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2022-10-30
Development and Ultimate Causes
Cristina VILLEGAS (KLI), 3 November 2022, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2017-10-25
Die Moral hinter der Gen-Schere
So einfach wie mit CRISPR/Cas9 konnte man noch nie genetische Veränderungen durchführen. Wissenschafter fordern eine demokratische Entscheidung darüber, wann die Technologie angewandt werden darf.
2022-04-24
Dissecting Female: Towards a Queer Feminist Approach to Research on Sexual Reproduction
Caitlin McDONOUGH-GOLDSTEIN (University of Vienna), 28 April 2022, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2020-12-18
Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment
When fellows in isolation joined forces to write together, we witnessed the birth of an unprecedented institution-wide collaboration
2021-10-20
Do Economic Words Harm Sustainability? Some Lessons from Conceptual History
Antoine MISSEMER (CNRS, Paris ), 28 October 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-03-25
Does baby size matter? Unexpected similarities in human and chimpanzee pelvises
Chimpanzees appear to possess similar obstetric adaptations in their pelvis as humans, despite giving birth to much smaller babies. KLI fellow Nicole Grunstra explains these findings under a facilitated variation hypothesis.
2018-11-12
Dynamics and Stability of Multicultures. A theoretical perspective based on Language Games.
KLI Colloquium: Harold de VLADAR (KLI), Thursday 15 November, 3.00 pm.
2018-08-31
EASPLS 2018 Abstract Booklet
The European Advanced Seminar in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences will take place at the KLI from 10 to 14 September. The program and abstract booklet is now available!
2020-09-03
EASPLS 2020 – Mentoring Sessions
EASPLS Consortium is committed to support early career researchers working in the philosophy of the life sciences by offering virtual mentoring sessions (from 7 to 11 September 2020) on highly relevant topics for young researchers.
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!
2020-11-05
Ecological utopianism in Narodnik thought: Nikolay Chernyshevsky and the redemption of land
New paper by KLI fellow Marco P. Vianna Franco situates Nikolay Chernyshevsky's work in the history of ecological economic thought.
2020-11-11
Ecomorphological study of the cranial variation in prehistoric populations from Peru
New paper by Lumila Menéndez investigates the cranial variation in prehistoric populations from Peru.
2022-05-05
EDI Matters: How Institutions Reap Tangible Benefits by Investing in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Kevin LALAND (University of St. Andrews), 12 May 2022, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2025-09-05
Elis Jones awarded the prestigious Callebaut Prize at the ISHPSSB 2025, Porto
We are pleased to share that KLI alumnus Elis Jones was awarded the prestigious Callebaut Prize for Interdisciplinary Research at the ISHPSSB 2025, held in Porto, Portugal, in July. The prize is supported by the KLI, in honour of philosopher Werner Callebaut, who also served as Scientific Director of the KLI from 1999 to 2014. The KLI congratulates Elis to this success! (Click on title to read more.)
2020-07-20
Elise Richter Grant for KLI Alumn Barbara FISCHER
Congratulations to KLI Alumn Barbara FISCHER (University of Vienna) who received an Elise Richter Grant by the Austrian National Fund (FWF) for her project "Why is childbirth so difficult in humans?"
2026-01-05
Embodied Rationality: Normative and Evolutionary Foundations
Enrico PETRACCA (KLI), 2026-01-08 15:00 (CET). Please join our colloquium via Zoom!
2020-11-10
Emergence of scientific understanding in real-time ecological research practice
KLI fellow Luana Poliseli develops a nuanced account of scientific understanding grounded in ethnographic studies.
2019-02-25
Engineering Human Nature in the Paleolithic: Constructing the Niche of Shared Intentionality
KLI Colloquium: Ivan GONZALEZ-CABRERA (KLI), 12 March, 5.00 pm
2019-12-12
Environment and Success in Human Evolution
KLI Lab: Hugh DESMOND (KU Leuven), Friday 13 December, 12.00 pm.
2019-01-21
Eternity Costs and Wicked Legacies: Unacknowledged constraints to a sustainability transformation?
KLI Colloquium: Verena WINIWARTER (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna), 26 February, 5.00 pm.