News
2023-10-10
The 40th Altenberg Workshop: Directionality in Genomics and Macroevolution
Recently, the KLI hosted the 40th Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology entitled "Directionality in Genomics and Macroevolution", organised by Laura Nuno de la Rosa, Craig Lowe, Adi Livnat and Beckett Sterner.
2023-10-08
Welcoming Ludo Schoenmakers to the KLI
Schoenmakers’ project “The Origins of Evolution” examines the application of evolutionary theory to the origin and early development of life.
2023-09-28
Save the dates! Announcing the 2023-24 fall-winter colloquium series
The 2023-24 fall-winter KLI colloquium series will resume in October with a great line-up of speakers.
2023-09-26
Extrapolating Animal Consciousness
Tudor BAETU (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada), 2023-10-03 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-09-24
Conferences: Travelling ideas
The KLI fellows and team travelled to lots of conferences this summer, sharing insights from their research and discussing promising new endeavours with the international community.
2023-09-22
Vienna Science Studies Lab
The Vienna Science Studies Lab reading group continues and the lab will be expanded, hosting meetings on works in progress to enable constructive feedback.
2023-09-21
New Book: Properties of Life: Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology
The new addition to the Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology from the MIT Press is a coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.
2023-09-11
Biological Theory’s September issue is out
The editors summarize issue 18(3)—which includes a debate on the evolution of consciousness and a new look at the role of abiotic stressors on immune systems—out this month, with free reading links for articles.
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).
2023-09-11
Welcoming Enrico Petracca to the KLI
Enrico Petracca’s project “Embodied Rationality: Normative and Evolutionary Foundations” introduces a novel naturalistic perspective on rationality, called "embodied rationality".
2023-09-01
Welcoming Daniel Stadtmauer to the KLI
Stadtmauer’s project “The Developmental Evolutionary Basis of Tissue Type” aims to develop a theory for the developmental-evolutionary concept of "tissue type".
2023-09-01
KLI in the World: a digest of conference travels last fall and winter
Members of the KLI family have been connecting with academics around the world though conferences and workshops. Here is a glimpse. (Click in title to read more)
2023-08-24
New book: Evolution „On Purpose”: Teleonomy in Living Systems
The new addition to the Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology from the MIT Press is a unique exploration of teleonomy- "evolved purposiveness"- as a major influence in evolution.
2023-08-07
The mathematics of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings
In "Revisiting Leonardo on Muscles: Intimations of Mathematical Biology and Biomechanics," Michael Kemp explores da Vinci's remarkable anatomical drawings.
2023-08-07
Complexity literacy for sustainable digital transformation
A new book chapter co-authored by Guido Caniglia argues for systems thinking, complexity literacy and transdisciplinary methodology for sustainability education.
2023-07-18
New book: Evolvability: A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology?
The latest addition to the Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology from the MIT Press.
2023-07-16
Reading group: third meeting of the Vienna Science Studies Lab
The Vienna Science Studies Lab recently held its third meeting at the KLI, discussing Max Liboiron's "Pollution is Colonialism".
2023-07-10
Navigating collaboration: Introducing PLUS change
We are excited to announce our participation in PLUS Change, an international project aiming to transform land management strategies for social, climate, and biodiversity benefits.
2023-06-26
Biological Theory’s June issue is out
From Miocene mutualisms to suggestions for future evolutionary research, the editors summarize June’s issue 18(2), with links to free epdfs.
2023-06-22
New paper: How hypotheses evolved into facts - through mis-citation
New paper by Hari Sridhar and Priti Bangal revisits the ‘nuclear species’ concept, finding frequent mis-citations of core ideas.