Long Night of the Science Berlin 2023
Our events at the Long Night of Science Berlin
On June 17, 2023, scientific and science-related institutions in Berlin and Potsdam will open their doors again and invite to hands-on experiments, lectures and other exciting events in the context of the Long Night of Science Berlin. Of course, the ZAS will participate again this year as well!
You will find us between 5 pm and midnight in the House of the Leibniz Association (Chausseestraße 111, 10115 Berlin). Fascinating experiments for young and old are waiting for you, as well as experts who will give you an insight into their research.
All further information, as well as tickets, can be found here.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
"This is how multilingualism works" (Dr. Nathalie Topaj, BIVEM)
Who is multilingual? What are the advantages of multilingualism? The Berlin Interdisciplinary Network for Multilingualism (BIVEM) at the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics provides insights into the science and informs with its flyer series "Achieving Bilingualism" in several languages about current topics in the areas of multilingualism, language acquisition, language development and language support. At the BIVEM booth, parents and experts can get information while children try out interactive language games.
Time: 17:00-22:00
Linguistic Olympiad: exploring the diversity of languages through play (Dr. Nathalie Topaj, DOL)
Do you enjoy solving puzzles related to languages? Find out about the Linguistic Olympiad and try to solve some puzzles on the spot! What's needed is a feeling for language, cultural imagination and logical-analytical thinking. The Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, together with the Förderverein Deutsche Linguistik-Olympiade and the University of Düsseldorf, is organizing the Linguistic Olympiad for students in Germany and will enable the best students to participate in the International Linguistic Olympiad.
Time: 17:00-22:00
From thought to language - hands-on fun for big and small researchers (Jakob Wünsch and Maite Seidel, LeibnizDream)
Do children actually think differently than adults? Or have they simply not yet learned to express their thoughts in an optimized way? In the LeibnizDream project, we are investigating the assumption that certain mistakes children make in their language development provide us with information about the structure of human thoughts. For this purpose, we are researching more than 50 children's languages worldwide. Visit our booth - there you can expect exciting hands-on experiments on the tablet for children from the age of 2.5 years and adults.
Time: 17:00-24:00
"1000 Voices for Berlin" (Dr. Stefanie Jannedy, Plapper)
Your vote counts! Join our challenge and become one of the first 1000 voices of Berlin. Download the new "Plapper" app and help us linguists to get a better picture of how people really speak. The app also allows people to participate in our studies who rarely or never find their way to our labs. We look forward to hearing your voice!
Time: 17:00-24:00
Are you still looking, or are you already talking? Eye tracking and language research to participate in (Onur Özsoy, Oliver Bunk (HU Berlin) and Pia Linscheid (HU Berlin), RUEG P10)
Our language is diverse and adaptable. Would you speak to your friends in the same way as to the police? And does it make a difference which family language(s) you grew up with? Researchers from Humboldt-Universität and the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics bring our RUEG experiment to you (https://hu.berlin/RUEG)! Come by and learn how an eye tracker works. Find out how well you can adapt to different linguistic situations. A hands-on experiment for kids and adults!
Time: 17:00-22:00