Vetenskapsfestivalen Göteborg

Digital festival 12-18 April

With hundreds of activities and on average 60,000 visits every year The International Science Festival in Gothenburg is one of Europe’s leading popular science events and the only one of its kind in Sweden. The festival consists of three programs: for schools, for the general public and two conferences one for teachers and one focused on science communication.

This year the festival will take place 12-18 April. The festival is digital.

Most of our program is in Swedish, but we do offer some activities in English. Free admission to all lectures. You do not need to register – just show up at our digital festival arena.

Festival dates 2021

School program: 12-16 April

Teachers conference: 13 April

Forum for Science Communication: 14 April

Public program: 14-18 April

Meet Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna at the International Science festival

Professor Jennifer Doudna is a pioneer who stands for one of the greatest discoveries in modern science. The CRISPR technique make it possible to cut, paste, and edit in genetic material, our genes. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 together with Emmanuelle Charpentier. Meet Professor Doudna in a conversation about the future of her discoveries. What did the road to discovery look like? Could they guess what power the discovery could bring? In what way can her research save lives and perhaps even destroy lives? What’s at stake?

Miriam Frankel, the host of the evening, is a science editor at the Conversation. She is also a freelance writer for both the UK and Swedish media. This event is the opening of the 25th International Science Festival Gothenburg. It is made possible by a generous donation by Sten A Olsson´s Foundation for Research and Culture.

Wednesday 14 April 20.00

Our vision

The Science Festival aims to communicate science to schools and the general public in an easily accessible and stimulating way, as well as providing a meeting place for the research community. The goal is to promote a positive attitude to science and research, and to encourage higher study.

We provide a broad programme that gives researchers and experts from widely differing disciplines the opportunity to meet the public and school children in traditional and alternative settings and under varying forms.

What we do

During the festival you will find everything from workshops, lectures, private shows, music, theatre, debates, exhibitions and seminars to meetings of researchers. The content spans all disciplines, from social science and the humanities to natural science and technology.

The Science Festival is divided into three branches, the public programme, the school programme and the specialist programme. There is something for everyone during the festival.

How we do it

The Science Festival constantly strives to find new ways to communicate science. We aim to reach groups that are not familiar with research. We collaborate with embassies and cultural organizations to showcase the cutting edge of international research as well as to exchange ideas and concepts about how to communicate science.

Where to find us

The Science Festival takes places in Gothenburg, Sweden. For more general information about the city, see goteborg.com

For a couple of weeks each year the world of science moves on to the streets and squares of Gothenburg. New venues are created where science and the general public can meet. The programme activities take place at more than 30 locations around the city centre.

The Science Festival’s aim is to take science and research to where people are. The programme contents are designed for the different audiences and environments where they take place. During the festival standard lecture-halls are complimented with cafés, shopping centres and outside environments.

Member of EUSEA

The International Science Festival in Gothenburg is one of the founder members of EUSEA – the European Science Events Association. EUSCEA is a European network of popular science events and has more than 100 member organizations from 36 countries. www.eusea.info

CONTACT US

The International Science Festival
Göteborg & Co / Box 29 / SE-401 20 Göteborg
Phone: +46 (0)31-368 40 00 / Fax: +46 (0)31-81 10 48
E-mail: vetenskapsfestivalen@goteborg.com

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