[13] Their work lies at the interdisciplinary interface of evolutionary biology, animal behavior, ecology, and psychology.
[4][16] This theory has been applied widely across multiple fields, including ecology[17][18] evolutionary developmental biology,[19] and human and cultural evolution.
[20][21][22] In the mid-2010s, Kevin Lala, Tobias Uller, and colleagues pushed for an extended evolutionary synthesis in a series of high-impact articles.
[23][24] From 2015 to 2018, Uller and Lala led a large international John Templeton Foundation grant to test key hypotheses and assumptions of the extended evolutionary synthesis.
[8][25] Kevin Lala previously served on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion division of the School of Biology as deputy director.