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
Spring-Summer 2026 KLI Colloquium Series
12 March 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
What Is Biological Modality, and What Has It Got to Do With Psychology?
Carrie Figdor (University of Iowa)
26 March 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
The Science of an Evolutionary Transition in Humans
Tim Waring (University of Maine)
9 April 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Hierarchies and Power in Primatology and Their Populist Appropriation
Rebekka Hufendiek (Ulm University)
16 April 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
A Metaphysics for Dialectical Biology
Denis Walsh (University of Toronto)
30 April 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
What's in a Trait? Reconceptualizing Neurodevelopmental Timing by Seizing Insights From Philosophy
Isabella Sarto-Jackson (KLI)
7 May 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
The Evolutionary Trajectory of Human Hippocampal-Cortical Interactions
Daniel Reznik (Max Planck Society)
21 May 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Why Directionality Emerged in Multicellular Differentiation
Somya Mani (KLI)
28 May 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
The Interplay of Tissue Mechanics and Gene Regulatory Networks in the Evolution of Morphogenesis
James DiFrisco (Francis Crick Institute)
11 June 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Brave Genomes: Genome Plasticity in the Face of Environmental Challenge
Silvia Bulgheresi (University of Vienna)
25 June 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Anne LeMaitre (KLI)
KLI Colloquia 2014 – 2026
Event Details
WHAT IS THEORETICAL BIOLOGY?
A symposium celebrating Rupert Riedl's 100th anniversary
16 June 2025
Program:
9:30 Welcome
9:35–10:15 Gerd Müller: Rupert Riedl and the Austrian School of Theoretical Biology
10:15–10:55 Manfred Laubichler: The International Context of Theoretical Biology
10:55–11:20 Coffee Break
11:20–12:00 Mihaela Pavličev: The Role of Riedl’s Systems Theory for Today's Evolutionary Biology
12:00–12:40 Philipp Mitteroecker: Theoretical Biology and Morphometrics: On the Generation and
Canalization of Morphological Variation During Development
12:40–14:30 Lunch at the KLI
14:30–15:10 Laura Nuño de la Rosa: The Evolvability of Riedl's Ideas
15:10–15:50 Kalevi Kull: Towards Semiotics in Theoretical Biology
15:50–16:15 Coffee Break
16:15–16:55 Jan Baedke: O Theory Where Art Thou? The Changing Role of Theory in
Theoretical Biology in the 20th Century and Beyond
16:55–17:35 Discussion: The Future of Theoretical Biology
Barbara Fischer, Gregory Radick, Eörs Szathmary, Günter Wagner
17:35 Reception
Due to limited availability of seats, we ask you to register for this event:
