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Marie I. Kaiser is a Professor at the Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology at Bielefeld University since 2018, previously serving as a junior professor there. Her research bridges Philosophy of Science with Philosophy of Biology, focusing on reductive explanation, biological individuality, ecological niches, and animal personality.
- Education: Philosophy & Biology (University of Münster), PhD (University of Cologne)
- Key Grants: TRR-SFB 212 (DFG), RTG 2073 (DFG), Professorinnenprogramm III (Federal & State Funding)
Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary integration, particularly between philosophy and life sciences. Recent publications analyze individualized niches (2025) and reductive methods in biology. She leads projects on cross-sectional concept formation (2025) and serves as Vice Rector for Human Resources Development at Bielefeld University.
Notable collaborations include co-editorship of Explanation in the Special Sciences (Springer, 2014) and contributions to anthologies like Philip Kitcher: Pragmatic Naturalism (De Gruyter, 2013). Her methodological focus spans mechanistic explanation, causality, and normativity in science.