This is my main research project. During my PhD, I developed a view on chance in evolution that I called the "causal propensity" view. Since then, I am interested in applying some tools of the causalists-statisticalists debate, and particularly the way propensities are used in this debate, to shed light on the problem of phenotypic variation from an evo-devo perspective. This has led me to focus on evo-devo properties such as evolvability, modularity, robustness or plasticity as propensities of developmental systems that have a causal impact on evolution. My current approach considers the interplay between these evo-devo propensities and the quantitative genetics theoretical framework.

Most of my published and in-progress work is devoted to this topic.

During my research stay at the CAS Evolvability project (2019) and the months that followed, I assissted Laura Nuño de la Rosa (UCM) in preparing and conducting in-depth interviews to evolutionary biologists whose works were key in the development of evolvability as a research front.

Currently, we are working on curating the interviews for publication.

Together with Vanessa Triviño (UCM), I also work on the metaphysical aspects of the concept of homology from an evo-devo perspective. In particular, we are interested in the intersection of dispositional and typological explanations of traits and their causal role in evolution. This has led us to postulate the existence of "dispositional types" in evolution and to reconsider the relationship between metaphysical notions and the scientific practice.

Together with Luis Alejandro Villanueva (University of Würzburg), I am interested in developing an evo-devo framework for understanding the cultural evolution of music. Our approach is based on the ideas of material culture and social cognition, and thus we stress sociomaterial mechanisms as responsible for patterns in the transmission and variability of musical traditions.

I co-funded and host the podcast in Philosophy of Science "Inapplicable" with Laura Nuño de la Rosa (UCM) and Vanessa Triviño (UCM). 

Our episodes are short (20-30 minutes usually) and cover general PhilSci topics as well as specific philosophical problems in the special sciences, always with a humorous lense. The podcast is in Spanish, our native language.

Links to platforms here.