Dr Matthew Egbert

Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science, University of Auckland
Director of Te Ao Mārama: Centre for Fundamental Inquiry, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland
Principal Investigator, Centre for Computational Evolution, University of Auckland
Associate Editor of Adaptive Behavior
Associate Editor of Cognitive Systems Research


Matthew Egbert is a researcher exploring the origins and dynamics of life and mind through the lens of adaptive behavior and complex systems. His work combines artificial life, dynamical systems theory, and embodied robotics to investigate how autonomous, self-maintaining processes emerge and persist. Egbert’s research emphasizes enactive and systems-theoretic perspectives, bridging philosophy, biology, and computational modeling to better understand autonomy and viability in living and artificial systems.

email: m.egbert@auckland.ac.nz