J. Prof. Al­kis­tis Elliot-​​Gra­ves

• 2020 - pre­sent: Ju­ni­or Pro­fes­sor in Phi­lo­so­phy of Sci­ence, De­part­ment of Phi­lo­so­phy, Bie­le­feld Uni­ver­si­ty
• 2019 - 2021: PI, 3-​year Re­se­arch Fel­low­ship, Uni­ver­si­ty of Hel­sin­ki. Title of Pro­ject: Pre­dic­tion in a Chan­ging Cli­ma­te
• 2018 - 2020: Marie Skłodowska-​Curie Fel­low, Uni­ver­si­ty of Hel­sin­ki & Aus­tra­li­an Na­tio­nal Uni­ver­si­ty. Title of Pro­ject: Pre­dic­tion in Com­plex Sys­tems
• 2016 - 2018: Post­doc­to­ral Re­se­ar­cher, De­part­ment of Po­li­ti­cal and Eco­no­mic Stu­dies (TINT), Uni­ver­si­ty of Hel­sin­ki.
• 2014 - 2016: Post­doc­to­ral Fel­low, Rot­man In­sti­tu­te of Phi­lo­so­phy, Wes­tern Uni­ver­si­ty.
• 2008 - 2014: PhD in Phi­lo­so­phy of Sci­ence, Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­va­nia
• 2007 - 2008: MSc in Phi­lo­so­phy of the So­cial Sci­en­ces, Lon­don School of Eco­no­mics and Po­li­ti­cal Sci­ence
• 2003 - 2007: BA in Eu­ropean So­cial and Po­li­ti­cal Stu­dies, spe­cia­liza­ti­ons in Phi­lo­so­phy and Ita­li­an, Uni­ver­si­ty Col­le­ge Lon­don

Jour­nal Ar­ti­cles

• Elliott-​Graves, A., (forth­co­ming) ‘The fu­ture of Pre­dic­ti­ve Eco­lo­gy’ Phi­lo­so­phi­cal To­pics
• Elliott-​Graves, A. (2020) ‘The Value of Impre­ci­se Pre­dic­tion’ Phi­lo­so­phy Theo­ry and Prac­ti­ce in Bio­lo­gy
• Elliott-​Graves, A., (2020) ‘What is a Tar­get Sys­tem?’ Bio­lo­gy and Phi­lo­so­phy
• Elliott-​Graves, A. (2018) 'Ge­ne­ra­li­ty and Cau­sal In­ter­de­pen­dence in Eco­lo­gy' Phi­lo­so­phy of Sci­ence 85(1) 1102-​1114
• Elliott-​Graves, A. (2016) 'The Pro­blem of Pre­dic­tion in In­va­si­on Bio­lo­gy' Bio­lo­gy and Phi­lo­so­phy, 31 (3): 373-​393. 
• Elliott-​Graves, A. & Weis­berg, M. (2014) ‘Idea­liza­ti­on’ Phi­lo­so­phy Com­pass, 9: 176–185.

Other

• Elliott-​Graves, A. Re­view of De­fen­ding Bio­di­ver­si­ty: En­vi­ron­men­tal Sci­ence and Ethics by Ne­w­man J., Var­ner G., & Lin­quist S., (2017), Cam­bridge Uni­ver­si­ty Press. Found at: Notre Dame Re­view of Books https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/defending-​biodiversity-environmental-science-and-ethics/

• Oc­to­ber 2020 - FraME­Phys Idea­li­zed Mo­dels Work­shop - Uni­ver­si­ty of Bir­ming­ham, Bir­ming­ham, UK (via Zoom). Title of Paper: “What are Ge­ne­ral Mo­dels About?” (in­vi­ted spea­ker)
• April 2020 - KLI Col­lo­quia, Kon­rad Lo­renz In­sti­tu­te, Vi­en­na, Aus­tria (via Zoom). Title of Paper: “Op­ti­mal Model Com­ple­xi­ty in Sus­tai­na­bi­li­ty Sci­ence” (in­vi­ted spea­ker)
• Fe­bruary 2020 - Are Cli­ma­te Im­pacts En­vi­ron­men­tal Im­pacts? Court Re­view of Com­plex En­vi­ron­men­tal Know­ledge and Im­pacts, Hel­sin­ki In­sti­tu­te of Sus­tai­na­bi­li­ty Sci­ence (HEL­SUS) Se­mi­nar, Hel­sin­ki, Fin­land. Title of Paper: Pre­dic­tion in the Wild (in­vi­ted spea­ker)
• Au­gust 2019 - Phi­lo­so­phy of Bio­lo­gy on Dol­phin Beach 13, Mo­ru­ya, Aus­tra­lia. Title of Paper: Pre­dic­tion in the Wild (in­vi­ted spea­ker)
• July 2019 - Phi­lo­so­phi­cal Per­spec­ti­ves on the Niche, Müns­ter, Ger­ma­ny. Title of Paper: “Niche con­cepts, Spe­ci­es Dis­tri­bu­ti­on Mo­dels and Bio­lo­gi­cal In­va­si­ons” (in­vi­ted spea­ker)
• July 2019 - In­ter­na­tio­nal So­cie­ty for the His­to­ry, Phi­lo­so­phy and So­cial Stu­dies of Bio­lo­gy, Oslo, Nor­way. Title of Paper: “Meta-​analysis as a Pre­dic­ti­ve Tool for In­va­si­on Bio­lo­gy”, in the Sym­po­si­um “Tack­ling Bio­in­va­si­ons 60 years on: les­sons from the tren­ches”. (re­fe­reed pre­sen­ta­ti­on)
• June 2019 - Charles Uni­ver­si­ty. Idea­liza­ti­on Across the Sci­en­ces Work­shop, Pra­gue, Czech Re­pu­blic. Title of Paper: Agre­e­ing to Dis­agree: Plu­ra­lism about Op­ti­mal Model Com­ple­xi­ty (in­vi­ted spea­ker)
• July 2018 - He­brew Uni­ver­si­ty of Je­ru­sa­lem, Mo­de­ling Rea­li­ty Work­shop, Je­ru­sa­lem, Is­ra­el. Title of Paper: What are Ge­ne­ral Mo­dels about? (in­vi­ted spea­ker)
• Sep­tem­ber 2017 - Eu­ropean Phi­lo­so­phy of Sci­ence As­so­cia­ti­on, Exe­ter, UK. Title of paper: Re-​examining the value of Qua­li­ta­ti­ve pre­dic­tions for Problem-​Based Sci­ence (re­fe­reed pre­sen­ta­ti­on)
• No­vem­ber 2016 - Phi­lo­so­phy of Sci­ence As­so­cia­ti­on, Bi­en­ni­al Mee­ting, At­lan­ta, USA. Title of paper: "Ge­ne­ra­liza­bi­li­ty and In­ter­de­pen­dence in Eco­lo­gi­cal Re­se­arch", in the Sym­po­si­um "Cau­sa­li­ty and In­ter­de­pen­dence in Eco­lo­gy" (re­fe­reed pre­sen­ta­ti­on)
• May 2016 - Mo­dels and Si­mu­la­ti­ons 7, Bar­ce­lo­na, Spain. Title of paper: "The Dan­ger of Over-​Generalization in Eco­lo­gi­cal Mo­del­ling" (re­fe­reed pre­sen­ta­ti­on)
• July 2015 - In­ter­na­tio­nal So­cie­ty for the His­to­ry, Phi­lo­so­phy and So­cial Stu­dies of Bio­lo­gy, Montréal, Ca­na­da. Title of paper: "Cau­sal He­te­ro­gen­ei­ty Cons­trains Pre­dic­ti­ve Power in Eco­lo­gy", in the Sym­po­si­um "He­te­ro­gen­ei­ty and the Pro­blem of Eco­lo­gi­cal Pre­dic­tion".
• May 2015 - Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­va­nia, Spring Work­shop in HPS, Phil­adel­phia, Penn­syl­va­nia. Title of paper: "Va­rie­ties of Pre­dic­tion" (in­vi­ted key­note spea­ker)
• March 2015 - Oak­land Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lo­qui­um Se­ries, Mi­chi­gan, USA. Title of paper: "Does grea­ter Uni­fi­ca­ti­on lead to bet­ter Pre­dic­tions? The case of In­va­si­on Bio­lo­gy" (in­vi­ted spea­ker)
• Au­gust 2014 - 8th Phi­lo­so­phy of Bio­lo­gy on Dol­phin Beach Work­shop, Mo­ru­ya, Aus­tra­lia. Title of paper: “Can there be a Uni­fied Theo­ry of In­va­si­on Bio­lo­gy?” 
• July 2013 - In­ter­na­tio­nal So­cie­ty for the His­to­ry, Phi­lo­so­phy and So­cial Stu­dies of Bio­lo­gy, Mont­pel­lier, Fran­ce. Title of paper: “What is the Tar­get of a Ge­ne­ra­li­zed Model?” 
• No­vem­ber 2012 - Phi­lo­so­phy of Sci­ence As­so­cia­ti­on, Bi­en­ni­al Mee­ting, San Diego, USA. Title of paper: “Abs­tract and Com­ple­te” (re­fe­reed pre­sen­ta­ti­on)

Uni­ver­si­ty of Bie­le­feld

Win­ter Se­mes­ter 2020-​2021

• Know­ledge in Sci­ence and Phi­lo­so­phy (Gra­dua­te Se­mi­nar)
• Phi­lo­so­phy and the En­vi­ron­ment (Un­der­gra­dua­te Se­mi­nar)

Other​

• Pre­dic­tion in Com­plex Sci­en­ces (Founda­ti­ons Se­mi­nar - Aus­tra­li­an Na­tio­nal Uni­ver­si­ty, Fall 2019 (Sou­thern He­mi­s­phe­re))
• Ex­pe­ri­ments vs Mo­dels (Uni­ver­si­ty of Hel­sin­ki, Fall 2017)
• Epis­te­mo­lo­gy (Wes­tern Uni­ver­si­ty, Spring 2015) - syl­la­bus
• Phi­lo­so­phy of Bio­lo­gy (UPenn, Spring 2013) - syl­la­bus
• Wri­ting Se­mi­nar - Sci­ence and Human Na­tu­re (UPenn, Fall 2013, Spring 2014)