The "Altenberg Workshops in Theoretical Biology" address key questions of biological theories. Each workshop is organized by leading experts of a certain field who invite a group of international specialists to the KLI. The Altenberg Workshops aim to make conceptual progress and to generate initiatives of a distinctly interdisciplinary nature.
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
