KLI Colloquium: Kim STERELNY (Australian National University, Canberra), 15 October 2019, 5.00 pm

"When you eat your daily meal do you ever ask yourself, where do the ingredients come from?" KLI fellow Christian Dorninger works on the biophysical and mental connectedness between humans and nature, with implications for sustainability studies.

Pictorial memories of an event organized by the Globart Academy & KLI. A journey through different periods that surround us in the anthropocene.

KLI "Current Research Talk" by Daniel NICHOLSON (KLI): 8 October 2019, 5.00 pm

"What if I told you that 19th century poet & playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has something important to contribute to biology today?" KLI Alum (IHPST, University of Toronto) introduces us to an organism-centric philosophy of biology.

KLI Colloquium by Rebecca FREETH (IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam): 1 October, 2019, 5.00 pm

The joint workshop co-organized by the KLI, Complexity Science Hub, CGSC, and Leuphana University takes place 12 – 13 September 2019 at the KLI.

The latest article by KLI Senior Fellow Dan Nicholson has been highly recommended in F1000Prime as being of "exceptional significance" in its field by two F1000 Faculty Members.

New blog by Rebecca Freeth (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam) and Guido Caniglia (KLI)

KLI Colloquium: Roberto Cazzolla Gatti (Tomsk State University), 3 September, 5.00 pm

Public Event to kick-off the KLI / Complexity Hub Workshop "Sustainability as a Problem of Complexity: Past, Present and Future of Sustainability Science in the Anthropocene" (12 –13 September 2019)

As a young student in Russia, Alexander Oparin learned about Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. However, even though it was a convincing theory of how life on earth had evolved, it did not have anything to say about how it started.

What is life? Where did it come from? Is it all part of a divine master plan, or was it a spectacular chemical “accident”?

We welcome Maria Cerezo (University of Murcia) to the KLI who will work on her project "Interactions between Metaphysics and Biology: Some Study-Cases in Molecular, Developmental and Evolutionary Biology" from July 30th to September 3rd.

KLI Colloquium: Igor YANOVICH (Tübingen University), 5 September, 12.00 pm/noon

We are proud to announce that KLI Postdoctoral Fellow Sidney Carls-Diamante was awarded the WERNER CALLEBAUT PRIZE 2019 by the ISHPSSB committee for her publication "Make Up Your Mind: Octopus Cognition and Hybrid Explanation" published in Synthese.

We welcome Chia-Hua Lin to the KLI who will work on her project "The Migrations of Game Theory and Formal Language Theory: Understanding the Crossdisciplinary Use of Mathematical Constructs, Its Epistemic Opportunities and Risks" from July 15th to September 30th.

Join us for the panel discussion at the ISHPSSB Meeting 2019 in Oslo: Wednesday, 10 July 9.00 am – 10.30 am

The ISHPSSB Education Committee has organized small group sessions on professional development taking place on Tuesday July 9th, 12.30 to 14.30 at the ISHPSSB Meeting 2019 in Oslo.

Current Research Talk in the KLI Colloquium series: Wim HORDIJK (KLI), 3 July, 4.00 pm.