How Will the Emerging Plurality of Lives Change How We Conceive of and Relate to Life?

Persson, Erik; Abbott, Jessica; Balkenius, Christian; Cabak Redei, Anna; Čápová, Klara Anna; Dravins, Dainis; Dunér, David; Gunneflo, Markus; Hedlund, Maria; Johansson, Mats; Melin, Anders; Persson, Petter

Abstract

The project “A Plurality of Lives” was funded and hosted by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University, Sweden. The aim of the project was to better understand how a second origin of life, either in the form of a discovery of extraterrestrial life, life developed in a laboratory, or machines equipped with abilities previously only ascribed to living beings, will change how we understand and relate to life. Because of the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the project aim, the project took an interdisciplinary approach with a research group made up of 12 senior researchers representing 12 different disciplines. The project resulted in a joint volume, an international symposium, several new projects, and a network of researchers in the field, all continuing to communicate about and advance the aim of the project.

Citation

Persson, E., Abbott, J., Balkenius, C., Cabak Redei, A., Čápová, K. A., Dravins, D., …Persson, P. (2019). How Will the Emerging Plurality of Lives Change How We Conceive of and Relate to Life?. Challenges, 10(1), Article 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe10010032

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 5, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jun 18, 2019
• Publication Date: Jun 30, 2019
• Deposit Date: Aug 30, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 30, 2019
• Journal: Challenges
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Article Number: 32
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/challe10010032
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1289287