David Sloan Wilson: SUNY Binghamton Department of Biological
Sciences & Department of Anthropology

Evolutionary theory is rapidly expanding beyond the biological sciences to include all human-related subjects in academia. Since evolution is fundamentally about organisms in relation to their environment, basic scientific research needs to focus on people from all walks of life, as they go about their daily lives. This kind of research is also most relevant for improving the quality of everyday life, leading to a positive tradeoff between basic and applied science. I will provide an overview of The Binghamton Neighborhood Project, a unique “whole university/whole city” approach to community-based research from an evolutionary perspective.