The KLI support international groups of scholars in the life sciences working on interdisciplinary projects to conduct their groundbreaking research at the institute. KLI Focus Groups and Working Groups aim to develop ideas on a particular subject and generate suggestions for action. The participants have different scientific backgrounds and strive to develop specific, practical goals.
Working Groups & Focus Groups
KLI Colloquia
2027-01-28 15:00 - 2027-01-28 16:30
Beyond Fear: How the Amygdala Links Interoception and Exteroception
Ronald SLADKY (University of Vienna)
Zoom
KLI Colloquia
2027-01-14 15:00 - 2027-01-14 16:30
DNA from Archaeological Sediments as a Tracer for Past Societies
Benjamin VERNOT (University of Vienna)
Zoom
KLI Brown Bag
2026-12-10 15:00 - 2026-12-10 16:30
On the Cultural Macroevolution of Intentional Cranial Modifications
Marcelo SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA (University of Zurich)
Zoom
KLI Colloquia
2026-12-03 15:00 - 2026-12-03 16:30
The Great Holocene Transformation: What Complexity Science Tells Us About The Evolution of Complex Societies
Peter TURCHIN (Complexity Science Hub, Vienna)
Zoom
KLI Colloquia
2026-11-19 15:00 - 2026-11-19 16:30
Title tba
Nicolas RIVRON (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology/IMBA, Vienna)
Zoom
KLI Colloquia
2026-11-05 15:00 - 2026-09-04 16:30
Kin Matters: An Intervention in the Fragile Sciences
Roberr A. WILSON (University of Western Australia)
Zoom
KLI Colloquia
2026-10-08 15:00 - 2026-10-08 16:30
The Role of Conversational Cues in the Co-Evolution of Language and Cooperation
Theresa MATZINGER (University of Vienna)
Zoom
KLI Colloquia
2026-10-01 15:00 - 2026-10-01 16:30
Scientific Integration as Fit: The Developmental Biases of Interdisciplinarity
Olesya BONDARENKO (KLI)
Zoom
Summer School
2026-09-07 12:00 - 2026-09-11 12:00
8th EASPLS
Philosophy of Biology for a Healthy Planet
KLI
KLI Special Event
2026-07-04 17:00 - 2026-07-04 17:45
Morphometrics Seminar: Strength in Numbers
Philipp Gunz (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2026-06-25 15:00 - 2026-06-25 16:30
The Evolvability of the Mammalian Ear: From Microevolutionary Variation to Macroevolutionary Patterns
Anne LE MAITRE (KLI)
Hybrid
Altenberg Workshop
2026-06-16 17:00 - 2026-06-19 14:00
The Developmental Origins of Evolvability
45th Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2026-06-11 15:00 - 2026-06-11 16:30
Brave Genomes: Genome Plasticity in the Face of Environmental Challenge
Silvia BULGHERESI (University of Vienna)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-05-28 15:00 - 2026-05-28 16:30
The Interplay of Tissue Mechanics and Gene Regulatory Networks in the Evolution of Morphogenesis
James DIFRISCO (Francis Crick Institute, London)
KLI
KLI Colloquia
2026-05-21 15:00 - 2026-05-21 16:30
Why Directionality Emerged in Multicellular Differentiation
Somya MANI (KLI)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-05-07 15:00 - 2026-05-07 16:30
The Evolutionary Trajectory of Human Hippocampal-Cortical Interactions
Daniel REZNIK (Max Planck Society, Leipzig)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-04-30 15:00 - 2026-04-30 16:30
What's in a Trait? Reconceptualizing Neurodevelopmental Timing by Seizing Insights From Philosophy
Isabella SARTO-JACKSON (KLI)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-04-16 15:00 - 2026-04-16 16:30
A Metaphysics for Dialectical Biology
Denis WALSH (University of Toronto)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-04-09 15:00 - 2026-04-09 16:30
Hierarchies and Power in Primatology and Their Populist Appropriations
Rebekka HUFENDIEK (Ulm University)
Hybrid
KLI Colloquia
2026-03-26 15:00 - 2026-03-26 16:30
The Science of an Evolutionary Transition in Humans
Tim WARING (University of Maine)
Hybrid