Claus Emmeche's profile
What I do
I am a theoretical biologist and philosopher of biology engaged in concerns about academic freedom and science policy in the transformation of universities from public institutions with a high degreee of autonomy to corporate funded organizations under strict political control.
Affiliations
Current affiliations
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- Position
- Centre director, Associate professor
- Company
- CPNSS, University of Copenhagen
- Further information
Location
- City:
- None chosen
- Hub:
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Interests
Biosemiotics, Philosophy of science, Science policy studies, Theoretical biology.
Projects
I’ll mention three; I’ve worked with 1) for some years while 2) and 3) are more recent projects, and from my point of view often interconnected.
1) Biosemiotics as a way to understand emergence of information in biosystems and as an organicist approach to philosophy of biology. More on biosemiotics, see www.biosemiotics.org
2) How to analyze and contest what has been called academic capitalism (business-like behaviour in academia) and defend universities as a public good? See the blog University Politics
3) How to defend free inquiry and academic freedom?
See the Nature forum Academic Freedom
Publications
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Emmeche, C. Overview of publications by Claus Emmeche The internet
