EVOLUTIO: A Research Center for Evolution and Development
OUR DIAGNOSTICS
Science seems to have been absorbed and dominated by capitalist technological and ideological power, and turned into a commodity to be marketed. The academic-scientific system, being subordinated and dominated by these interests, does not seem to constitute a propitious environment for the development of creative and alternative thinking. Ideas or research lines that deviate from the discourse of official scientific power are generally resisted, or even rejected. As a consequence, the scientific discourse has become largely monopolistic and uniform, and the scientific agenda has been largely constrained and impoverished by its mercantile and commercial commitments.
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society”
KRISHNAMURTI
OUR SOLUTION
Given this scenario, the possible way out to counteract this uniformity is to open new research spaces, where new ideas, thoughts and theories can flourish without the limitations imposed by the scientific-techno-capitalist conglomerate. These spaces must be constituted with economic independence in order to fulfill their objectives, appealing to the support and contribution of people and organizations identified with the cause.
“Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality”
ERICH FROMM
OUR MISSION
For these reasons, we bring to life EVOLUTIO: A Research Center for Evolution and Development. The objective of the center is to investigate new concepts and cosmovisions about the evolution and development of life, but also to study the necessary conditions for the evolution and development of a healthy and good-living society harmoniously integrated with nature, in which life and not economy is at the center of its existence. Consequently, we do not conceive our work as a pursuit of academic prestige and status. All our work and projects aim to seek and achieve a fairer society and modes of existence compatible with life, healthier for man and nature as a whole. Therefore, we conceive our work as a mission and service to the community. We believe that there is no single scientific method or single possible science, but rather that there are different scientific styles depending on their values and ontological assumptions. For this reason, our motto is “Another science for another society”.
OUR VALUES
SENSITIVITY is the source of all our work and research projects.
CURIOSITY is the driving force behind our endeavors.
CREATIVITY is the way we conceive of science and philosophy.
FELLOWSHIP is the healthy way in which we conceive our human and peer-to-peer relationships.
Agustín Ostachuk
Researcher, Scientist, Thinker, Author
DIRECTOR
Dr. Agustín Ostachuk is a Transdisciplinary Scientific Researcher born in Argentina. He is devoted to the Big Questions of Life and the Nature of Reality/Existence. His main research area is Life Evolution and Development, from both a theoretical-philosophical (Theoretical Biology, Philosophy of Biology) and an empirical-biological (Evolutionary Biology, Evo-Devo) approach. In the first case, he works on theoretical and conceptual issues surrounding the theory of evolution. In the second case, he develops scientific research in the framework of Evolution and Development (Evo-Devo), using invertebrates (mollusks and arthropods) as working models. Agustín Ostachuk is the author of “A Theory of Evolution as a Process of Unfolding” (2020), a theory that challenges prevalent assumptions about Evolution, transcends the false and stagnant dichotomy between Intelligent Design (ID) and Darwinism, and proposes an evolutionary process carried out by teleological-purposeful formal agents contained in morphogenetic fields. He is the Founding Director of EVOLUTIO: A Research Center for Evolution and Development, a new research space for the development of new ideas without the constraints and limitations established by the scientific-academic system.
OUR HISTORY
EVOLUTIO: Research Center for Evolution and Development was founded on July 9, 2022, Argentina’s Independence Day. It arose from the need for a space for the free creation of one’s own ideas, without having to respond to the demands, or even coercion, of the members of the scientific-academic system, nor being constantly forced to adapt and accommodate to them. We believe this situation is unhealthy and unethical, as it inevitably leads to authoritarianism and various forms of abuse of power and psychological manipulation. Furthermore, it completely undermines the health of the system, since individuals, by becoming completely subordinate to their superior, lose the ability to progress based on their own work and become trapped in a dynamic that operates on the basis of various forms of favoritism (nepotism, cronyism, clientelism). Ultimately, this entire dynamic ends up transforming the scientific-academic system into a simple game of power accumulation. The problem with this dynamic is that it not only leads to human alienation, but also impedes the creation of creative and original ideas. It’s impossible to create through obedience and submission.
OUR LOCATION
EVOLUTIO: A Research Center for Evolution and Development is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We consider ourselves part of a socio-cultural region called Latin America, a region with great potential but historically conditioned geopolitically.
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We will create mechanisms to communicate and interact with our supporters. We believe that input from our community is essential in making decisions about our research agenda. Likewise, these communication channels will serve to answer the questions that our supporters may have about our research. We will consider our supporters as our true and authentic sponsors of our research work. In this manner, they will receive credit for their support in all our publications and scientific production.
