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.
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Meeting ID: 588 186 1923
Fall-Winter 2026/27 KLI Colloquium Series
1 October 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET 
Scientific Integration as Fit: The Developmental Biases of Interdisciplinarity
Olesya BONDARENKO (KLI)
8 October 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
The Role of Conversational Cues in the Co-Evolution of Language and Cooperation
Theresa MATZINGER (University of Vienna)
5 November 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Kin Matters: An Intervention in the Fragile Sciences
Robert A. WILSON (University of Western Australia)
19 November 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Modeling the Evolution of Human Early Embryogenesis with Stem Cells
Nicolas RIVRON (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology/IMBA, Vienna)
3 December 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Peter TURCHIN (Complexity Science Hub, Vienna)
10 December 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
On the Cultural Macroevolution of Intentional Cranial Modifications
Marcelo SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA (University of Zurich)
14 January 2027 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
DNA from Archaeological Sediments as a Tracer for Past Societies
Benjamin VERNOT (University of Vienna)
28 January 2027 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Beyond Fear: How the Amygdala Links Interoception and Exteroception
Ronald SLADKY (University of Vienna)
KLI Colloquia 2014 – 2026
Event Details
The Vienna Science Studies Lab is an intra-institution initiative hosted by the Konrad Lorenz Institute (KLI), the UPSalon (University of Vienna), and the Epistemology of the In/human Project at Central European University (CEU).
Homepage: https://sciencestudieslab.wordpress.com/
One focus will be on feminist Science-Technology-Society (STS) methodology and we will start with the format of a reading group, meeting twice a year. Everyone is welcome!
First meeting
The first meeting will be 29th November, 1:30-3.00
Location: Café Gagarin Garnisongasse 24, 1090 Wien, https://cafegagarin.at/
Reading: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429507731-23/feminist-science-people-sara-giordano It’s a chapter by Sara Giordano in The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Science.
Please let us know whether you’ll attend so we can make according reservations.
Second meeting
The next meeting will happen on 6th March, 3:00-5:00.
Location: Café Gagarin, Garnisongasse 24, 1090 Wien.
Reading: Embodiments of Sex and Gender: The Metaphors of Speaking Surfaces, by Gabrielle Benette Jackson. In: Jennifer McWeeny and Keya Maitra. Feminist Philosophy of the Mind.
Please let us know whether you’ll attend by replying to Sophie, and we will send a pdf of the reading.
Third meeting
The next meeting will happen on 3rd July 2023, 3:00-5:00.
Location: KLI, Martinstraße 12, 3400 Klosterneuburg
Reading: Liboiron, M. (2021). Pollution is Colonialism. Duke University Press, Durham.
We are reading the Introduction.
Liboiron, Max (2021). CLEAR Lab Book: A living manual of our values, guidelines, and protocols (Version 3). Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Please let us know whether you’ll attend by replying to Sophie (sophie.juliane.veigl@univie.ac.at) or Laura (laura.menatti@gmail.com).
