News
2021-03-03
Sifting through the shapeshifters: interview with Alice Laciny on parasite-induced morphologies in ants
KLI Alice Laciny's review is the first piece of scholarship to comprehensively synthesize what we know about parasites that affect ant morphology.
2021-03-02
Why Feminist Philosophy of Science?
Sharon CRASNOW (Norco College) & Kristen INTEMANN (Montana State University), 11 March 2021, 5.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-03-01
How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life
New book by Jan Spitzer reconceptualizes the origin of life on Earth.
2021-03-01
New morphometric methods to break down organismal shape into adaptive and neutrally evolving components improve phylogenetic reconstruction
A group around KLI fellow Nicole Grunstra and Philipp Mitteroecker developed new methods to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships from morphology.
2021-02-24
Neanderthal feces on fire illuminates gut microbiome features
KLI fellow Stephanie Schnorr writes about her latest paper in Communications Biology.
2021-02-04
Telling stories to make a difference: Anna Sundermann on Nachhaltigkeit Erzählen
We interviewed KLI fellow Anna Sundermann on the launch of a new book that investigates storytelling for sustainability communication.
2021-01-28
Pregnant females as historical individuals: an insight from the philosophy of evo-devo
Laura Nuño de la Rosa, Mihaela Pavlicev and Arantza Etxeberria propose a solution to the individuality of pregnancy.
2021-01-21
Scientists’ responsibility for global futures
In a perspective piece for AAAS's Science and Diplomacy, scientific director Guido Caniglia and coauthors call for a new convention for science diplomacy.
2021-01-19
Art-Science Performance: The Colony
Join us for a screening and discussion of the evo devo art science performance THE COLONY: 28 January 2021, 3.00 pm. To join the virtual event please register with Zoom.
2021-01-18
KLI fellow in The Economist! On making money from sewage in Kolkata
KLI alum Amitangshu Acharya and coauthor Sudipto Sanyal write about Kolkata's "Black Gold."
2021-01-18
New fellow at the KLI: Luis Alejandro Villanueva Hernández
Welcoming Alejandro back as a postdoc fellow!
2021-01-18
Writing-up Project Feedback: STS Researchers as ‘Technology’: Leveraging Positionality to Understand Interdisciplinary Dynamics
Ashley Lewis talks presents a paper from her dissertation for feedback
2021-01-14
The Modern State and the Glass Ceiling for a Sustainability Transformation – a Systems Perspective
Daniel HAUSKNOST (Vienna University of Economics and Business), 21 January 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-01-11
Why the Future Needs More Transdisciplinary Research and Universities: Theories, Competences, and Cases from the Field
Gerald STEINER (Donau University Krems), 14 January 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2021-01-05
Josef Popper-Lynkeus, Otto Neurath, and the Other Austrian Economics: ontology, epistemology, facts, and values
KLI fellow and historian of economics Marco P. Vianna Franco investigates how resource flows and value-based judgements served as inputs to socially-inclusive economic plans
2020-12-21
A mini-symposium of fellows
Every few months, we enable new research collaborations with a specially-designed mini-symposium.
2020-12-18
The philosophical impact of cybernetics on Waddington’s processual epigenetics
KLI fellow Flavia Fabris argues that it was mainly Waddington’s cybernetics – rather than organicism – to lead the foundation for his subsequent novel scientific approach.
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
2020-12-10
Biological Theory at 15!
With its December issue, Biological Theory, the KLI's highly regarded journal, marks its 15th full year of publishing.
2020-12-10
Wolves might be able to recognize themselves through an “olfactory mirror”
KLI fellow Roberto Cazzolla Gatti and colleagues applied the sniff-test for self-recognition to captive grew wolves and found likely signs of self-recognition.