Biological Theory - About the journal owner: Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI)

The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (this opens in a new tab) (KLI) is an independent center of advanced studies in the life and sustainability sciences. The mission of the KLI is to enable scientific reasoning that can contribute to understanding and sustaining life in its biological, cognitive, social, and cultural diversity. The KLI is committed to contribute by addressing pressing challenges of our time through inter and transdisciplinary research. Especially, we believe that theories are crucial to: give meaning to data, connect ideas, facilitate dialogue, stimulate learning, inform new research, and inspire action.

The KLI supports conceptual and formal research as well as philosophical and historical work that addresses broad and interrelated questions about life. It does not put disciplinary boundaries to creativity and welcomes proposals engaging with these questions from the natural and social sciences as well as from philosophy, history and social studies thereof.

The KLI has founded Biological Theory and decides about the Editorial leadership. The Editor in Chief makes content decisions independent of the KLI.

 The KLI also publishes the book series Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology (this opens in a new tab)with MIT Press