Manfred Laubichler

About

Manfred Laubichler is a Global Futures Professor and President's Professor of Theoretical Biology and History of Biology at Arizona State University. He serves as the director of the School of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Decision Theater. His research focuses on evolutionary novelties from genomes to knowledge systems, the structure of evolutionary theory, and the evolution of knowledge. Laubichler's academic background includes undergraduate training in zoology, philosophy, and mathematics at the University of Vienna, and graduate training in biology at Yale University and in History/History of Science at Princeton University. He is an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute, a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany, and an external faculty member at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna. Laubichler is also an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a former fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and Vice Chair of the Global Climate Forum.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Sociology
• Computer Science
• Engineering ethics
• Medicine
• Virology
• Knowledge management
• Gerontology
• Psychiatry
• Engineering

Selected publications

• A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability

  Nature Sustainability · 2020 · 496 citations

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• Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Austria: trust and the government

  Journal of Public Health · 2021 · 152 citations

  BACKGROUND: With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic surging and new mutations evolving, trust in vaccines is essential. METHODS: We explored correlates of vaccine hesitancy, considering political believes and psychosocial concepts, conducting a non-probability quota-sampled online survey with 1007 Austrians. RESULTS: We identified several important correlates of vaccine hesitancy, ranging from demographics to complex factors such as voting behavior or trust in the government. Among…

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• Using urban pasts to speak to urban presents in the Anthropocene

  Nature Cities · 2024-01-11 · 23 citations

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  With more people now living in urban areas than outside of them, urbanism is becoming an increasingly important socioeconomic and ecological arena for our species in the twenty-first century. Understanding historical and regional variation in urban trajectories and land use has the potential to provide long-term perspectives on pressing contemporary challenges. Here we review how novel methods and approaches are enabling archeology to shed new light on the past 5,500 years of urban life. From ex…

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• Time series forecasting of Valley fever infection in Maricopa County, AZ using LSTM

  The Lancet Regional Health - Americas · 2025-02-05 · 13 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Background: Coccidioidomycosis (CM), also known as Valley fever, is a respiratory infection. Recently, the number of confirmed cases of CM has been increasing. Precisely defining the influential factors and forecasting future infection can assist in public health messaging and treatment decisions. Methods: concentration, drought, and stringency index, were included in LSTM networks, considering their association with CM prevalence, time-lag effect, and correlation with other factors. Findings: L…

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• The Decision Theatre Triangle for societal challenges—An example case and research needs

  Journal of Cleaner Production · 2023-02-02 · 13 citations

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Recent grants

• CAREER: Twentieth Century Theories of Development in Context

  NSF · $401k · 2007–2013

• RCN: Developing an Integrative Approach to Computational and Digital History and Philosophy of Science

  NSF · $399k · 2017–2023

• Professional Dev Fellowship: Using informatics to advance history and philosophy of science research

  NSF · $84k · 2009–2012

Frequent coauthors

• Eva Schernhammer

  Harvard University

  69 shared

• Peter F. Stadler

  Leipzig University

  45 shared

• Guido Caniglia

  Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research

  40 shared

• Jane Maienschein

  Arizona State University

  40 shared

• Gerald Steiner

  Universität für Weiterbildung Krems

  40 shared

• Brenda M. Birmann

  Brigham and Women's Hospital

  37 shared

• Martin Bertau

  TU Bergakademie Freiberg

  32 shared

• Jakob Weitzer

  Medical University of Vienna

  28 shared

Education

• M.A.

  Princeton University

  1998

• Ph.D.

  Yale University

  1997

• Other

  Yale University

  1993

• M.S., Zoology

  University of Vienna

  1991

Awards & honors

• Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advanceme…

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