Many activities of the KLI exceed the scientific core agenda and are intended to engage with either the public or with alumni and friends of the KLI. Some representative acitivities are listed here.
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 Pavlicev: 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: 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, Greg Radick, Eörs Szathmary, Günter Wagner
17.35 Reception
