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2017-09-24
A Revised Theory of Cancer
World-leading experts from the areas of cancer cell biology, clinical oncology, genomics and complex network data science will discuss new theoretical foundations for cancer research at this Public Event preceding the 35th Altenberg Workshop.
2024-05-29
Co(w)-Evolution: Dairying from the Holocene to the Anthropocene in German Speaking Europe
Juno SALAZAR PARRENAS (Cornell University, NY), 2024-06-06 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2018-05-18
Editing Genomes with CRISPR
The KLI supports the upcoming workshop "Editing Genomes with CRISPR" that aims to discuss the potential impact and challenges while exploring the scientific, ethical, and societal issues inherent in genome-editing research.
2019-11-11
Movie: Ivan GONZALEZ-CABRERA | I Beg to Differ: Cooperating with Others Despite
What makes cooperation peaceful and stable? Understanding how we disagree about norms is crucial to overcoming the challenges we face in culturally diverse societies.
2024-10-09
42nd Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology: Aims, Norms, and Values in Scientific Classification for Biodiversity Conservation
The 42nd Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology with the theme "Aims, Norms, and Values in Scientific Classification for Biodiversity Conservation" is held at the KLI from 8th-11th October 2024.
This workshop is organized by Joeri Witteveen & Federica Bocchi (University of Copenhagen)
The aim of this workshop is to map, discuss and evaluate different perspectives on the role of values in species classification at the interface with conservation policy and practice.
2019-12-17
5 KLI Writing-up Fellowships in Sustainability Science
The KLI announces 5 Writing-Up Fellowships for late-stage PhD students working in inter and transdisciplinary sustainability science with a focus on theoretical dimensions of sustainability research.
2021-12-19
5 KLI Writing-up Fellowships on “Cognition and Knowledge: Between Evolution and Sustainability”
Announcing 5 Writing-Up Fellowships for late-stage PhD students working on topics related to “Cognition and Knowledge: Between Evolution and Sustainability”.
2018-05-02
A Brief Introduction to Cognostics
KLI Colloquium: Albrecht von Müller (Parmenides Center for the Study of Thinking, Pullach / Munich), 7 May, 3.00 pm.
2022-07-07
A case for empirical philosophy of science in practice
How can philosophers work with scientists? Can philosophy be empirical? In two new papers, KLI fellow Luana Poliseli defends empirical methods in philosophy and reports on how they collaborated with ecologists to discuss mechanistic explanations in ecology.
2022-10-11
A History of Ecological Economic Thought
Marco P. VIANNA FRANCO (KLI), 20 October 2022, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2020-12-21
A mini-symposium of fellows
Every few months, we enable new research collaborations with a specially-designed mini-symposium.
2020-11-10
A multi-armed bandit algorithm speeds up the evolution of cooperation
KLI fellow Roberto Cazzolla Gatti challenges fundamental assumptions to create a new theoretical framework for the evolution of cooperation.
2020-06-15
A new niche emergence theory for economics
The new niche theory argues that economics - like ecology – autocatalytically emerges and strongly depends on cooperation.
2020-05-11
A Perfect Storm: Climate Change, Emerging Disease, Us
Virtual KLI Colloquium: Daniel BROOKS (University of Toronto), 26 May 2020, 5.00 pm. [br]
To join our online colloquium please register with Zoom.
2020-10-08
A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability
Scientific Director Guido Caniglia and collaborators outline a pluralistic and integrated approach to classifying and connecting the diverse kinds of action-oriented knowledge identified in previous sustainability research.
2017-11-17
A Revised Theory of Cancer
The workshop re-assessed the scientific concepts that underpin current mainstream cancer research and started a process of integrating novel insights into a new framework of “a revised theory of cancer.”
2024-04-02
About Split and Splice. A Phenomenology of Experimentation
Hans-Jörg RHEINBERGER (MPIWG, Berlin), 2024-04-09 15:00 (CET). To join our colloquium please register with Zoom
2020-03-24
Addressing Global Challenges Through Participation? The Epistemology of International Development
VIRTUAL KLI COLLOQUIUM: David LUDWIG (Wageningen University), 31 March, 5.00 pm
2024-11-07
Agency in the Evolutionary Transition to Multicellularity
Online Colloquium, 14 November, 3.00 pm. Join us via Zoom!
2022-11-29
All hands on deck – Transdisciplinary Approaches to Coping with Emerging Infectious Diseases
Orsolya BAJER-MOLNÁR (Medical University of Vienna), 6 December 2022, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.