Interested guests, current research topics and lively dialogue - the ingredients for the University of Oldenburg Society's (UGO) science soirée, which has been popular for years. Now, after a break due to the coronavirus, it has been held again. Once again, chance played a decisive role in the evening's programme.
At the eleventh edition of the Science Soirée, the more than one hundred registered guests and members of the University Society were once again allocated a scientific lecture by lot. The six associated topics reflected the University's wide range of subjects.
Special needs teacher Prof. Dr Ulla Licandro addressed the topic "Children need children - also for language acquisition?", while economist Prof. Dr Stefanie Sievers-Glotzbach explained how new commons contribute to social change under the title "Free, fair and vibrant". Literary scholar Prof Dr Thomas Boyken shed light on dinosaurs in literature and traced a brief arc from the first dinosaur discoveries in the early 19th century to Thomas Mann and "Jurassic Park".
Sports scientist Prof Dr Dirk Büsch shed light on the question of whether women need to train differently to men, while chemist Prof Dr Katharina Al-Shamery focused on her research into gold ("After gold, everything depends on gold..."). Medical ethicist Prof Dr Mark Schweda dealt with gender aspects in care technology under the title "Do robots care better?".
The event was followed by a lively discussion in the foyer of the lecture theatre centre. According to UGO spokesperson Reinhard Schenke, the 11th Science Soiree was a seamless continuation of the previous events.
