KATE E. LYNCH
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Kate E. Lynch

I am a philosopher and biologist who is interested in issues that intersect both fields.
These include: How to understand causation and explanation in biological and medical contexts, the societal implications of genetic technologies, and how to most effectively practice conservation biology
Recent publications
Manzi, O., Lynch, K.E., Allman, D.M., Latty, T., White, T.E. (2026) Flexible self-protection as evidence of pain-like states in house crickets. Proceedings pf the Royal Society B. (forthcoming - preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675781.abstract)

White, T.E., Lynch, K.E. (2026) Where is the lust? Reproductive affects at the emergence of experience. Comparative Cognition and Behaviour Reviews, 21, 121-126.

Allman, D. M., White, T. E., Lynch, K. E. (2026) Noxious Nomenclature: Is Inconsistent Language Hampering Our Understanding of Invertebrate Pain, Sentience, and Awareness? Comparative Cognition and Behaviour Reviews, 21, 15-24.

​Weaving, M., Lynch, K.E., Fine, C. (2026) Comparing Gender Hierarchy and Evolutionary Psychology explanations of workplace sexual harassment. Sexuality and Culture https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-026-10575-w. 
Recent & Upcoming talks
Do insects feel, and should we care? (with T. White)        
Pint of Science @ Hermann's Bar
May 19, 2026


Sentience and Flexible Behaviour 
(with T. White)        
Macquarie University Seminar Series
April, 2026

Environmental Techno-utopias (with C. Lean)
Alan Saunders Memorial Lecture, www.aap.org.au/AlanSaundersLecture ABC,
Watch live (link above) on Oct 23,  2025


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