News
2022-04-07
Why care about theory in sustainability science?
If we want to contribute to sustainability transformations, why should we spend time theorizing? New paper by Schlüter et al. talk about theories as assemblages, spaghetti bowls, and ecologies of theories.
2021-10-08
Why citizen science is integral to infectious disease prevention
KLI fellow Orsolya Bajer-Molnár integrates citizen science into a research program that allows us to Document, Assess, Monitor, and Act on emerging infectious diseases.
2026-05-13
Why Directionality Emerged in Multicellular Differentiation
Somya MANI (KLI), May 21, 2026, 15:00 (CET). Please join our colloquium via Zoom!
2018-12-19
Why Do Biologists Use the Methodologies That They Do?
KLI Colloquium: William BAUSMAN (University of Geneva), 22 January, 3.00 pm.
2021-03-02
Why Feminist Philosophy of Science?
Sharon CRASNOW (Norco College) & Kristen INTEMANN (Montana State University), 11 March 2021, 5.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-01-11
Why the Future Needs More Transdisciplinary Research and Universities: Theories, Competences, and Cases from the Field
Gerald STEINER (Donau University Krems), 14 January 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-10-07
Why words matter: communicating science through public engagement and poetry
We asked Alice how outreach engagement and art interweave with her life as a scientist.
2023-09-11
Will the Real Hans Asperger Please Stand Up? –Letters from the Round Table
Dean FALK (Florida State University,Tallahassee, USA), 2023-09-21 15:00 (CET). This colloquium will take place in person (no virtual participation possible).
2020-12-10
Wolves might be able to recognize themselves through an “olfactory mirror”
KLI fellow Roberto Cazzolla Gatti and colleagues applied the sniff-test for self-recognition to captive grew wolves and found likely signs of self-recognition.
2023-03-14
Workshop report: Evolutionary biology meets sustainability in practice
Orsolya Bajer-Molnaar and Marina Knickel propose transdisciplinary approaches at the first PRAGMATICK workshop on the Stockholm Paradigm, the DAMA Protocol, and citizen science
2024-05-13
Workshop: RECENTERING NEUROSCIENCE ON BEHAVIOR: A BRAIN-BODY-ENVIRONMENT INTEGRATED APPROACH, Nov 09-14, 2024, Erice, Sicily
Ettore Majorana International School announces workshop RECENTERING NEUROSCIENCE ON BEHAVIOR: A BRAIN-BODY-ENVIRONMENT INTEGRATED APPROACH.
The school has a new format with neuroscientists and philosophers teaching alongside. The list of speakers include our own Isabella Sarto-Jackson and Alejandro. F. Tajeda!
Organizers: Igor Branchi & Francesca Cirulli (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma) [Click on title for details]
2025-11-07
Worshop Report: Urban Evo-Devo: Starting the Glossary
The workshop, “Urban Evo-Devo: Starting the Glossary” (1-3 Oct 2025) marked the beginning of a dialogue on transferring knowledge between evolutionary developmental biology and urban morphology. It was organized by Sergio Porta (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow) & Philipp Mitteroecker (KLI & University of Vienna). The workshop featured a series of introductory presentations, followed by discussions aimed at developing a shared glossary to unify definitions and concepts from both disciplines. Participants also outlined concrete steps to advance the project. (Click on title to read more.)
2021-01-18
Writing-up Project Feedback: STS Researchers as ‘Technology’: Leveraging Positionality to Understand Interdisciplinary Dynamics
Ashley Lewis talks presents a paper from her dissertation for feedback
2018-11-27
“Human Nature,” Natural Detachment and the Hybrid Hominin
KLI Colloquium: Lenny Moss (University of Exeter), Monday 10 December, 4.00 pm