Essay
Does baby size matter? Unexpected similarities in human and chimpanzee pelvises
Nicole Grunstra and colleagues present a facilitated variation hypothesis to explain why chimpanzees appear to possess similar obstetric adaptations in their pelvis as humans, despite giving birth to much smaller babies. Read more...
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Interview
Ontologies of environmental governance
Jacob Weger investigates the ontological assumptions underlying modern environmental governance in a new paper. In this interview, we discuss the dominant “modernist” ontology, Indigenous ontologies and pluralism, and the idea of "ontological politics." Read more...
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Overview
Evolutionary Developmental Biology: A Reference Guide
Laura Nuño de la Rosa and Gerd B. Müller bring together an integrated set of reflections on major current issues in evo-devo to unite both conceptual and empirical strands of the field. Read more...
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Synopsis
Cancer and the environment: a critical review
Analyzing 300 studies conducted in the last 30 years, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti's critical review on carcinogens in the air, water, and soil sheds light on the connection between the environment and cancer. We will continue to lose our battle with cancers if we do not stop their triggers from environmental pollution. Read more...
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Interview
Is knowledge just another buzzword in the sustainability sciences?
What exactly is this “knowledge” that the action-oriented field of sustainability science so eagerly talks about? We interview Cristina Apetrei on a new paper, co-authored with our Guido Caniglia, that reviews knowledge-related concepts in the sustainability scholarly community. Read more...
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ClimArtLab
Online exhibition of "Evolving Futures: Owning Our Mess"
ClimArtLab is an artEC/Oindustry and KLI collaboration that emerged from a dissatisfaction towards mainstream approaches used to foster behavioral and cultural change both in research and policy. On May 11, artists, scientists, and philosophers co-created a transformative, participatory intervention live installed in an online exhibition. The videos are now hosted on the website and our youtube channel. Read more...
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KLI Lab
The value of mentorship: imagination, theory, and practice
Having a good mentor can make or break one’s career, yet academics are often left to their own luck and devices. What is the nature of mentorship, why is it important, and how can one create a network of mentors? A KLI lab initiated by Stephanie Schnorr and Nicole Grunstra investigates these questions with an evolutionary framework. Read more...
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Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
Rethinking Cancer with Bernhard Strauss
We interview Bernhard Strauss, co-editor of Rethinking Cancer: A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era (MIT Press), about moving beyond the outdated Somatic Mutation Theory, the importance of theory in science and medicine, the 2017 KLI Altenberg workshop, and a follow-up meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine in September, 2021. Read more...
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Annual Report
The 2020 Annual Report is here!
Our annual report summarizes the scientific projects we hosted last year, our meetings and working group, the EASPLS summer school, special events, publications, prizes, communications and outreach, professional development workshops, and so much more. Read more...
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Interview
VienNature: a Vienna Nature Exhibition
Wim Hordijk, computational biologist and photographer, has released his latest online photography exhibition of the larger Vienna area. How can a deeper, personal connection with the natural world be stimulated not only by an artistic appreciation of what we see and feel, but also by what we know? Read more...
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If you missed the March issue of KLife, you can read it here.
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Get in contact!
The KLI is an independent center of advanced studies in the life and sustainability sciences. The mission of the institute is to enable scientific reasoning that can contribute to understanding and sustaining life on Earth in its biological, cognitive, social, and cultural diversity.
The KLI supports research focusing on evolutionary theory, especially in its relation to development, cognition, and sustainability science, as well as on the history, philosophy, and social studies of science.
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