Science festival 2022: establish a dialogue between science and society
From October 7 to 17, PSL is celebrating science. Experimental sciences, humanities and social sciences, economics, law... all the research fields involved in the 140 laboratories of the university are at the heart of a rich program meant to a large public. From the youngest pupils to students, including public institutions and high school students, scientific popularization activities, debates and conferences will be offered at various points on the campus and in the heart of Paris.
Strengthen the "science - society" dialogue about climate: a program in partnership with the Climate Academy
From Wednesday, October 12 to Saturday, October 15, Université PSL, in partnership with the Climate Academy, will offer a series of meetings to its various audiences: school students and family audiences, but also NGOs, development structures, elected officials and senior civil servants.
Wednesday, October 12
- 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Climate Workshops - Discovery and experimentation workshops with the Climate Academy teams and Universté PSL researchers - Event reserved for leisure centers. Sold out.
- 7:30 p.m. -9 p.m.: "Climate Accounting" meeting between Think Thank Le Lierre and PSL researchers (invited persons only)
Thursday, October 13
- 2 p.m.-5 p.m.: Water and its stakes, led by Traces - What are the research issues related to water? Mini conferences + workshops games for high school students! - Event for high school students only
- 6:30-8:30 p.m.: Conference & Café débat with Aurore Grandin: "What does your brain think about the climate change?" - Available to everyone
Friday, October 14
- 4:30-7 p.m.: Sciences & Public Action meeting run by Soscience
- 7:30 Scientific cocktail & jazz concert. Available to everyone
- 20:30: Jazz concert on Chaplin's "Smile" standard by the PSL Orchestra, conducted by Johan Farjot. Salle des Fêtes.
Saturday, October 15: an afternoon with scientific animations - Available to everyone.
- 2-5 p.m.: Concert & conference : Écouter l'invisible. À la frontière entre arts et sciences, venez découvrir la sonification des données !
- 2-6 p.m.: Interactive facility: Écoute(s)-sur-Seine, installation interactive pour partir de manière ludique "à l'écoute de la rivière".
- 2-6 p.m.: Lectures et danses sur l’eau douce et le climat: un moment littéraire et engagé sur les eaux douces, le respect et la gratitude qu’il faut leur accorder et leur gestion raisonnée et poétique.
- 2pm - 5pm: "adaptive beauty" workshop. Discover materials research inspired by nature! The different research tracks developed at the PMMH laboratory at ESPCI Paris - PSL, in connection with the Beauty(s) Chair.
- 2:30 pm - 6 pm: experimental stands with the student association of popularization EPICS of the ESPCI Paris - PSL. On the program, meteorological phenomena (creation of a tornado, water cycle...), but also the question of energy production (electrical, heat transfer and insulation). Continuous access throughout the afternoon.
- 2:30 - 6:00 pm: experimental stands with the student association of the Cercle de Chimie Paris - PSL.
- 3 - 4:30 pm: workshop & debate: Committed researchers. Between students who "branch out" to respect their ideals, and scientists who militate for the climate or for women's rights, we are witnessing a new form of civic engagement in the research community. Interactive workshop led by Association Traces, with the participation of researchers from Université PSL. Open to all.
Pictures exhibition
- From October 12 to 15, from 10 am to 6 pm, the Institute of Rare Languages (ILRARA) of the EPHE-PSL offers a photo exhibition about the relationship between ecosystems and rare languages
Sharing science: a series of events in the heart of campus laboratories
- Institut Curie
- October 7 and 9 & October 15-16: Come and explore the world of cells
- October 8 at 3 p.m: spectacle de conte « Marie Curie, magicienne du radium »
- October 15 at 1 p.m.: visite thématique et démonstration « Mesurer la radioactivité : La Méthode Curie »
- Observatoire de Paris - PSL (@Meudon) : Welcome in astronomy
- October 13-14 for school students - Oct. 15 for the general public. Booking is required.
- Collège de France : Workshops offered by young researchers
- October 15, available to everyone.
- École nationale supérieure de Chimie-PSL : À la découverte de la Science avec les élèves et chercheurs de l'ENSCP-PSL !
- Experiments under the public's eyes
- October 15 between 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 and October 16 between 1:30 p.m. and 6
- École normale supérieure - PSL: Labs in celebration!
- The scientific departments of the ENS-PSL open their doors: small courses, workshops, games, exhibitions, laboratory visits
- Friday, October 14 for schoolchildren (sold out), October 15 and 16 for the general public, from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm at 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris.
- Économies locales et approches ascendantes : la gestion des services d’eau par les populations locales.
- Du 7 au 17 octobre
- ESPGG / ESPCI Paris - PSL
- October 12 afternoon: scientific animation for all ages: "Superconductivity and magnetism"
- October 14: for schoolchildren, stands and lab visits!
- October 15 afternoon: stands of scientific manips of the student association EPICS at the Climate Academy, in connection with the theme "Climate change: mitigation and adaptation".
- École des Mines Paris-PSL
- The Minerals in Mobile Phones: Musée de Minéralogie de l'École, October 7 and October 11-13
- Past and future climates, at Fontainebleau: the general public can access the library on October 12, 13 and 15; a guided tour of the exhibition is offerred, as well as workshops.
- Campus Pierre Laffitte in Sophia Antipolis: workshops & exhibition on October 9 and 15-16
The full program will be updated.
Science with and for society
Université PSL has been awarded the "Science with and for Society" certification since November 2021.