Concepts, Boundaries, and Continuities in Ecological Science

Date:May 6th 2025

Location: IHPST – 13 Rue du Four, 75006 Paris

Organizer(s): Huneman Philippe

Workshop on Identity in Ecology

Concepts, Boundaries, and Continuities in Ecological Science

Program

9:00  9:30 | Welcome & Introduction Opening Remarks by [Workshop Organizer] Overview of Themes and Objectives

9:30 10:30 | Philippe Huneman (CNRS, IHPST, Paris)

What Makes an Ecological Individual?

Conceptualizing individuality in ecological systems

Links between individuality in ecology and evolutionary biology

10:30 11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00 12:00 | Session 1: Species and Ecosystem Identity

 Olivier Delettre (IHPST)

Species Identity and Ecological Roles: Stability or Fluidity?

What defines a species identity in ecological terms?

The role of species in structuring ecological communities

Discussant: Artemis Korniliou (IHPST)

12:00 13:00 | Lunch Break

13:00 14:00 | Session 2: Identity in Conservation Biology

 Virginie Maris (CNRS, CEFE, Montpellier)

What Are We Conserving? The Shifting Identities of Ecosystems and Landscape The challenge of defining what to protect in dynamic ecosystems Philosophical tensions between historical identity and ecological resilience

Discussant: Solange Haas (IHPST)

14:00 15:00 | Session 3: Identity and Evolutionary Ecology

Philippe Jarne (CNRS, CEFE, Montpellier)

The Evolutionary Identity of Populations: Boundaries and Continuities†How ecological and evolutionary forces shape population identity Genetic and environmental influences on species persistence

Discussant: Agathe du Crest (IHPST)

15:00 15:30 | Coffee Break

15:30 16:30 | Session 4: Identity in Ecological Models and Decision-Making

 Denis Couvet (AgroParisTech, Musum National dHistoire Naturelle) Modeling Identity in Ecology: From Species to Functional Groupsâ€

How ecological models define and operationalize identity

The implications of different modeling choices for conservation and policy

Discussant: Charles Wolfe (U Namur)

16:30 17:30 | Session 5: Complexity, Causality, and Ecological Identity

Yasha Rohwer (Oregon Institute of Technology)

Ecological Identity in a Complex World: Causal and Conceptual Challenge

How do we establish the identity of ecological entities in complex systems? The role of models, data, and theory in defining ecological identities

Discussant: Laura Nuno de la Rosa (U Computense, Madrid)

17:30 18:00 | Closing Discussion & Future Directions

General discussion on key themes

Potential collaborations and future research directions

Sur inscription auprès de Philippe Huneman Philippe.huneman@gmail.com

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