The KLI supports international groups of scholars in the life and cognitive sciences working on interdisciplinary projects to conduct their groundbreaking research at the institute. KLI Focus Groups and Working Groups aim to develop ideas on a particular subject and generate suggestions for action. The participants have different scientific backgrounds and strive to develop specific, practical goals.
Working Groups & Focus Groups
Summer School
2026-09-07 12:00 - 2026-09-11 12:00
8th EASPLS
Philosophy of Biology for a Healthy Planet
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2026-06-25 15:00 - 2026-06-25 16:30
The Evolvability of the Mammalian Ear: From Microevolutionary Variation to Macroevolutionary Patterns
Anne LE MAITRE (KLI)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-06-11 15:00 - 2026-06-11 16:30
Brave Genomes: Genome Plasticity in the Face of Environmental Challenge
Silvia BULGHERESI (University of Vienna)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-05-28 15:00 - 2026-05-28 16:30
The Interplay of Tissue Mechanics and Gene Regulatory Networks in the Evolution of Morphogenesis
James DI FRISCO (Francis Crick Institute, London)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2026-05-21 15:00 - 2026-05-21 16:30
Why Directionality Emerged in Multicellular Differentiation
Somya MANI (KLI)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-05-07 15:00 - 2026-05-07 16:30
The Evolutionary Trajectory of Human Hippocampal-Cortical Interactions
Daniel REZNIK (Max Planck Society, Leipzig)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-04-30 15:00 - 2026-04-30 16:30
What's in a Trait? Reconceptualizing Neurodevelopmental Timing by Seizing Insights From Philosophy
Isabella SARTO-JACKSON (KLI)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-04-16 15:00 - 2026-04-16 16:30
A Metaphysics for Dialectical Biology
Denis WALSH (University of Toronto)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-04-09 15:00 - 2026-04-09 16:30
Hierarchies and Power in Primatology and Their Populist Appropriations
Rebekka HUFENDIEK (Ulm University)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-03-26 15:00 - 2026-03-26 16:30
The Science of an Evolutionary Transition in Humans
Tim WARING (University of Maine)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-03-12 15:00 - 2026-03-12 16:30
What Is Biological Modality, and What Has It Got to Do With Psychology?
Carrie FIGDOR (University of Iowa)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-01-29 15:00 - 2026-01-29 16:30
O Theory Where Art Thou? The Changing Role of Theory in Theoretical Biology in the 20th Century and Beyond
Jan BAEDKE (Ruhr University Bochum)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2026-01-15 15:00 - 2026-01-15 16:30
On Experimental Models of Developmental Plasticity and Evolutionary Novelty
Patricia BELDADE (Lisbon University)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2026-01-08 15:00 - 2026-01-08 16:30
Embodied Rationality: Normative and Evolutionary Foundations
Enrico PETRACCA (KLI)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-12-18 15:00 - 2025-12-18 16:30
Chance, Necessity, and the Evolution of Evolvability
Cristina VILLEGAS (KLI)
KLI
Cooperative Event
2025-11-28 14:00 - 2025-11-28 16:00
Vienna Science Studies Lab: A Reading Group
organized by Olesya Bondarenko
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-11-20 15:00 - 2025-11-20 16:30
Rates of Evolution, Time Scaling, and the Decoupling of Micro- and Macroevolution
Thomas HANSEN (University of Oslo)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-11-06 15:00 - 2025-11-06 16:30
Common Knowledge Considered as Cause and Effect of Behavioral Modernity
Ronald PLANER (University of Wollongong)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-10-23 15:00 - 2025-10-23 16:30
How Darwinian is Darwinian Enough? The Case of Evolution and the Origins of Life
Ludo SCHOENMAKERS (KLI)
KLI

