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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.
2021-09-01
New Oxford Bibliography entry on Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Gerd B. Müller and Ehab Abouheif's new entry on evo-devo offers an introduction to characteristic themes and highlights selected papers that address crucial conceptual aspects.
2021-09-01
KLI fellow Nicole Grunstra part of four new papers on the evolution of the human pelvis
Spring 2021 was an exciting time for pelvis research with four new papers on the evolution of the human pelvis and birth canal.
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