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2023-06-04
New Paper: Social distancing during Covid-19 lockdown and connectedness
Laura Menatti and Mariagrazia Ranzini 's new paper explores the effects of Covid lockdowns on relationships and connectedness, with important implications for future health policy.
2023-06-02
New paper: Queer theory for transdisciplinary sustainability research
New paper by Caniglia and Vogel outlines how queer theory can help transdisciplinary sustainability researchers to embrace transgressive orientations.
2023-05-31
ROTO Lecture: Laura Menatti on Salutogenic Environments
Laura Menatti has been invited to give a talk for the ROTO lecture series, evaluating on the concept of salutogenic environments for medicine and healthcare.
2023-05-17
Conference Report: Transdisciplinary Stakeholder Conference on Resilient Livable Communities
Marina Knickel participated as a scientific expert in the Transdisciplinary Stakeholder Conference on Resilient Livable Communities. In the municipality of Langau, practitioners and scientists came together to discuss complex challenges for the community.
2023-05-11
Vernissage: Measuring Life at the Threshold of Unknowing
Kendall Baker was artist in residence at the KLI. His interdisciplinary art-science project “Measuring Life at the Threshold of Unknowing” concluded with a stunning vernissage.
2023-05-05
Third meeting of the KLI working group: Evolutionary theory for social-ecological change
The final meeting of the working group at the KLI, documented in pictures by Raf Jansen.
2023-05-01
Welcoming Benedikt Hallgrimsson to the KLI
Hallgrimsson's project "Development and Evolvability: The Conceptual Foundations of Evo-Devo" aims to clarify key-concepts in the field.
2023-05-01
Welcoming Anna-Katharina Brenner to the KLI
Brenner's project "The Critical Role of Built Infrastructure for the Transformation towards Sustainability" examines the co-evolution of built environments and formal and informal rules that contribute to the climate crisis and social-ecological inequalities.
2023-04-26
Making a Whole Biont: An Organizational Account of Physiological Individuality
Leonardo BICH (University of the Basque Country), 2023-05-04 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-04-13
Evolutionary Theories for Social-Ecological Change
Working Group Presentation on 20 April, 2023, 3.00 pm. To join the hybrid event please register with Zoom.
2023-04-06
Unscripted Plant Development: Adventures in the Interaction Space
Sonia SULTAN (Wesleyan University), 2023-04-13 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-03-20
Social Interaction and Material Culture in the Transmission of Music: An Evo-Devo Approach
Luis Alejandro VILLANUEVA HERNANDEZ (KLI) 2023-03-30 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-03-14
Workshop report: Evolutionary biology meets sustainability in practice
Orsolya Bajer-Molnaar and Marina Knickel propose transdisciplinary approaches at the first PRAGMATICK workshop on the Stockholm Paradigm, the DAMA Protocol, and citizen science
2023-03-13
Biological Theory’s new March issue
The editors of BT summarize the March issue 18(1) , with links to free epdfs.
2023-03-13
Interview: Why matter matters when it comes to minds: a conversation with David Harrison
David Harrison talks about the core philosophical insights, the practical implications, and the motivations behind their new paper: “Mind the matter: Active matter, soft robotics, and the making of bio-inspired artificial intelligence.”
2023-03-13
Research Blog: Parkinson’s disease, affordances, and networks
To better understand certain phenomena in brain disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Marco Treven argues that we need to look beyond the brain.
2023-03-01
Kulturwandel in Krisenzeiten: praktische Weisheit für die Wissenschaft
Wie antike Philosophie mit nachhaltigen Lösungen zusammenhängt
2023-02-23
Save the dates! Announcing the 2023 spring-summer colloquium series
The 2023 spring-summer KLI Colloquium series will resume in March, with a great line-up of speakers from the KLI and beyond.
2023-02-14
The Making and Breaking of Minds. How social interactions shape the human mind
Isabella SARTO-JACKSON (KLI) 2023-03-09 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2023-02-06
Videos from the University of Vienna Mendel200 project are now available!
Watch the eleven symposium videos and five Mendel stories on our Youtube channel.