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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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: Biological Sciences
life history theory behavioural adaptation social learning
2026
The latitudinal speciation gradient in freshwater fishes: Higher speciation across assemblages at higher latitudes in the northern hemisphere
Juliana Herrera-Pérez, Juan Carvajal-Quintero, Axel Arango, Daniel Valencia-Rodríguez, Ana Berenice García-Andrade, Pablo Tedesco, Fabricio Villalobos
PLOS One
speciation biogeography diversification
2025
On multiple infections by parasites with complex life cycles
Phuong L. Nguyen, Chaitanya S. Gokhale
OIKOS
host parasite coevolution species interactions eco evolutionary dynamics

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