Events

KLI Colloquia are invited research talks of about an hour followed by 30 min discussion. The talks are held in English, open to the public, and offered in hybrid format. 

 

Fall-Winter 2025-2026 KLI Colloquium Series

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Meeting ID: 588 186 1923

 

25 Sept 2025 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET

A Dynamic Canvas Model of Butterfly and Moth Color Patterns

Richard Gawne (Nevada State Museum)

 

14 Oct 2025 (Tues) 3-4:30 PM CET

Vienna, the Laboratory of Modernity

Richard Cockett (The Economist)

 

23 Oct 2025 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET

How Darwinian is Darwinian Enough? The Case of Evolution and the Origins of Life

Ludo Schoenmakers (KLI)

 

6 Nov (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET

Common Knowledge Considered as Cause and Effect of Behavioral Modernity

Ronald Planer (University of Wollongong)

 

20 Nov (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET

Rates of Evolution, Time Scaling, and the Decoupling of Micro- and Macroevolution

Thomas Hansen (University of Oslo)

 

4 Dec (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET

Chance, Necessity, and the Evolution of Evolvability

Cristina Villegas (KLI)

 

8 Jan 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET

Embodied Rationality: Normative and Evolutionary Foundations

Enrico Petracca (KLI)

 

15 Jan 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET

On Experimental Models of Developmental Plasticity and Evolutionary Novelty

Patricia Beldade (Lisbon University)

 

29 Jan 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET

O Theory Where Art Thou? The Changing Role of Theory in Theoretical Biology in the 20th Century and Beyond

Jan Baedke (Ruhr University Bochum)

Event Details

Summer School
Virtual Mentoring Sessions EASPLS 2020
EASPLS 2020
2020-09-07 12:00 - 2020-09-11 12:00
Online Event
Organized by KLI & EASPLS Consortium
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to cancel this year's European Advanced Seminar in the Philosophy of Life Sciences with the title “Dealing with Complexity in the Life Sciences”. The seminar was supposed to take place Sep.7-11, 2020 at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI), close to Vienna. We also announce that the next in-person EASPLS will take place in 2022 at the KLI. 
 
However, the EASPLS Consortium is committed to support early career researchers working in the philosophy of the life sciences in a different way. Between September 7 and September 11, each of the instructors will offer a mentoring session of two hours each. Priority will be given to those who have applied for EASPLS 2020. If seats are still available, it will be possible for other early career scholars to sign in. We will circulate information about the details of the mentoring sessions (exact times, topics, how to register, specific topics etc.) before June 30.
 
The instructors who will be offering mentoring sessions are:
  • Giovanni Boniolo (University of Ferrara)
  • Guido Caniglia (KLI Klosterneuburg)
  • John Dupré (University of Exeter)
  • Sara Green (University of Copenhagen)
  • Philippe Huneman (CNRS/Paris-Sorbonne University)
  • Maël Lemoine (University of Bordeaux)
  • Sabina Leonelli (University of Exeter)
  • Thomas Reydon (Leibniz University Hannover)
  • Federica Russo (University of Amsterdam)
  • Isabella Sarto-Jackson (KLI Klosterneuburg)
  • Jon Umerez (University of the Basque Country)
  • Marcel Weber (University of Geneva)
We will be in touch with more information soon. 
 
Guido Caniglia and Marcel Weber (summer school directors on behalf of the EASPLS Consortium)