SCIENCE COMMUNICATION. Every year, the University of Gothenburg contributes several programme items to the Science Festival. It is now possible for researchers, teachers, and doctoral students to register their interest in participating in both the school program and the public program.
The theme of the Science Festival 2024 is Waves (Vågor in Swedish). Waves are a physical phenomenon that means that something propagates in a room. Peaks and valleys, rhythmically recurring. Maybe the waves of the water are the first thing that comes to your mind? What do your brain waves look like then? Both light and sound are wave phenomena, but also social movements, revolutions and digital advances can create large waves of change. It is said that history goes in waves. Are you lulled in peace before the coming wave?
Dates for the festival
Dates for the school program are April 15–26, and the public program is scheduled for April 16–21.
About the School Program
- The producers who work with the school program bring in all sorts of fun, engaging, and different student activities, in all subjects. However, it is NTV that is most sought after and preferably includes laboratories/experiments.
- The program proposal can be both physical and digital!
- The Science Festival takes care of marketing and administration of bookings from schools that sign up for the programme points.
- The program is aimed at preschool and primary school.
- The school program looks for all forms of student activities that provide new knowledge, exciting insights, and inspiration to continue working in the classroom – in all subjects!
- The activities should contain one or more interactive elements, preferably hands-on, and they should preferably be a little different and fun.
- The activities must be linked to the curriculum in some way, but do not have to follow the various goals to the letter.
- The school program is marketed nationally and has participating schools from all over the country! However, it is mostly local and regional schools that participate in the on-site activities.
- Each participant is responsible for idea work and layout, venue booking, and if necessary, materials and material resources, but the producers in the school programme are, of course, available for advice and input and are happy to share ideas that exist and arise!
Deadlines school program
Until and including December 1, it is fine to send in preliminary, fully, or half-finished program proposals.
- November 1: Login is sent out to participants who have registered their interest in participating in the programme.
- December 1: Deadline for applications, and before Christmas all program details need to be determined and entered into the festival’s programme database.
- December 20: Last day to enter programme details in the programme database.
- February 28: Online booking opens.
March 31: Online booking closes, and booking lists are sent to all participants.
About the Public program
- Open and free to register.
- Opportunities to brainstorm ideas with the public program’s producers.
- The program item is welcome to tie in with this year’s theme, which is Waves/vågor.
- The Science Festival provides several different locations and arenas. Feel free to talk to the producers about what you think your program point would be suitable to carry out.
New for 2024
To this year’s festival, there is the opportunity for interested researchers and doctoral students to register their program idea directly via a registration form and thus do not need to contact those responsible at the festival.
Register your programme item here.
Deadlines public program
- December 1: Deadline for submitting programme proposals.
- January: Final revision of texts, participants, technical wishes, location distribution.
- February: Script stop. All material must be entered into our database and ready for production.
- February: At the end of February, the programme is published.
- March: Kickoff for all participants.
Jonas Martinsson is responsible for the University’s participation in the Science Festival and is involved in the festival’s program group. If you have questions about the University’s involvement or want to brainstorm ideas, you can always contact him.
Jonas Martinsson, Communicator, Section of Content, Events and Student Communication, Communication Unit, University of Gothenburg
Mail: jonas.martsson@gu.se
Phone: 076-61 85 412
Contact details
Jenny Hultén, Artistic director and program manager public program
Mail: jenny.hulten@goteborg.com
Phone: 073-986 43 21
Kennet Sundberg, Producer Public program, Nordstan and exhibitions/workshops
Mail: kennet.sundberg@goteborg.com
Phone: 070-248 63 41
Madeleine Koncilja, Program Manager School Program and Teacher’s Conference
Mail: madeleine.koncilja@goteborg.com
Phone: 031-368 42 84
Information about participating in the festival: https://www.vetenskapsfestivalen.se/kontakt/medverka/
Information in English: https://www.vetenskapsfestivalen.se/en/participate-in-the-international-science-festival-gothenburg/
