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2021-12-16
When evodevo meets music, philosophy, and the cognitive sciences- meet Luis Alejandro Villanueva Hernández
KLI fellow Alejandro Villanueva Hernández talks about how he combines music- both through research and performances- with philosophy of the biological and cognitive sciences.
2021-12-06
Biobus – Driving Community Science and Education
Christine MARIZZI (BioBus, Inc & Austrian Scientists in New York (ASciNA)), 9 December 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-11-26
Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences: an interview with the editors
A book that investigates key issues on levels of organization, including new thinking on downward causation, dynamical autonomy, and compositionality in complex biological systems.
2021-11-25
Evolutionary biologist Daniel Brooks visits the KLI
In November, we welcomed Prof. Daniel R Brooks into the KLI as a visitor. Prof Brooks is an evolutionary biologist who pioneered the integration of phylogenetic information and ecology and behavior, with a personal focus on parasite-host systems.
2021-11-22
Historian of economic thought Antoine Missemer visits the KLI
In October, we welcomed the visiting fellow Antoine Missemer at the KLI. Antoine is a historian of economic thought based at the International Center for Research on Environment and Development (CIRED/CNRS) in Paris.
2021-11-19
Global Epistemologies and Philosophies of Science
Meet the Editors & Authors, 1 December 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-11-11
Surviving the Anthropocene; A Darwinian Guide
Daniel R. BROOKS (University of Toronto), 18 November 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-11-03
Two Dogmas of Molecular Biology: What Is the Explanatory Role of the Sequence – Structure-Function Relationship?
Gregor GRESLEHNER (University of Vienna), 11 November 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-11-01
Evolutionary anthropologist Nicole Torres Tamayo visits the KLI
Her KLI Visiting Fellowship facilitated a collaborative project with resident KLI Fellow and evolutionary anthropologist Nicole Grunstra on the adaptive covariation between pelvic and thoracic morphology in humans.
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.
2021-10-08
Why citizen science is integral to infectious disease prevention
KLI fellow Orsolya Bajer-Molnár integrates citizen science into a research program that allows us to Document, Assess, Monitor, and Act on emerging infectious diseases.
2021-10-08
Resilience knowledge in action or resilience actions in knowledge?
KLI fellow Rongkun Liu's knowledge-to-action projects in China illustrate how hybrid knowledge systems can enhance community resilience to socio-ecological changes.
2021-10-07
Why words matter: communicating science through public engagement and poetry
We asked Alice how outreach engagement and art interweave with her life as a scientist.
2021-10-07
The October issue of our KLife Newsletter is out!
Check out our new colloquium schedule & enjoy the insightful essays, interviews, & papers from our fellows
2021-10-06
Understanding vaccine-hesitancy
KLI alumnae Lisa Lehner investigates the complex factors that mediate the processing and distribution of vaccine information by studying midwives in Austria.
2021-10-06
Announcing the 2021-2022 Fall-Winter Colloquium
Featuring six talks and three special colloquia
2021-10-05
Old ideas for current challenges: Ecological neo-Narodnism and the peasant economy in the 21st century
What is Ecological neo-Narodnism and how does it contribute to solving contemporary social and environmental challenges? Marco P. Vianna Franco explains.
2021-10-04
Neurodiversity and anthropomorphism in social insect research
Alice Laciny's new fellowship explores how the perceptions and approaches of neurodivergent researchers come into play within social insect research.
2021-10-01
New thematic issue of Biological Theory: Evolution of Kinship Systems
The September issue of our journal, Biological Theory, is now out.
2021-09-01
New book in Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology: Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences
Edited by Daniel S. Brooks, James DiFrisco, and William C. Wimsatt, the new book examines a core structural principle in the biological sciences- the nature and significance of levels of organization.