Two Science Slams for the Anniversary
10/14/2025The Science Slam is celebrating its 10th birthday. There will be two events to mark the anniversary: a classic slam on Friday, 7 November. Plus a best-of from ten years on Saturday, 8 November.
What happens when researchers try to present their science in an understandable and entertaining way in a seven-minute lecture?
Anyone who wants to hear and see this should make a note of the second weekend in November. That's when two science slams in German language take place on the University of Würzburg campus.
The reason for the double event: the Science Slam, jointly organised by the university's Alumni Office in cooperation with the Technical University and the city, is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
Location: The anniversary Science Slams will take place on Friday and Saturday, 7 and 8 November 2025, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Z6 lecture theatre building at Hubland. University alumnus Johannes Keppner, presenter at Radio Gong, will host the evenings.
Tickets are available now for six euros. Those attending both slams can buy a combined ticket for ten euros. Tickets are available at the Falkenhaus on Marktplatz, at the student representation of the university at Hubland, at the libraries of the THWS in Würzburg and Schweinfurt and at the staff council of the University Hospital in Josef-Schneider-Straße in Grombühl.
Science Slam on Friday, 7 November
The evening will be opened by last year's winner Professor Hannes Taubenböck from JMU's Department of Geography. The following other slammers have been confirmed so far:
Jessica Ruck, psychologist and psychological psychotherapist, Institute of General Medicine at the University Hospital of Würzburg: Lost in prevention - unintended effects of health communication using the example of the Federal Ministry of Health's "Legal aber" prevention campaign
Carsten Büchner, PhD student in physics at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Würzburg: Listening and understanding: How are our batteries actually doing?
Dr Volker Latussek, physicist, employee of the university's central administration in the area of planning and reporting: Why is third-party funding not indecent?
Dr Isabell Ramming, microbiologist, Chair of Hospital Hygiene: ESKAPE - (How) do we escape hospital germs?
Prof Dr Peter Bofinger, Senior Professor of Economics, Money and International Economic Relations / Chairman of the University's central alumni association: Getting rich with cryptocurrency?
Best of Science Slam on Saturday, 8 November
The following slammers have been confirmed so far:
Dr Julien Bobineau, publicist and managing director of Denkfabrik Diversität: Rassismus bei der Polizei?! How colonial images of Africa characterise our everyday lives and what Horst Seehofer has to do with it.
Prof Dr Daniel Kulesz, Department of Engineering, Computer Science and Economics, Bingen University of Applied Sciences: End-User Software Engineering
Dr Sebastian Markert, Engineering Sciences: What happens when you close your eyes?
Prof Dr Klaus Brehm, Medical Parasitology: Why tapeworms don't use genders, but still feel integrated.
Dr Charlotte Schwenner, science editor: Bacteria in search of a flat share
Prof. Dr Björn Trauzettel, Theoretical Physics: Why life is easier as a quantum mechanical particle.
Prof Dr Hans-Georg Weigand, former Professor of Mathematics Education at JMU: How does a mathematician think?
More About the Slammers
All the slammers are presented in more detail on the University of Würzburg Community website - with photos and short interviews.
Proceeds go Towards Deutschlandstipendien
The entrance fees for the two science slams will be used entirely for the Deutschlandstipendien Programme of the two Würzburg universities. The programme supports talented students who are socially committed alongside their studies.
