Many activities of the KLI exceed the scientific core agenda and are intended to engage with either the public or with alumni and friends of the KLI. Some representative acitivities are listed here.
KLI Special Events
Summer School
2026-09-07 12:00 - 2026-09-11 12:00
8th EASPLS
Philosophy of Biology for a Healthy Planet
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2026-01-29 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
2025-12-04 15:00 - 2025-12-04 16:30
Chance, Necessity, and the Evolution of Evolvability
Cristina VILLEGAS (KLI)
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
KLI Colloquia
2025-10-14 15:00 - 2025-10-14 16:30
Vienna, the Laboratory of Modernity
Richard COCKETT (The Economist)
KLI
Working Groups & Focus Groups
2025-10-01 12:00 - 2025-10-03 12:00
Urban Evo-Devo: Starting the Glossary
Glossary Event
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-09-25 15:00 - 2025-09-25 16:30
A Dynamic Canvas Model of Butterfly and Moth Color Patterns
Richard GAWNE (Nevada State Museum)
KLI
Altenberg Workshop
2025-09-16 18:00 - 2025-09-19 14:00
Measuring Development and Evolution of Form
44th Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-06-26 15:00 - 2025-06-26 16:30
Evolutionary Pressure on the Capacity for Context-Relevant Behavior: Implications for Translational Psychiatry
Adam LINSON (The Open University, UK)
KLI
Altenberg Workshop
2025-06-17 18:00 - 2025-06-20 14:00
The Waddingtonian Landscape: Rediscovering Conrad Hal Waddington’s Legacies in Biology and Beyond
43rd Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology
KLI
KLI Special Event
2025-06-16 9:30 - 2025-06-16 17:35
What is Theoretical Biology?
A symposium celebrating Rupert Riedl's 100th anniversary
Venue: KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-06-12 15:00 - 2025-06-12 16:30
Genetic Determinism Is an Accident of History
Gregory RADICK (University of Leeds)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-05-15 15:00 - 2025-05-15 16:30
When Hominins Were Babies: Evolution of the Brain and Cognition from 6.5 to 3.5 Million Years ago
Dean FALK (Florida State University, Tallahassee)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-05-08 15:00 - 2025-05-08 16:30
Rapid Coevolutionary Dynamics in Darwin's Finches and the Avian Vampire Fly
Sonia KLEINDORFER ( Konrad Lorenz Research Center, University of Vienna)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-04-30 15:00 - 2025-04-30 16:30
Phenotypic Robustness Across the Genotype-Phenotype Map, from Genes to Environment and Back
Luisa PALLARES (Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Tübingen)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2025-04-10 15:00 - 2025-04-10 16:30
The Epistemic Red Queen Hypothesis: are we making the world harder to understand?
Elis JONES (KLI)
KLI