News
2020-07-17
Casting doubt on certifications for sustainable palm oil production
Analyzing over three decades of high-resolution satellite images, Cazzolla Gatti and Velichevskaya argue that the "sustainable palm oil" certification can greenwash the production of this tropical crop.
2020-06-24
Global Inequality and the Post-Growth Imperative: Rethinking Development Economics in the Age of Climate Breakdown
Virtual KLI Colloquium: Jason HICKEL (University of London), 7 July 2020, 5.00 pm. To join our online colloquium please register with Zoom. Deadline for the registration: 3 pm on the day of the talk—no admission in the room after 5:05 pm!
2020-06-22
Eco-Evo-Devo in Action: Parasite-Induced Morphologies in Ants
Virtual KLI Colloquium: Alice LACINY (KLI), 30 June 2020, 5.00 pm. To join our online colloquium please register with Zoom. Deadline for the registration: 3 pm on the day of the talk—no admission in the room after 5:05 pm!
2020-06-16
Living up to the Ethics of Cross-Cultural Research During Biological Sampling With Vulnerable Communities in the Era of “-Omics” and Big-Data Research
Virtual KLI Colloquium: Stephanie SCHNORR (University of Nevada & KLI, Klosterneuburg) & Alyssa CRITTENDEN (University of Nevada), 23 June 2020, 5.00 pm.
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Deadline for the registration: 3 pm on the day of the talk—no admission in the room after 5:05 pm!
2020-06-15
A new niche emergence theory for economics
The new niche theory argues that economics - like ecology – autocatalytically emerges and strongly depends on cooperation.
2020-06-09
Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
Virtual KLI Colloquium: Martin KUSCH (University of Vienna), 16 June 2020, 5.00 pm. [br] To join our online colloquium please register with Zoom. [br]
Deadline for the registration: 3 pm on the day of the talk—no admission in the room after 5:05 pm!
2020-05-27
Unraveling an evolutionary puzzle of the mammalian ear
How can an intricately complex and interlocked structure evolve such amazing functional diversity in mammals? Latest work co-authored by KLI fellow Nicole Grunstra talks about the evolution and evolvability of the mammalian ear.
2020-05-24
Philosophical Aspects of the Species Problem and Their Bearing on Comparative Biology
Virtual KLI Colloquium: Frank ZACHOS (Natural History Museum, Vienna), 2 June 2020, 5.00 pm. [br]
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2020-05-14
Sustainability Science as a Management Science: Beyond the Natural-Social Divide
VIRTUAL KLI COLLOQUIUM: Michiru NAGATSU (University of Helsinki), 29 May, 5.00 pm. [br]
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2020-05-11
A Perfect Storm: Climate Change, Emerging Disease, Us
Virtual KLI Colloquium: Daniel BROOKS (University of Toronto), 26 May 2020, 5.00 pm. [br]
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2020-04-24
Optimal Model Complexity in Sustainability Science
VIRTUAL KLI COLLOQUIUM: Alkistis ELLIOTT-GRAVES (University of Helsinki), 28 April, 5.00 pm. For pre-registered participants only!
2020-04-22
Manfred Laubichler: This time of disruption is also one of opportunity.
Can the COVID-19 pandemic trigger pathways toward sustainable global futures?
2020-04-14
Social Immunity
VIRTUAL KLI COLLOQUIUM: Sylvia CREMER (IST Austria), 21 April, 5.00 pm. For pre-registered participants only!
2020-04-13
When evolutionary theory meets social-ecological systems: An interview with Tim Waring
What is a social-ecological system? How does it connect to evolutionary theorizing? Co-organizer Tim Waring explains the backstory and hopes for the KLI working group: Evolutionary Theories for Social-Ecological Change.
2020-04-01
Converging Concepts of Evolutionary Epistemology and Cognitive Biology within a Framework of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
VIRTUAL KLI COLLOQUIUM: Isabella Sarto-Jackson (KLI), 14 April, 5.00 pm.
For pre-registered participants only!
2020-03-27
Kicking off a new KLI Working Group: Evolutionary Theories for Social-Ecological Change
The working group explores the value of evolutionary mechanisms for explaining complex social-ecological change.
2020-03-24
Addressing Global Challenges Through Participation? The Epistemology of International Development
VIRTUAL KLI COLLOQUIUM: David LUDWIG (Wageningen University), 31 March, 5.00 pm
2020-03-05
Macaque Variation: Local Adaptation or Plasticity?
VIRTUAL KLI Colloquium: Sarah ELTON (Durham University), 17 March 2020, 5.00 pm.
Email registration required.
2020-02-19
Social-Ecological Perspectives on Forest Transitions
KLI Colloquium: Simone GINGRICH (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna), 3 March 2020, 5.00 pm
2020-02-19
The Evolution of the Female Orgasm
KLI Colloquium: Mihaela PAVLICEV (University of Vienna), 10 March 2020, 5.00 pm