10: The Biological Roots of Altruism, Justice and Morality
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Hauptschule
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Mag. Dr. Ludwig HUBER
Professor and Head, Department of Cognitive Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna
| 1991 | Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), Zoology, University of Vienna, supervisor: R. Riedl |
| 1991-2000 | University assistant at the Institute of Zoology, University of Vienna |
| 1995-2003 | Head of the Department of Theoretical Biology at the Institute of Zoology |
| 2000 | Habilitation, Zoology, University of Vienna |
| Associate Professor for Zoology at the University of Vienna | |
| since 2005 | Guest professor at the Dept of Anthropology, Charles University, Prague |
| 2005-2010 | Head of the Emerging Focus "Biology of Cognition" and the Priority Research Program "Cognition" of the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna |
| 2005-2008 | Co-ordinator of the 3-yrs EU-project EDICI (FP6; 12129) "Evolution, development and intentional control of imitation" |
| 2008-2012 | Vice president, Austrian representative and member of the Steering Committee of the ESF Network Program "Comparative Cognition" |
| 2010-2011 | Head of the Department of Cognitive Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna |
| from 9/2011 Full Professor at the Messerli Institute Vienna | |
| Prof. Huber's research is devoted to the study of cognition in a comparative, biological framework. With its roots in ethology, and a strong combination of field and laboratory experimentation, he is applying the comparative method to a wide variety of organisms (from reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds to mammals). Despite long-lasting interests in physical/technical cognition, perceptual cognition, and the evolution of cognition, his current research focus is social cognition, with special emphasis on the mechanisms underlying learning through conspecific observation. Applied work focuses on human-animal interactions and ethical issues. |
Dr. Carel VAN SCHAIK
Professor and Director, Anthropological Institute & Museum, University of Zürich
| 1985-1986 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Deptment of Biology, Princeton University, USA |
| 1986-1987 | Lecturer, Laboratory of Comparative Physiology, University of Utrecht, NL |
| 1987-1989 | Senior Research Fellow Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences |
| 1989-1904 | Associate, then Full Professor, Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA |
| since 2004 | Professor, Director, Anthropological Institute & Museum, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
