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.
Fall-Winter 2025-2026 KLI Colloquium Series
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Meeting ID: 588 186 1923
25 Sept 2025 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
A Dynamic Canvas Model of Butterfly and Moth Color Patterns
Richard Gawne (Nevada State Museum)
14 Oct 2025 (Tues) 3-4:30 PM CET
Vienna, the Laboratory of Modernity
Richard Cockett (The Economist)
23 Oct 2025 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
How Darwinian is Darwinian Enough? The Case of Evolution and the Origins of Life
Ludo Schoenmakers (KLI)
6 Nov (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Common Knowledge Considered as Cause and Effect of Behavioral Modernity
Ronald Planer (University of Wollongong)
20 Nov (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Rates of Evolution, Time Scaling, and the Decoupling of Micro- and Macroevolution
Thomas Hansen (University of Oslo)
4 Dec (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Chance, Necessity, and the Evolution of Evolvability
Cristina Villegas (KLI)
8 Jan 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Embodied Rationality: Normative and Evolutionary Foundations
Enrico Petracca (KLI)
15 Jan 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
On Experimental Models of Developmental Plasticity and Evolutionary Novelty
Patricia Beldade (Lisbon University)
29 Jan 2026 (Thurs) 3-4:30 PM CET
Jan Baedke (Ruhr University Bochum)
Event Details
WHAT IS THEORETICAL BIOLOGY?
A symposium celebrating Rupert Riedl's 100th anniversary
16 June 2025
Program:
9:30 Welcome
9:35–10:15 Gerd Müller: Rupert Riedl and the Austrian School of Theoretical Biology
10:15–10:55 Manfred Laubichler: The International Context of Theoretical Biology
10:55–11:20 Coffee Break
11:20–12:00 Mihaela Pavličev: The Role of Riedl’s Systems Theory for Today's Evolutionary Biology
12:00–12:40 Philipp Mitteroecker: Theoretical Biology and Morphometrics: On the Generation and
Canalization of Morphological Variation During Development
12:40–14:30 Lunch at the KLI
14:30–15:10 Laura Nuño de la Rosa: The Evolvability of Riedl's Ideas
15:10–15:50 Kalevi Kull: Towards Semiotics in Theoretical Biology
15:50–16:15 Coffee Break
16:15–16:55 Jan Baedke: O Theory Where Art Thou? The Changing Role of Theory in
Theoretical Biology in the 20th Century and Beyond
16:55–17:35 Discussion: The Future of Theoretical Biology
Barbara Fischer, Gregory Radick, Eörs Szathmary, Günter Wagner
17:35 Reception
Due to limited availability of seats, we ask you to register for this event:
