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2021-07-01
ISHPSSB 2021 Werner Callebaut Prize awarded to Marina DiMarco
Marina DiMarco's winning paper - (re)Producing mtEve - was presented at ISHPSSB 2019
2021-06-26
Rethinking Cancer with Bernhard Strauss
Bernhard Strauss, co-editor of Rethinking Cancer: a New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era, talks about theory change, the KLI Altenberg workshop, highlights of the book chapters, and exciting new steps.
2021-06-25
Foundations for Sustainability
Brian FATH (Towson University, Maryland & IIASA, Laxenburg), 1 July 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-06-24
VienNature: a Vienna Nature Exhibition
KLI alumnus Wim Hordijk unveils his nature photography in VienNature: a Vienna Nature Exhibition
2021-06-23
The obstetrical dilemma: taking a closer look with Nicole Grunstra
Why is birthing so difficult in humans and why is giving birth such a risky business? An interview with KLI fellow Nicole Grunstra on why it is still important to talk about the obstetrical dilemma.
2021-06-23
The value of mentorship: imagination, theory, and practice
KLI fellows Stephanie Schnorr and Nicole Grunstra initiated a KLI Lab to think about mentorship in academia. They brought an embodied and an evolutionary perspective to the table.
2021-06-22
Cancer and the environment: a critical review by Roberto Cazzolla Gatti
KLI fellow Roberto Cazzolla Gatti reviews what we know about carcinogens in the air, water, and soil.
2021-06-20
Jacob Weger on ontologies of environmental governance
KLI fellow Jacob Weger and colleagues examine the ontological assumptions underlying modern environmental governance and look to other cultures for alternative ways to create a more just and sustainable world.
2021-06-17
Pregnant Females as Historical Individuals: An Insight from the Philosophy of Evo-Devo
Mihaela PAVLICEV (University of Vienna), Laura NUÑO DE LA ROSA (Complutense University of Madrid), & Arantza ETXEBERRÍA AGIRIANO (University of the Basque Country),
24 June 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-06-11
Multiple Approaches to Understanding Human Pelvic Evolution – A Reappraisal of the Obstetrical Dilemma
Nicole GRUNSTRA (KLI), 17 June 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-06-08
The 2020 KLI Annual Report is Here!
Compiled each year by Isabella Sarto-Jackson, the KLI Annual Report is here.
2021-06-01
Values in Science: Where Are We Now?
Naomi ORESKES (Harvard University), 10 June 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-06-01
June issue of Biological Theory
Biological Theory’s June issue (16:2) is now available online.
2021-05-18
Opening Up Science in Museums – Experiences and Challenges
Katrin VOHLAND (Natural History Museum, Vienna), 27 May 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-05-12
Building a Healthy (Microbial) Community: Establishment of the Gut Microbiota in Infants and its Role in Immune and Brain Development
David BERRY (University of Vienna), 20 May 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-04-29
ClimArtLab Virtual Exhibition
Take part in experimental Zoom sessions to co-develop new ways of understanding climate change. Bring along a needle, thread, and curiosity. Registration now open.
2021-04-27
COVID-19 heralds a new epistemology of science for the public good
New paper in HPLS calls for change and action in the world of science and research from the privileged position of white academics working in wealthy western scientific institutions
2021-04-26
New book in Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology: Rethinking Cancer
Leading scientists argue for a new paradigm for cancer research, proposing a complex systems view of cancer supported by empirical evidence.
2021-04-22
Announcing Evolutionary Developmental Biology: A Reference Guide
Laura Nuño de la Rosa and Gerd B. Müller brought together an integrated set of reflections on major current issues in evo-devo
2021-04-22
Evolutionary Political Economy: Transformation and Simulation
Manuel SCHOLZ-WÄCKERLE (Vienna University of Economics and Business), 29 April 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.