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2019-02-15
How Human Bodies Are Evolving in Modern Societies: Do We Want to Know This?
KLI Colloquium: Philipp MITTEROECKER (University of Vienna & KLI), 19 February, 5.00 pm.
2021-03-01
How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life
New book by Jan Spitzer reconceptualizes the origin of life on Earth.
2024-02-26
How Similar Are Natural Selection and Market Competition?
Brian McLOONE (Auburn University), 2024-03-05 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2018-02-22
Human Brain and Behavioral Development: A Dynamical System’s View of Human Development from Morphogenesis of the Brain in Embryo to Emergence of Behaviors in Infants
Prof. Gentaro Taga (University of Tokyo & KLI) will be giving a KLI Colloquium on 1 March, 3.00 pm.
2022-04-14
Imagining a Post-Climate-Crisis Future
Mika TOSCA (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), 21 April 2022, 4.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2019-07-22
Inferring the Early History of the Bantu Expansion from Languages and Genes with Approximate Bayesian Computation
KLI Colloquium: Igor YANOVICH (Tübingen University), 5 September, 12.00 pm/noon
2018-04-10
Influence of Diet Texture on Human Facial and Mandibular Variation: South America as a Study Case
KLI Colloquium: Lumila Menéndez (University of Tübingen), 19 April, 3.00 pm
2021-03-30
Inherency and Agency in the Evolution of Development
Stuart A. NEWMAN (New York Medical College), 8 April 2021, 4.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2023-12-03
Integrating evolution and social-ecological systems, in theory
A new paper from the KLI working group brings together social-ecological systems research and evolutionary theory with the aim of building a more integrated and effective science for sustainability.
2018-03-06
Interdisciplinarity in the Life Sciences and their Philosophy
TRAVEL FUNDS AVAILABLE! The 5th EASPLS has been selected as ISHPSSB Off-Year Workshop. Application Deadline is extended to March 31st. Travel funds are available (please contact the ISHPSSB treasurer for further information)!
2019-09-23
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Challenges and Capacities
KLI Colloquium by Rebecca FREETH (IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam): 1 October, 2019, 5.00 pm
2024-05-17
Interdisciplinary Symposium on Neuroscience and Philosophy on 24 June 2024: Too complex to understand? Bridging neuroscience and philosophy to build new tools to study the brain
This is a Satellite Symposium that takes place ahead of the FENS Forum 2024 and ventures into the intersection between neuroscience and philosophy. Date: 24 June 2024, Time: 3.00–7.00 pm, Venue: Sky Lounge, University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna.
The sessions are chaired by: Igor Branchi, Isabella Sarto-Jackson, Markus Kunze, Thomas Bugnyar, Jan-Pieter Konsman, Fátima Sofia Ávila-Cascajares. Due to space limitation, please register for this event! (Click on title for details)
2024-03-18
Intersecting Health Promotion and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research: Challenges and Opportunities
Jana SEMRAU (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2024-03-25 15:00 (CET).
2023-12-13
Interview in Biosemiotics: Gerd B. Müller on Theoretical Biology
Gerd B. Müller, president of the KLI, was recently interviewed by Kalevi Kull on theoretical biology and the development and vision of the KLI.
2024-04-12
Interview with Barbara Fischer
Barbara Fischer joined the KLI on the 1st of April as the Group Leader (Evolutionary Biology). She talks to Joyshree Chanam about her earlier time at the KLI as a post-doctoral fellow, and her current role at the institute.
2024-01-11
Interview: Philosophy in and for sustainability science
Guido Caniglia on doing philosophy in and for sustainability science for the Society for Philosophy of science in practice (SPSP).
2023-03-13
Interview: Why matter matters when it comes to minds: a conversation with David Harrison
David Harrison talks about the core philosophical insights, the practical implications, and the motivations behind their new paper: “Mind the matter: Active matter, soft robotics, and the making of bio-inspired artificial intelligence.”
2020-12-03
Investigation of the History and Philosophy of Cybernetics in Biology, Yields More Than Just a Theory of Machines
Flavia FABRIS (KLI), 10 December 2020, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-04-02
Is knowledge just another buzzword in the sustainability sciences?
New systematic review by Apetrei, Caniglia, von Wehrden, and Lang analyzes five different entry points by which knowledge is approached by the sustainability sciences.
2019-09-04
Is the cell really a machine?
The latest article by KLI Senior Fellow Dan Nicholson has been highly recommended in F1000Prime as being of "exceptional significance" in its field by two F1000 Faculty Members.