Science at the Göttinger Literaturherbst
Miriam Meckel, Léa Steinacker
Arik Kershenbaum
Peter Strohschneider
The current program
Since 2007, our institute, together with the other three local Max Planck Institutes, the Göttinger Literaturherbst and the Lower Saxony State and University Library, has been organizing the lecture series Science at the Göttinger Literaturherbst.
In exciting, generally understandable lectures, renowned scientists and science journalists present their latest research findings and books and discuss current topics. The event will take place live in the Paulinerkirche and will also be streamed. The on-air ticket is valid for all lectures of the Göttinger Literaturherbst.
You can find the current program here.
Science Communication Medal
Since 2014, the Science Communication Medal has been awarded annually to a scientist who has made a special effort to present scientific research results to a broad public in an understandable manner.
All lectures take place at the Paulinerkirche in Göttingen.
Former events
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2024
Miriam Meckel, Léa Steinacker • Arik Kershenbaum • Peter Strohschneider • Steven Vertovec • Jens Beckert • Manfred Spitzer • Patrick Cramer
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2022
Volker und Cornelia Quaschning • Gerd Gigerenzer • Armin Falk • Bill Hansson • Özlem Türeci, Uğur Şahin & Joe Miller • Dave Goulson • Antje Boetius • Steffen Mau
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2021
Friederike Otto • Dirk Brockmann • Stefan HE Kaufmann • Naika Foroutan • Maja Göpel • Jared Diamond • Heino Falcke • Harald Meller • Roland Ennos
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2020
Jutta Allmendinger • Jörg Hacker • Ayelet Shachar • Markus Rex • Bettina Hitzer • Menno Schilthuizen
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2019
Martin Wikelski • Thorsten Dambeck • Johannes Krause • Bruce Allen • Frank Vorpahl • Katja Liebal • Julia Fischer • Sabine Hossenfelder • Eva Illouz • Johannes Frasnelli
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2018
Peter Berthold • Ingo Fietze • Claudia Kemfert • Christian Köberl • Manuela Lenzen • Mark Miodownik • Herfried Münkler • Georg von Wallwitz
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2017
Jürgen Tautz • Jan Philipp Reemtsma • Nicole Dubilier • Yvonne Hofstetter • Sibylle Anderl • Jürgen Renn • Patrick Kingsley • Douglas R. Hofstadter
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2016
Lisa Kaltenegger • Bert Hölldobler • Allan Guggenbühl • Metin Tolan • Hans Joachim Schellnhuber • Ian Goldin • Armin Nassehi • Helen Pearson • Michael Shermer
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2015
Colin Crouch • Anna Frebel • Lutz Jäncke • Harald Lesch • Hannah Monyer / Martin Gessmann • Thomas de Padova • Hermann Parzinger • Rudolf Taschner
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2014
Olaf Fritsche • Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann • Marcel Fratzscher • Eva Jaeggi • Ortwin Renn • Heinrich Hemme • Max J. Kobbert • David J.C. MacKay
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2013
Kurt Bayertz • Ludolf Schultz • Ben Moore • André Aleman • Günter M. Ziegler • Thomas de Padova • John Whitfield • Martin Hellwig • Robert L. Trivers • Gerd Gigerenzer
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2012
Frances Ashcroft • Julia Fischer • Ute Frevert • Michael Gazzaniga • Brian Greene • Heinz Hilbrecht • Josef Honerkamp • Thomas Meinertz • Günther Ortmann • Jonathan Steinberg
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2011
Katerina Harvati • Gian Domenico Borasio • Thomas Pogge • Paul Collier • Joseph H. Reichholf • Gerhard Roth • Metin Tolan • Christian Hesse • Michael Hagner • Stefan Rahmstorf
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2010
Ilaria Capua • Thomas Metzinger • Steven Pinker • Borwin Bandelow • John L. Heilbron • Hans-Peter Beck-Bornholdt • Sebastian Schütze • William Tecuseh Fitch • Michael Welland • Johannes W. Grüntzig
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2009
Colin Renfrew • Florian Holsboer • Martin J. Sherwin • Norbert Bolz • Christoph Luitpold Frommel • Giacomo Rizzolatti • Detlef Ganten • Peter J. Bowler • Oussama Khatib (Stanford) und Bruno Siciliano (Neapel) • Lee Smolin
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2008
Roger Penrose • Christopher Clark • Daniel C. Dennett • Ansgar Beckermann • Hans Belting • Hans-Jörg Rheinberger • John L. Heilbron • Wolf Singer • John Romer • Gerd Gigerenzer
Scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst 2007
Rudolf Jaenisch • Sherwin B. Nuland • Richard Dawkins • Thomas Ditzinger • Jürgen Tautz • Peter Burke • Manfred Spitzer • Peter Atkins • Martin Kemp • Konrad Paul Liessmann