Bring Your Research to the Public!

Once again, this autumn, the buzz of science will fill the air of Groningen! Join us for a week full of activities, and bring your research to the people of the North!

Last year, we welcomed thousands of visitors across the fall events for the public, giving them the chance to participate in their own science experiments, get insights on cutting edge research, explore the ethics and stakes behind discoveries, and most importantly, have a lot of fun!

What are the options this year?

We kick off with the European Researchers’ Night on  science festival on the last Friday of September (the 26th) at  Forum Groningen, organised by the Schools for Science and Society and partners. This year, the event expands even further—spanning four floors of the Forum to make space for even more visitors. Also, we aim to extend the programme to early afternoon to reach another demographic in our fall science activities - high school students. ERN is followed by a new series of events during the Week of Connections (27 September - 3 October) organised to bring science to local communities. We round off with Zpannend Zernike (4 october city centre and 5 October on Zernike Campus), a science festival for primary school children and their (grand)parents, as part of the national Weekend of Science.

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Join us this year and share your science/ research with the public!

Will you join us (again) this year with an experiment, mini-lecture, installation, workshop, debate, science show or any other idea you want to showcase? Please register online by 1 May 2025. For researchers, these events are also a wonderful opportunity to collect data or recruit participants for your research project. You can read more about researchers’ experiences from last year in an article with Francesca Bulian and Jesca de Jager.

Do you want to participate, but are not sure how? Register now and we can support you in creating an accessible activity for the public.

If you have any questions, please contact info zpannendzernike.nl (for the ZZ festival) or ern rug.nl (for ERN and the Week of Connections).

Join us to get science closer to the people of the North and feel free to share this call with your colleagues.

The enthusiastic teams of Zpannend Zernike and the Schools for Science and Society and partners

_{The Schools for Science & Society aim to provide a place where various academic disciplines can meet and join forces to address complex societal questions, that way boost societal impact: Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health, Jantina Tammes School of Digital Society, Technology and AI, Rudolph Agricola School for Sustainable Development, and Wubbo Ockels School for Energy and Climate.}

_{Zpannend Zernike is an initiative of University of Groningen, UMCG, Hanze Groningen, EnTranCe.}

_{European Researchers’ Night and part of the Zpannend Zernike festival is co-funded by the European Commission, under the Horizon Europe - Research and Innovation programme, grant agreement No. 101162172.}