Starmus festival announcement
Glen Smith introduces Starmus, the mission to inspire and educate a new generation of space explorers and astronomers. The next Starmus Festival will be in September, in Armenia.
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Russian Science Journalism: the way forward
Science journalist Olga Dobrovidova will give a short talk about the state of Russian language science journalism. After that, she and several Russian colleagues will further discuss the present situation. Other participants are welcome to join in on this informal event and share their views.
Lunch lecture by conference partner Universities of the Netherlands – Cleveringa Auditorium
The Dutch research landscape. The Dutch research universities are known for their high quality education and research. During this lunch session you will learn more about the strength of the Dutch universities, the main research areas and the preconditions for successful science in the Netherlands. You can ask Jacob anything about the Dutch research landscape. …
Sungazing – Outside, restaurant terrace 1st floor
Do you enjoy the Sun? It’s hot, it’s bright and it is responsible for beautiful summer sunsets. On closer look our star has a lot more to offer than sunbathing. At the ECSJ Roel van der Heijden (freelance science journalist) will bring his self-built telescope to investigate our closest star (weather permitting). Maybe we’ll be …
On the trail of war crimes in Ukraine – Cleveringa Auditorium
Meduza is an independent Russian language news website based in Latvia, founded in 2014 by Galina Timchenko and other former employees of the Russian website Lenta.ru, after Timchenko had been fired.The site has been designated as a foreign agent, and blocked on Russian territory after critical coverage of the Russian-Ukrainian war of February 2022. A …
Finale & Closing remarks – Cleveringa Auditorium
During this final session we get together in the large auditorium for a ‘The State of Science Journalism’ speech by Science’s International news editor Martin Enserink.Then, we wrap up this conference day in a fun and (inter)active way led by quiz master Lucas Keijning. Next, there’s time to rest or do some sightseeing in Leiden. …
Meaningless death counts: what the WHO gets wrong every time – B041
Hardly a day goes by without reading in the media: ‘Y causes X deaths per year’, where Y can be air pollution, drinking or even noise. Science journalist Arnout Jaspers will show what is fundamentally wrong with this way of quantifying diffuse health effects on a population. There are better alternatives but even major organisations …