecsite.eu/activities-and-services/news-and-publications/digital-spokes/issue-54#section=section-indepth&href=/feature/depth/pseudoscience-and-end-dialogue

Blancke,Stefaan,MaartenBoudry,andJohanBraeckman(2018)Deepidemiologievanpseudowetenschap.WonderenisGheenWonder.

Blancke,Stefaan(2017)CreationisminEurope.SkepticalInquirer41(1):48-51.

Blancke,Stefaan(2016)CreationismeinEuropa.WonderenisgheenWonder.TijdschriftvoorWetenschapenRede.16:5-9.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Debatterenmetcreationisten.WonderenisgheenWonder.TijdschriftvoorWetenschapenRede9(1):19-21.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Dutch,Belgiancreationistgroupsunitetobringanti-evolutionmessagetosixmillion.SkepticalInquirer33(1):7.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Nederlandse“scheppingsbrochure”nuookinVlaanderen?WonderenisgheenWonder.TijdschriftvoorWetenschapenRede9(3):26-27.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Exportingcreationism:DutchcreationistleafletnowtobedistributedinBelgium.ReportsoftheNationalCenterforScienceEducation.29(5):7-9.

Blancke,Stefaan(2008)Tegenevolutieendeduivel.Aktief,no.3:26-28.

Blancke,Stefaan(2008)De“missinglink”vanhetcreationisme.Wonderenisgheenwonder.Tijdschriftvoorwetenschapenrede8(3):14-18.

Blancke,Stefaan(2008)Debatterenmetcreationisten?Aktief,no.4:17-19.

Miscellaneouspublications(websitecontributions,op-eds,bookreviews,editorialmaterial)-V

Blancke,Stefaan(2020)Kritischdenkenkritischbekeken.Tijdvoormeervertrouwen?Kwintessens.https://www.humanistischverbond.be/blog/354/kritisch-denken-kritisch-bekeken-tijd-voor-meer-vertrouwen/

Blancke,stefaanenMaartenBoudry(2020)HetCoronabewijs,goedvoorallegebruik,DeStandaard.

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Blancke,Stefaan,PatrickLoobuyck,andMaartenBoudry(2020)Geenspielerei,DeStandaard,30March.

Blancke,Stefaan(2019)ReviewofGod’swordorhumanreason?Aninsideperspectiveoncreationism,J.Cane,E.Willoughby,andT.M.Keese(2016),JournalofCognitiveHistoriography4(2):283-285.

Blancke,Stefaan(2019)Overpapierentwijfel,wetenschappelijkewaarheidenreligieuzereanimatie.Kwintessens,https://www.humanistischverbond.be/blog/182/over-papieren-twijfel-wetenschappelijke-waarheid-en-religieuze-reanimatie/.

Blancke,Stefaan(2019)VanGodlos.BoekbesprekingvanMargaretC.Jacobs:TheSecularEnlightenment(PrincetonUP,2019),Kwintessens,https://www.humanistischverbond.be/blog/162/van-god-los-bespreking-van-margaret-c-jacob-the-secular-enlightenment-princeton-university-press-2019/

Blancke,Stefaan(2019)Areselvesculturalattractors?InternationalCognitionandCultureInstitute.http://cognitionandculture.net/blogs/stefaan-blancke/are-selves-cultural-attractors/

Blancke,Stefaan(2018)Thespaceofreasonsandthegenerationofknowledge.InternationalCognitionandCultureInstitute.http://cognitionandculture.net/blog/stefaan-blanckes-blog/space-of-reasons

Blancke,Stefaan(2018)Deruimtederredenen.Kwintessens.https://humanistischverbond.be/blog/61/de-ruimte-der-redenen/

Blancke,Stefaan,MaartenBoudry,andJohanBraeckman(2018)Ideeënalsvirussen.EOSWetenschap:34-37.

Blancke,Stefaan,andGillesDenis(2018)BringingDarwinintothehumanitiesandthesocialsciences:Culturalevolutionanditsphilosophicalimplications.IntroductiontospecialissueDarwinintheHumanitiesandtheSocialSciencesinHistoryandPhilosophyoftheLifeSciences46(2).

Rutten,Kris,StefaanBlancke,andRonaldSoetaert(2018)Introduction:ScienceandCultureintheHumanities.In:Rutten,Kris,StefaanBlanckeandRonaldSoetaert(eds.),Perspectivesonscienceandculture.WestLafayette:PurdueUniversityPress.

Blancke,Stefaan(2017)Understandingscience,naturally.BookreviewofJosephRouse,Articulatingtheworld.Conceptualunderstandingandthescientificimage.Science&Education26(7-9):1059-1062.

Blancke,Stefaan,WimGrunewald,andGeertDeJaeger(2017)De-problematizingGMOs:suggestionsforcommunicatingaboutgeneticengineering.TrendsinBiotechnology85(3):185-86.

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Blancke,Stefaan,andPeterC.Kjærgaard(2016)CreationisminEurope.ScientificAmerican.http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eurocreationism/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_EVO_BLOG

Blancke,Stefaan(2016)Ggo’s?Yuck!Deintuïtieveverleidingvandeweerstandtegengenetischgemodificeerdeorganismen.DeGeus48(4):11-14.

Blancke,Stefaan(2016)CreationismeinEuropa.DeGeus48(1):10-13.

Blancke,Stefaan(2015)BookreviewMattRossano,Supernaturalselection:Howreligionevolved.JournalfortheStudyofReligion,NatureandCulture9(1):122-124.

Blancke,Stefaan(2015)WarumwirintuitivgegenGentechniksind.GEOMagazine,pp.86-87.

Blancke,Stefaan(2015)WhypeopleopposeGMOseventhoughsciencesaystheyaresafe.MindMattersonwww.scientificamerican.com,http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-people-oppose-gmos-even-though-science-says-they-are-safe/.

TranslatedinGerman:

http://www.spektrum.de/news/warum-diese-angst-vor-gentechnik-trotz-ihrer-unbedenklichkeit/1361504

TranslatedinSpanish:http://www.scientificamerican.com/espanol/noticias/por-que-la-gente-se-opone-a-los-transgenicos-aunque-la-ciencia-dice-que-son-seguros/

Blancke,Stefaan(2014)Nawoord.In:Grunewald,WimenJoBury,DeGGO-revolutie.Waarombiotechnologieindelandbouweengrotetroefisvoormensenmilieu.Tielt:Lannoo,pp.157-162.

Blancke,Stefaan,HansHenrikHjermitslev&PeterC.Kjærgaard(2014)Introduction:EuropeancreationismorcreationisminEurope?In:Blancke,Stefaan,HansHenrikHjermitslev&PeterC.Kjærgaard(eds.)CreationisminEurope(Baltimore:JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress),pp.1-14.

Blancke,Stefaan(2014)Noteonsources.In:Blancke,Stefaan,HansHenrikHjermitslev&PeterC.Kjærgaard(eds.)CreationisminEurope(Baltimore:JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress),pp.251-255.

Duurzamelandbouwdankzijggo’s,op-edinHetBelangvanLimburg,28september2013,metLieveGheysen,GeertAngenon,JohanBraeckman,MaartenBoudry,GeertDeJaeger,WimGrunewald,ea.

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Blancke,Stefaan(2013)Afascinatingguidetocreationistminds.Bookreviewof“Amongthecreationists.Dispatchesfromtheanti-evolutionistfrontline”.Metascience22(2):435-437.

Blancke,Stefaan(2011)Creabelviertfeest!VerslagvanheteersteluikvaneentweedaagssymposiumnaaraanleidingvanhettwintigjarigbestaanvandeBelgischecreationistischeorganisatie.WonderenisgheenWonder.Tijdschriftvoorwetenschapenrede.11(4):20-22.

BlanckeStefaan(2010)BookreviewHendrikVandenBerg,KouderillingenoverderugvanCharlesDarwin.Aktief,no.1:24-25.

Boudry,MaartenandStefaanBlancke(2009)Detheoriedieeenfeitwerd.Op-edpieceintheBelgiannewspaperDeStandaard,19December.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Nieuwsflash“Watgeloofjij?”Wonderenisgheenwonder.Tijdschriftvoorwetenschapenrede.8(4):22.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Grootschaliginternationaalonderzoekpeiltnaarhoudingtenopzichtevandeevolutietheorie.http://www.evolutietheorie.ugent.be/nieuws

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Creationistenfolder“Evolutieofschepping.Watgeloofjij”?nuookinVlaanderen.http://www.evolutietheorie.ugent.be/nieuws

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)BookreviewRafdeBont,Darwinskleinkinderen.DeevolutietheorieinBelgië.TijdschriftvoorSocialeenEconomischeGeschiedenis.6(4):166-67.

Blancke,Stefaan(2008)WaaromisdemuizenvalanalogievanMichaelBehemisleidendenwetenschappelijknietovertuigend?http://www.evolutietheorie.ugent.be/node/94

Blancke,Stefaan(2008)WaaromIntelligentDesigngeenwetenschappelijkalternatiefisvoordeevolutietheorie.http://www.evolutietheorie.ugent.be/node/97

Blancke,Stefaan(2008)Wetenschapversusantiwetenschap.Dwars45(7):16.

LONGRESEARCHSTAYS

Fall2017:DescartesCentrefortheHistoryandPhilosophyofScienceandtheHumanities,UtrechtUniversity(BertTheunissen,JoeriWitteveen)

SHORTRESEARCHSTAYS

May2012:AarhusUniversity(PeterC.KjærgaardandHansHenrikHjermitslev)

October2015:DurhamUniversity(ThomScott-Phillips)

TEACHING

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Courses

2013-2014:TheHistoryandPhilosophyofBiology,3rdBachelorBiology,GhentUniversity.

2014-2015:PhilosophicalAnthropology,MasterPhilosophy,GhentUniversity(co-instructor).



2017-2018:

PhilosophicalAnthropology,MasterPhilosophy,GhentUniversity(co-instructor).

Philosophy,1stBachelorSportsandHealthSciences,GhentUniversity.

Philosophy,1stBachelorPsychology,GhentUniversity.

2018-2019

ThinkingaboutScience(OTH),TilburgUniversity

ThinkingaboutScience(LAS),TilburgUniversity(tutor)

Philosophyofscience/Wetenschapsfilosofie,TilburgUniversity(tutor)

PhilosophyofMind/Bewustzijnsfilosofie,TilburgUniversity(co-instructor)

WickedProblems202,TilburgUniversity(co-instructor)


2019-2020


Wetenschapsfilosofie(W&K2),TilburgUniversity

ThinkingaboutScience(LAS),TilburgUniversity(tutor)





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2020-2021


Wetenschapsfilosofie(W&K2),TilburgUniversity





GuestClasses

HetmodernecreationismeenIntelligentDesign,UniversiteitAntwerpen,27november2019.GMOs:What’sthefussabout?,KULeuven,30april2019.Decognitievewetenschapvanreligie,UniversiteitAntwerpen,20maart2019.De(ir)rationelemens:overwetenschap,pseudowetenschapendemenselijkegeest.Bio-Ingenieurs,UniversiteitGent,11December2018Wetenschapenmaatschappij.Depsychologievaneenmoeilijkerelatie.UniversiteitAntwerpen,20November2018.GMOs:What’sthefuss?,KULeuven,24April2018.GMOs:What’sthefuss?,KarelDeGroteHogeschoolAntwerpen,12March2018Scienceandpseudoscience,3rdBachelorBiologystudents,GhentUniversity,13February2018Scienceandsociety,2ndBachelorBio-engineers,UniversityofAntwerp,27November2017.GMOs:what’sthefuss?UniversityCollegeGhent,20October2017.GMOs:what’sthefuss?KULeuven,28February2017.Thescientificmethod:apragmaticapproach,16February2017,3rdBachelorBiology,GhentUniversity.GMOs:what’sthefuss?GhentUniversity,Biologystudents,15December2016ScienceandSociety.AntwerpUniversity,28November2016

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CreationisminEurope,GhentUniversityCollege,15November2016GMOs:what’sthefuss?,KULeuven,3May2016,1stBachelorBioengineeringCognitivescienceofreligion,AntwerpUniversity,27April2016GMOs:what’sthefuss?,GhentUniversity,21March2016.GMOs:what’sthefuss?,AntwerpUniversity,9March2016.Thescientificmethod:apragmaticapproach,9February2016,3rdBachelorBiology,GhentUniversity.Fatalattraction:TheintuitiveappealofGMOopposition,2ndBachelorBioengineering,23November2015,AntwerpUniversity.GMOs:What’sallthefuss,withGeertDeJaegerandWimGrunewald,2ndBachelorBioengineering,10November2015,KULeuven.Devalkuilenvandemenselijkegeest.Waaromkritischdenkenenwetenschapnodigzijn.RetraiteErasmusschoolRotterdam,22May2015,AbdijvanAverbode.Manandthegreatapes,PhilosophicalAnthropology,1stBachelorPhilosophy,6May2015,GhentUniversity.Thecognitivescienceofreligion,PhilosophyandScience,3rdBachelorBiomedicalSciences,29April2015,AntwerpUniversity.GGO’s:vanwhatthef***tot“what’sallthefuss”,withGeertDeJaegerandWimGrunewald,3rdBachelorBiochemistry,23March2015,GhentUniversity.ThedangerousseductionoftheGMOopposition,Bio-Ethics,2deBachelorIndustrialEngineersBiosciences,10March2015,HoGent.GGO’s:vanwhatthef***tot“what’sallthefuss”,withGeertDeJaegerandWimGrunewald,2ndBachelorBio-engineers,12December2014,KULeuven.GGO’s:vanwhatthef***tot“what’sallthefuss”,withGeertDeJaegerandWimGrunewald,27February2014,Biologystudents,GhentUniversity.CreationismandIntelligentDesign,HistoryandPhilosophyofBiology,6May2013,GhentUniversity.Creationism,partII,Geschiedenisenfilosofievandebiologie,15March2010,GhentUniversity.Creationism,partI,HistoryandPhilosophyofBiology,8March2010,GhentUniversity.

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CreationismandIntelligentDesign,PhilosophicalAnthropology,10March2010,GhentUniversity.Introductiontophilosophy,25May2010,Nieuwenbos,Gent.IntelligentDesign.Scienceorcreationism?,PhilosophicalSkills,6October2010,GhentUniversity.Analysisof“Expelled.Nointelligenceallowed”,PhilosophicalSkills,17November2010,GhentUniversity.CreationismandIntelligentDesign,PhilosophicalSkills,22april2009,GhentUniversity.CreationismandIntelligentDesign.16October2008,UniversityCollegeGhent.Creationism,PhilosophicalSkills,19november2008,GhentUniversity.Creationism,6december2008,UniversityCollegeGhent.PRESENTATIONS

Invitedtalks

Blancke,Stefaan(2019)Technologyadoption:Intuitionorrationalthinking?Modernbreedingtechniquesforpotatoimprovement,IPBO,Ghent.

Blancke,Stefaan(2019)Ethicalconsiderationscomingwiththeuseofmodernbiotechnologytoolsforvarietycreation.Modernbreedingtechniquesforpotatoimprovement,IPBO,Ghent.

Blancke,Stefaan(2018)KeynotelectureatPre-ECSITE2018conferenceWhenFaithandFactscollide.NaturalHistoryMuseum,Geneva.

Blancke,Stefaan(2018)PanelmemberFoodevolution,Bayer.

Blancke,Stefaan(2017)Scienceandsociety:Thepsychologybehindadifficultrelationship.IPBOPostgraduateCourse“BiosafetyinPlantBiotechnology”.

Blancke,Stefaan(2017)Towardsanepidemiologyofthepublicunderstandingofscience:ThecaseofGMOopposition.WISBWorkshop,WarwickUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan,WimGrunewald,andGeertDeJaeger(2017)Thepublicperception,technologyandapplicationsofgeneticmodification.Queteletlectures,HonoursProgram,GhentUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan(2017)Towardsanepidemiologyofpseudoscience.23March,UniversityofAmsterdam.

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Blancke,Stefaan(2015)Towardsanepidemiologyofscientificconcepts.14October,DurhamUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan(2015)Supernaturalagriculture:whyreligionisprobablynotanadaptation.14October,DurhamUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan(2015)Theimplicationsofthecognitivescienceofreligionforreligiousbeliefs.Insearchfortheoriginsofreligion,12September,Ghent.

Blancke,Stefaan(2015)Darwinindeklas.SKEPPSummerSchool“Kritischdenken”,28August,Wetteren.

Blancke,Stefaan(2014)Eenintuïtiefanti-ggogevoel.BoekvoorstellingDeGGO-revolutie,VIB,24September,Gent.

Blancke,Stefaan(2014)Ethicalissuesinbiotechnology.GhentBiobasedEconomySummerSchool,26August,GhentUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan(2013)Evolvedintuitions,culturalpreferences.Post-conference:EvolutionaryPsychologyintheLowCountries.EHBEA2013,28thMarch,UniversityofAmsterdam,theNetherlands.

Blancke,Stefaan(2013)Thepublicperceptionofbiotechnology.VIBSeminar,7thFebruary,Blankenberge.

Blancke,Stefaan(2012)Publicperceptionsofbiotechnology.AcademicsessionThehistoryandthedevelopmentofbiochemistryandbiotechnology,21stNovember2012,GhentUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan(2012)Thecreationistseduction.Onthemind’sintuitivepreferenceforcreationistbeliefs.GraduateWorkshopEvolutionaryandcognitiveperspectivesonfictioninstorytellingandvisualarts,26thOctober2012,GhentUniversity.

Braeckman,Johan&StefaanBlancke(2012)CreationisminEurope:Facts,figuresandquestions,6thWorldSkepticCongress,Berlin,Germany.Blancke,Stefaan(2012)Thecreationistseduction.Onthemind’sintuitivepreferencesforcreationiststories.Internationalcolloquiumonnarrative,cognitionandevolution,AarhusUniversity,Denmark.Blancke,Stefaan(2010)Humanperspectivesonbiodiversity.Keynoteaddress.EvolutionandBiodiversity:Theevolutionarybasisofbiodiversityanditspotentialforadaptationtoglobalchange.E-conference,1-19March2010.Blancke,Stefaan(2010)Degevaarlijkeverleidingvanhetcreationisme.Hetmaatschappelijkebelangvandeevolutietheorie.19-20August,KBIN,Brussels.Presentationsatinternationalconferencesandworkshops

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Blancke,StefaanandMaureenSie(2020)Theculturalevolutionoffreewillanditsphilosophicalimplications.TiLPSSeminar.

Blancke,Stefaan(2019)Scienceandtheculturalevolutionofreasons.OZSW2019.UniversityofAmsterdam.

Blancke,Stefaan(2019)Moralityandtheculturalevolutionofreasons.CBEN2019,UniversityofAmsterdam.

Blancke,Stefaan(2018)Moralityandtheepidemiologyofreasons.SomicsMeeting,St.AndrewsUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan(2018)Moralityandtheculturalevolutionofreasons.HBES2018,VUAmsterdamUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan,MaartenBoudry,andJohanBraeckman(2018)Theepidemiologyofpseudoscience.EHBEA2018,UniversityofPécs,Hungary.

Blancke,Stefaan,MaartenBoudry,andJohanBraeckman(2017)Theepidemiologyofpseudoscience.L&WResearchDay2017,GhentUniversity.

Moderatorofpanelon“Intuitivebiologyandglobalchallenges:Applyingtheoreticalinsightsforpublicgood”(withAndrewShtulman,DebKelemen,JohnColey,NicoleBetz,andLaurenSwiney).CogSci2017,London.

Blancke,Stefaan,andChristopheHeintz(2017)Scienceasanepidemiologyofrepresentations.PosteratEHBEA2017,Écolenormalesupérieure,Paris.

Blancke,Stefaan,andThomScott-Phillips(December2016)Threemisunderstandingsofculturalattraction.HEBeN2016,AntwerpUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan,andChristopheHeintz(October2016)Scienceasanepidemiologyofrepresentations.Thescienceofevolutionandtheevolutionofthesciences,KULeuven.

Blancke,Stefaan,ThomScott-Phillips,andJohanBraeckman(August2016)Theepidemiologyofrepresentationsasanintegrativeframeworkforthehistoryofscienceandscienceeducation.1stEuropeanIHPSTRegionalConference,Flensburg.

Tanghe,Koen,AlexisDeTiège,andStefaanBlancke(2016)Linguisticreferenceinscience:problemsandprogress.SGEMViennaHofburg2016.

Blancke,Stefaan(2015,)CreationismintheLowCountries.SymposiumCreationisminEurope,AAASmeeting,SanDiego.

Blancke,StefaanandMaartenBoudry(2014)Supernaturalagriculture?Or,whyreligionisprobablynotanadaption.HEBeN2014,Antwerpen.

BlanckeStefaan(2014)Catholicresponsestoevolutionarytheory1859-2009:Localinfluencesandmid-scalepatterns.EuropeanHistoryofScienceConference,Lisbon.

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Blancke,Stefaan,TammySchellens,HildeVanKeer,RonaldSoetaert,andJohanBraeckman(2014)Fromendstocauses(andbackagain)bymetaphor:theparadoxofnaturalselection.RaAM2014,Cagliari,Italy.

Tanghe,Koen,andStefaanBlancke(2014)Onacommondenominatorofontheorigin(1859)andtheselfishgene(1976):theprimacyofmetaphors.RaAM2014,Cagliari,Italy.

Blancke,Stefaan,andJoshuaTybur(2014,)Whataffectstheaffectheuristic?Anevolutionarilyinformedproposal.EHBLC2014,AntwerpUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan,andJoshuaTybur(2014)Whataffectstheaffectheuristic?Anevolutionarilyinformedproposal.EHBEA2014,Bristol.

Seghers,Eveline,andStefaanBlancke(2013)Metarepresentationalabilityandtheemergenceoffigurativecaveart.iCogInauguralConference,UniversityofSheffield,UK.

Blancke,Stefaan,andMaartenBoudry(2013)Religiousbeliefsasposthocrationalizations.AnnualSSSRMeeting,Boston.

Seghers,Eveline,andStefaanBlancke(2013)Metarepresentationalabilityandtheemergenceoffigurativecaveart.AnnualHEBeNmeeting,GhentUniversity.

Blancke,Stefaan,MichaelVlerick,andMaartenBoudry(2013)Tickettoride!Theroleoffearanddisgustinculturalevolution.Culturalevolution,philosophyandtheemotions,KULeuven.

Blancke,Stefaan(2013)Fromendstocauses(andbackagain):theparadoxofnaturalselection.CognitiveFuturesintheHumanities.1stInternationalConference,BangorUniversity,Wales.

Blancke,Stefaan,GeertDeJaeger,FrankvanBreusegem,LienVanSpeybroeck,andJohanBraeckman(2013)Anevolutionaryunderstandingofthegapbetweenexpertsandlaypeopleinassessingtherisksofbiotechnology.PosterpresentationatEHBEA2013,VUUniversityAmsterdam.

Blancke,Stefaan(2013)Fromendstocauses(andbackagain):themetaphorofnaturalselection.L’atelier‘DarwinismeetSHS’.Lille/Rijsel-Gent/Gand,UniversitédeLille.

Blancke,Stefaan,JohanBraeckman,GeertDeJaeger,andLienVanSpeybroeck(2012)DisgustandGMFoods:Theemotionalamplificationofrisk,ESFResearchConferenceinpartnershipwithRadboudUniversityNijmegen,Towardsasustainablebio-basedsociety.Amsterdam,theNetherlands.

StefaanBlancke(2012)GMOsanddisgust.Theemotionalamplificationofrisk,HappyHourMeetingMRPBio-economy,GhentUniversity.

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Blancke,Stefaan(2012)LordMonboddo’sOurangOutangandtheoriginandprogressoflanguage,Fromgroomingtospeaking.Recenttrendsinsocialprimatologyandhumanethology,CenterforPhilosophyofScienceoftheUniversityofLisbon,Portugal.

Blancke,Stefaan,andLienVanSpeybroeck(2012)Taboo:theroleofdisgustinassessingtherisksofGMfood.MoralEmotionsandRiskPolitics,TUDelft,TheNetherlands.

Flipse,AbrahamC.,Blancke,Stefaan,andJohanBraeckman(2011)CreationismintheLowCountries.InternationalworkshoponthehistoryofcreationisminEurope,GhentUniversity,Belgium.BlanckeStefaan(2011)Scienceasarhetoricaldevice.Theauthorityof‘science’intheevolution/creationdebates.TheAuthorityofScience,UniversityofSydney,Australia.MaexJoke,CharlotteDeBacker,StefaanBlancke,JohanBraeckman,AnneleenDeLaet,andJobDeMeyere:TheimpactofaneducationprogramaboutevolutionontheshiftfromteleologicaltoevolutionaryexplanationsamongBelgianchildrenaroundtheageoften.WorldConferenceonEducationalSciences(WCES),BahcesehirUniversity,Istanbul,Turkey.

BoudryMaarten,StefaanBlancke,andJohanBraeckman(2010)WhyhasGodleftscience?CharlesDarwinandthedevelopmentofscientificnaturalism.ECSTXIII,Edinburgh,UK.BlanckeStefaan,AbFlipse,andJohanBraeckman(2010)Religiousresponsestothe2009DarwincommemorationsintheLowCountries.AnnualSSSRmeeting,Baltimore,USA.BlanckeStefaan,JohanDeSmedt,HelenDeCruz,MaartenBoudry,andJohanBraeckman(2010)Religion:evolution,cognitionandbiologicaleducation.AnnualSSSRmeeting,Baltimore,USA.Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Democracy.ADarwinianapproach.HEBEN,Leuven,Belgium.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)Democracy.ADarwinianapproach.Darwin’sReach,HofstraUniversity,Hempstead,USA.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)BarkingupthewrongDarwin.Creationistappropriationofevolutionarytheory.ReligiousResponsestoDarwinism,1859-2009.St.Anne’sCollege,Oxford,UK.

Blancke,Stefaan(2009)“Amillionguessesstrungtogether”.Creationistdenialofthesciencebehindevolutionarytheory.150yearsafterOrigin:biological,historical,andphilosophicalperspectives.VictoriaCollege,UniversityofToronto,Canada.

Blancke,Stefaan(2008)Creationismanddesign.Turningreligionintoapseudoscience.God,NatureandDesign,St.-Anne’sCollege,Oxford,UK.

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Publictalks

Cognitievevalkuilen,StudiedagleerkrachtenZedenleerenGodsdienst,Gent,20November2018.De(ir)rationelemens,lezingLaureaatPrijsLucienDeConinck2018,Gent,6November2018.Waaromkritischdenken?Genk,20February2018.Wetenschapvoorbeginners,IedereenUGent(200thanniversaryGhentUniversity),8October2017Creationisme,Ronse,21March2017Waaromkritischdenken,14March2017Waaromkritischdenken?,Geraardsbergen,9February2017Waaromkritischdenken?VUB,29November2016.Creationismeenevolutietheorieindeklas,workshop“Radicalisering”,KTA-Gent,22November2016.Waaromkritischdenken?Leuven,14October2016Waaromkritischdenken?Blankenberge,6October2016.

Creationisme,AtheneumIeper,2July2016.Kritischdenken,Elcker-ik,Antwerpen,24May2016.GMOs,what’sthefuss?DeMens.nu,Zottegem,21April2016.Perception,technologyandapplicationofGMOs,RUW/Dwars,Wageningen,15March2016.GGO’s:doemofdoen?,Rood-GroenDeinze,20November2015.Hetcreationisme,Elcker-Ik,17November2015,Antwerpen.DeGGO-revolutie,triolezingmetGeertDeJaegerenWimGrunewald,12November2015,MelseleKritischdenken,10June2015,Brugge.Bidden,bijgeloofenhetbovennatuurlijke,19March2015,Koksijde.Paneliststudienamiddag“GGO’sinonsvoedsel:dehetzeendefeiten”,georganiseerddoorhetFondsLucienDeConinck,7March2015,HetLiberaleArchief,Gent.

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GGO’s:vanwhatthef***tot“what’sallthefuss”,trio-lezingmetGeertDeJaeger(Ugent,VIB)enWimGrunewald(VIB),DagvandeWetenschap,23November2014,Vooruit,Gent.“Ikgeloofmijnogenniet”overoptischeillusies,metAnRavelingienenJoTovato,Kinderuniversiteit,9March2014,UniversiteitGent.GGO’s:vanwhatthef***tot“what’sallthefuss”,trio-lezingmetGeertDeJaeger(Ugent,VIB)enWimGrunewald(VIB),DagvandeWetenschap,24November2013,Vooruit,Gent.Evolutietheorieencreationisme,21March2013,Koksijde.Evolutietheorieenreligie,19May2011,Lyceum,Gent.Darwinendeevolutietheorie,28September2010,Leuven.Evolutietheorieencreationisme,19January2009Dilbeek.Creationisme,28January2009,Brugge.Creationisme,30January2009,Neerpelt.Creationisme,17March2009,Oostende.Evolutietheorieencreationisme,23April2009,Willebroek.Creationisme,5May2009,Grimbergen.Evolutietheorie,8May2009,KleinSeminarie,Roeselare.Evolutietheorie,15September2009,Waregem.Creationisme,17November2009,Geraardsbergen.Evolutietheorie,LezingDoorzicht,22April2008,KareldeGroteHogeschool,Antwerpen.Creationisme,LezingDarwinv.God?,26November2008,DeMarkten,Brussel.Creationisme,LezingDarwinv.God?,27November2008,Vilvoorde.

MEDIA

2019InterviewonBelgiannationalradio(Radio1)ongutfeelings(“buikgevoel”)(10/01)

2019“Wetenschapisgeendemocratie”,InterviewinDeTijd(5/1).

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2018InterviewinhumanistmagazineDeGeus(https://issuu.com/reyger/docs/04september2018)

2018InterviewwithZDF(Germannationalbroadcaster):“UnsereAngstvorGentechnikistunbegründet”https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/warum-wir-gegen-gentechnik-sind-100.html

2018InterviewinFlemishjournalHetLaatsteNieuws

2018Interviewonlocaltelevision(AVS)onbookletThecreationafterDarwin

2017Interviewonlocalradio(RadioTequila)onbookletThecreationafterDarwin

2017Heefthetcreationismenogtoekomst?Scientias.nl

2017Interviewindocumentary“Lesloisdel’attractionmentale”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fmdvr4evBE

2017“Deevolutieleer:geschraptinTurkije,onderdrukinVlaanderen?”,Knack,12/7/2017.

2016“Foralltheyknow”,contributiontopodcastonUndarkMagazine,https://soundcloud.com/undark-magazine/for-all-they-know.

2015“UnderstandingGMOopposition.”InterviewforOntarioGrainFarmer.http://www.ontariograinfarmer.ca/MAGAZINE.aspx?Aid=1161.

2015Interviewonlocalradionetwork(RadioTequila)aboutpubliclectureonGMOs.

2015“WantrouwentegenoverGGO’sisnietnodig”,interviewfornewsmagazineDewereldvandaagonRadio1(nationalradio),http://www.radio1.be/programmas/vandaag/wantrouwen-tegenover-ggos-niet-nodig.

2015”Wezijnallemaalvanzelftegenggo’s”,interviewDeStandaard(13May).

2015“Theappealofbeinganti-GMO,”interviewwithPressOfficeofCellPressforpressreleaseaboutTrendsinPlantSciencepaper.

2015“CreationisminEurope,”interviewforWordofMouth,NewHampshirePublicRadio,http://nhpr.org/post/4615-challenging-experts-creationism-europe-world-beyond-your-head.

2015“Thesharedassumptionbehindcreationismandanti-GMOinEurope,”interviewforTheCubit,Religiondispatches,http://religiondispatches.org/the-shared-assumption-behind-creationism-and-anti-gmo-in-europe.

2015“CreationismeruktopinEuropa”,interviewinEOS.

ACQUIREDFUNDING

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HBESworkshopfunding2018

CESworkshopfunding2018,$1000.

EHBEAworkshopfunding2018,€1000

Wetenschapsbalans.PWO-project,€198000(externalpartner)

DarwinintheHumanitiesandtheSocialSciences(DHuSS),Gent-LilleAlliance,withGillesDenis(Lille),AnnetteDisselkamp(Lille)andJohanBraeckman(UGent),€1500.

AllianceGent-Lille,withGillesDenis(Lille),AnnetteDisselkamp(Lille),KoenTanghe(UGent)andJohanBraeckman(UGent),€1000.

PROMOTER

Master’sThesis

2020:BastiaanKemink(TilburgUniversity)

2019-2020

SecondreaderthesisMatthijsMillenaar(TilburgUniversity)

2018-2019

CélinePerquy(co-promoter,GhentUniversity)

2ndreaderthesisJipKimeneij(TilburgUniversity)

2015-2016:FlorEngels(GhentUniversity)

2013-2014:JeroenHaelterman(GhentUniversity)

Bachelor’sthesis

2019-2020:TomBijnen(TilburgUniversity)

2017-2018:CélinePerquy(GhentUniversity)

2014-2015:FlorEngels,JorenGistelinck(GhentUniversity)

REFEREE

JournalofVictorianCulture,Isis,Biology&Philosophy,PublicUnderstandingofScience,Science&Education,SpringerVerlag,PhilosophicalPsychology,JournalofAgricultural&EnvironmentalEthics,JournalofRiskResearch,TrendsinPlantScience,HistoryandPhilosophyoftheLifeSciences,Centauro,TijdschriftvoorFilosofie,BritishJournalforthePhilosophyofScience,HistoryofScience,InternationalJournalforthePsychologyofReligion,TrendsinBiotechnology,InternationalStudiesinthePhilosophyofScience,QuarterlyReviewofBiology,AgenceNationaledelaReserche(ANR),PrincetonUP,ERC

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Synergy,ActaBiotheoretica,PersonalityandIndividualDifferences,TopicsinCognitiveScience,PalgraveCommunications.

ACADEMICSERVICES

2020:JuryTiLPSJuniorFellowshipsBookproposalDescartesLectures2019:JuryTiLPSJuniorFellowshipsJurymemberPhDAlexisDeTiège“Life’sgene-centerednature”,November2017OpponentatthepublicdefenseofPetteriNieminen’sdissertation,March2015,UniversityofEasternFinland.MemberofexaminationcommitteeDelphineDeSmedt(February2015)Pre-examinerofPhDdissertationbyPetteriNieminen,UniversityofEasternFinland(2014).JuryPhDdefenseKoenTanghe“Thenon-mendelianrevolution”,May,2013.MemberofreadingcommitteeforseveralMaster’stheses.

ORGANIZATIONINTERNATIONALWORKSHOPSANDSESSIONS

OZSW2020,TilburgUniversity,partoforganizingandscientificcommittee

(withCharlotteDeBacker,UA)AnnualCBENmeeting2018,AntwerpUniversity.

(withJohanBraeckman,MarcvanMontaguenElisabethStes(VIB)),Sciencemeetssocietyseminar,18March2017,Ghent.

(withEvelineSeghers)AnnualHEBeNmeeting2015,10-11December,GhentUniversity.

(withPeterC.Kjærgaard,AarhusUniversity)CreationisminEurope,sessionattheannualAAASmeeting,February13,2015,SanDiego.

(withKoenTangheanddeMens.nu)DarwinDay.DNAendemensmorgen,VUB,February12,2015.

(withJanVerpooten,UA/KUL)Workshop“Culturalattractionversussensoryexploitation”,GhentUniversity,December17,2014.

SeminarLille-Ghent“TheuseandabuseofDarwinisminthesocialsciencesandthehumanities:past,present,future”,GhentUniversity,28November2014.

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SeminarLille-Ghent“Darwininthehumanitiesandthesocialsciences”,LilleUniversity,27May2014.

AnnualHEBeNmeeting,GhentUniversity,24-25October2013.

2ndGhent-LilleDHASSworkshop,GhentUniversity,21June2013.

“CreationisminEurope”,GhentUniversity,17November2011.

“CreationisminEurope”,sessionattheannualSSSRmeeting,Baltimore,October2010.

“Religion,cognition,andbiologicaleducation”,sessionattheannualSSSRmeeting,Baltimore,October2010.

MEMBERSHIP

Cognition,Behavior,andEvolutionNetworkInternationalHistory,PhilosophyandScienceTeachingGroupEuropeanEvolutionandHumanBehaviorSocietyEvolutionandHumanBehaviorSocietyCulturalEvolutionSociety

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