Dynamics of
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Our research rests on five intertwined commitments — from process-first thinking to responsible translation.

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Process over system

What rules of interaction give rise to structure, cooperation, conflict, resilience, or collapse?

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Eco-evolutionary-learning dynamics

Ecology, evolution and learning as coupled feedback systems on overlapping timescales.

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Theory as a generative engine

Insight preceding application — conceptual clarity before intervention.

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Cross-scale curiosity

From genes to societies — how higher-order structure arises from lower-level interactions.

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Responsible translation

Connecting to resistance, agriculture, disease control, and cultural systems.

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The Historical Biogeography of the New World Black Birds (Icteridae)
Axel Arango, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Frontiers of Biogeography
biogeography birds macroevolution
2026
How competition can drive allochronic divergence: A case study in the Marine Midge, Clunio marinus
Alexander G. G. Jacobsen, Tobias S. Kaiser, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
PLOS Computational Biology
life history theory sexual selection simulations
2026
Phenotypic polymorphism via mate copying
Srishti Patil, Sabine Nöbel, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
social learning life history theory sexual selection
2026
Optimising play for learning risky behaviour
Dharanish Rajendra, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
life history theory behavioural adaptation social learning
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