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2024-01-07
The Pathogenic Niche: An Empowering Concept of Environment for Health Studies
Francesca MERLIN (CNRS), 2024-01-18 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2024-01-05
New paper: Social phenomena as a challenge to the scaling-up problem
KLI fellow Enrico Petracca questions the problem’s main assumption: That cognitive phenomena can be categorized based on their inherent complexity or representation-hunger.
2024-01-03
Knowledge Production in Times of Crises: Transdisciplinary Research in Austria
Marianne PENKER (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences), 2024-01-11 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2024-01-02
Collaboration and knowledge co-production: Guido Caniglia visits the Centre for Sustainability Transitions
The Centre for Sustainability Transitions (CST) in Stellenbosch, South Africa, interviewed Guido Caniglia on sustainability challenges.
2023-12-13
Interview in Biosemiotics: Gerd B. Müller on Theoretical Biology
Gerd B. Müller, president of the KLI, was recently interviewed by Kalevi Kull on theoretical biology and the development and vision of the KLI.
2023-12-03
Integrating evolution and social-ecological systems, in theory
A new paper from the KLI working group brings together social-ecological systems research and evolutionary theory with the aim of building a more integrated and effective science for sustainability.
2023-11-21
Structure, Collective Action, and Gestaltung: The Science and Art of Transdisciplinarity and Its Scientific Impact
Alfred RÜTTEN (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg), 2023-11-30 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-11-20
New paper: A new concept for social-ecological niche construction and its sustainability
A new article co-authored by Guido Caniglia combines niche construction theory with social-ecological systems science to better understand the relationships between sociocultural and environmental co-evolutionary processes that have led to the current planetary crisis.
2023-11-14
Socio-Epistemic and Material Pathways to Novelty and Innovation
Markus PESCHL (University of Vienna), 2023-11-23 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-11-05
Searching for the Boundaries of Brain Circuit Disorders
Marco TREVEN (Medical University of Vienna), 2023-11-16 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-11-02
Lab Excursion: Cognitive science students visit the KLI
Students of the Middle European interdisciplinary master’s programme in Cognitive Science (MEi:CogSci) at the University of Vienna visited the KLI.
2023-11-01
New interdisciplinary project: Climate adaption strategies across the EU horizon
Several KLI fellows have come together in summer 2023 to work on an interdisciplinary project on climate adaption strategies funded by the Social Science & Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence (SSH Centre).
2023-10-23
Cognitive Science Students Visit the KLI Theory Lab
Visit to the KLI Theory Lab – 25 Oct, 2.00 – 5.00 pm
2023-10-10
Challenges Towards a Truly Inclusive Research Culture: Realisations from a Feminist Science Media Project in India
Aashima DOGRA (independent science communicator), 2023-10-19 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-10-10
The 40th Altenberg Workshop: Directionality in Genomics and Macroevolution
Recently, the KLI hosted the 40th Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology entitled "Directionality in Genomics and Macroevolution", organised by Laura Nuno de la Rosa, Craig Lowe, Adi Livnat and Beckett Sterner.
2023-10-08
Welcoming Ludo Schoenmakers to the KLI
Schoenmakers’ project “The Origins of Evolution” examines the application of evolutionary theory to the origin and early development of life.
2023-09-28
Save the dates! Announcing the 2023-24 fall-winter colloquium series
The 2023-24 fall-winter KLI colloquium series will resume in October with a great line-up of speakers.
2023-09-26
Extrapolating Animal Consciousness
Tudor BAETU (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada), 2023-10-03 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-09-24
Conferences: Travelling ideas
The KLI fellows and team travelled to lots of conferences this summer, sharing insights from their research and discussing promising new endeavours with the international community.
2023-09-22
Vienna Science Studies Lab
The Vienna Science Studies Lab reading group continues and the lab will be expanded, hosting meetings on works in progress to enable constructive feedback.