We are very pleased to welcome our new Visiting Fellow Adam Linson to the KLI.

Adam is an Assistant Professor in Computing & Communications at the Open University (UK), where he develops neurobehavioural models of how perceptual uncertainty is resolved under stress and time pressure, in relation to impaired or enhanced cognitive flexibility.

His research interests extends to other fields including cognitive science and music psychology. He is part of two current interdisciplinary research projects — i. Art and Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death, c.1275-1525, and ii. Puzzled, which aims to provide educators with insights into student learning processes with a student privacy- and equity-centred approach to AI and Education.

Adam is also Co-Director of the Innogen Institute based jointly at the Open University and the University of Edinburgh.

Apart from academic research, Adam is a music composer and performer, and plays the double bass. He has performed internationally at live concerts and studio recordings, including BBC Radio 3.

During his fellowship at the KLI, 17 June -15 August, 2025, Adam will be working on his project titled, “Maladaptive Threat Inference and Niche Construction: Neurobehavioral Factors in Life History.” He will also be presenting a talk at the KLI colloquium on 26 June 2025.

We wish Adam a wonderful time at the KLI and in Austria.