KLI Colloquia are invited research talks of about an hour followed by 30 min discussion. The talks are held in English, open to the public, and offered in hybrid format.
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Meeting ID: 588 186 1923
Fall–Winter 2026/27 KLI Colloquium Series
1 October 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Scientific Integration as Fit: The Developmental Biases of Interdisciplinarity
Olesya BONDARENKO (KLI)
8 October 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
The Role of Conversational Cues in the Co-Evolution of Language and Cooperation
Theresa MATZINGER (University of Vienna)
5 November 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Kin Matters: An Intervention in the Fragile Sciences
Robert A. WILSON (University of Western Australia)
19 November 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Nicolas RIVRON (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology/IMBA, Vienna)
3 December 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Peter TURCHIN (Complexity Science Hub, Vienna)
10 December 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
On the Cultural Macroevolution of Intentional Cranial Modifications
Marcelo SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA (University of Zurich)
14 January 2027 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
DNA from Archaeological Sediments as a Tracer for Past Societies
Benjamin VERNOT (University of Vienna)
28 January 2027 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Beyond Fear: How the Amygdala Links Interoception and Exteroception
Ronald SLADKY (University of Vienna)
KLI Colloquia 2014 – 2026
Event Details
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5881861923?omn=85945744831
Meeting ID: 588 186 1923
Biographical note
Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra (PhD Duke University 1999; Habilitation University of Tübingen 2003) is professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Zurich and Director of its Department of Palaeontology; prior to that held positions at the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Tübingen. He is the author of Embryos in Deep Time (2012) and of The Process of Animal Domestication (2022) and editor of several other books and journal volumes. He has worked on diverse aspects of vertebrate animal evolutionary morphology and palaeobiology (interview: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.23170). He leads with local colleagues regular palaeontological fieldwork in Venezuela. In a parallel line of research, he works on subjects concerning cultural macroevolution and archaeology of South America.

