Recent publications
Lean, C. H., Vincent, R. M., Lynch, K. E., Jamrozik, E., & Jaschke, P. R. (2026). From mRNA stabilisation to mirror life: Biological orthogonality, incremental risk, and anticipatory governance. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 14, 1833212.

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. (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0609)

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

What Should Count as a Cause of Death?
Blackheath Philosophy Forum
18 October 2026

Tiny minds, big feelings: Accommodating invertebrates in research ethics (with T. White)
ANZCCART
22 October 2026

Pain and Flexible Behaviour (with T. White)
Insect Welfare Research Society 
August 2026
available on youtube

Do insects feel, and should we care? (with T. White)        
Pint of Science @ Hermann's Bar
May 19, 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