Dr. Agustín Ostachuk

Founder & Director of EVOLUTIO
Transdisciplinary Scientific Researcher

Biography

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 theoretical-philosophical domain, he works on conceptual issues surrounding the theory of evolution, challenging prevalent assumptions and transcending false dichotomies. In the empirical domain, he develops scientific research within the framework of Evolution and Development (Evo-Devo), using invertebrates (mollusks and arthropods) as working models.

Agustín Ostachuk is the author of the “Evolutio Unfolding Theory” (EUT) , published as “A Theory of Evolution as a Process of Unfolding” in 2020. This theory proposes an evolutionary process carried out by teleological-purposeful formal agents contained in morphogenetic fields, moving beyond the stagnant dichotomy between Intelligent Design and Darwinism.

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. The center’s objective is to investigate new conceptions and cosmovisions of biological evolution and development, and also to study the necessary conditions for the evolution and development of a healthy, good-living society, harmoniously integrated with nature, where life — not economy — is at the center of existence.

His book, “Eutopian Life: a Thinking Life‑Science for a Rooted Dwelling on our Home‑Earth” (2024), proposes abandoning utopian-dystopian reason to embrace a eutopian life: a mode of existence in which humanity regains its rootedness with Earth in order to think again and live in harmony with itself and with nature.

Research Areas & Keywords

Evolutionary Biology
Philosophy of Biology
Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Evo-Devo)
Theoretical Biology
Complexity Theory
Network Theory
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Philosophy of Life
Natural Philosophy

Selected Publications & Works

Book: Eutopian Life: A Thinking Life‑Science for a Rooted Dwelling on our Home‑Earth (Evolutio Press, 2024) – Evolutio ID: EP01053526
Book: Power to the People: A Network Analysis of Dystopian and Eutopian Life Organizational Forms (Evolutio Press, 2024) – Evolutio ID: EP09351480
Key Theory: A Theory of Evolution as a Process of Unfolding (Cosmos and History, 2020) – Evolutio Canon
Comparative article: Evolutio Unfolding Theory and ‘Platonic Space’: On Conceptual Priority and Lineage (The Unfolding, 2025) – Evolutio ID: EM43145180

Professional Experience

2022 – Present: Founder & Director, EVOLUTIO Research Center
2019 – 2024: Researcher, La Plata Museum (MLP), National University of La Plata (UNLP)
2019 – 2022: Researcher, Human Sciences Research Laboratory (LICH-CONICET), National University of General San Martín (UNSAM)
2015 – 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, La Plata Museum (MLP), National University of La Plata (UNLP)
2012 – 2015: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute for Natural Science Research, Natural Sciences Argentine Museum (MACN-CONICET)
2010 – 2022: Researcher, Center for Studies in the History of Science and Technology, National University of General San Martín (UNSAM)
2004 – 2009: Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Virology, National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA)

Full CV and publication list available upon request.

External Profiles & Verification

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9397-7616
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3nW1ZMgAAAAJ
PhilPeople: https://philpeople.org/profiles/agustin-ostachuk
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agustin_Ostachuk

Contact

Email: aostachuk@evolutio.ar
Website: https://www.evolutio.ar