Outreach
NCCR SPIN is dedicated to making its research more accessible to the general public. We believe that science should be open and available to everyone, and we strive to raise awareness of our research results, promote scientific careers, and answer any questions the public may have about our activities. Throughout the year, we organize outreach events and meetings with a variety of institutions, individuals, and school classes to discuss our research and science in general.
If you have any questions or requests about outreach at NCCR SPIN, please contact our Communication and Outreach Officer for more information.
Next Outreach Events
QuantArt
From collaborating with festivals or museums to developing its own art installations, shows and games, the NCCR SPIN explores new ways to bring quantum science closer to the public, while engaging our researchers in diverse forms of science communication with our special art and science program.
Education
We are dedicated to discussing and disseminating NCCR SPIN research and knowledge with anyone. We believe in being as close as possible to our audience by giving priority to in person discussions as much as possible. We collaborate with schools, festivals and conferences to bring our research in contact with the public, inspire and empower the current and the next generations.
Equal Opportunities
NCCR SPIN is dedicated to promote scientific careers for everyone, and some of our outreach activities are focused on bridging the gender gap in physics by showcasing our women researchers.
Science Communication Program for Young Researchers
The NCCR SPIN Canvas Grant is an award winning program aiming to encourage young researchers to participate in public engagement events, both within the NCCR SPIN and externally. Candidates are encouraged to propose their own ideas and supported to realise them.
Outreach Calendar - past events
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QuantArt - Education - Equal Opportunities
18.06.2025 Premiere of Pauli gates: a Quantum Dance Tutorial at the NCCR SPIN Annual Meeting 2025
18.-21.06.2025 Exhibition NCCR SPIN Art and Science contest at the NCCR SPIN Annual Meeting
11.05.2025 Vulgariser, c’est toujours bon pour la santé ! a discussion and graphic challenge with comic authors Camille Van Belle, Lucia Sillig and researcher Pierre Fromholz at the international comic festival BDFIL 2025, Lausanne
14.04.2025 NCCR SPIN launches its interactive quantum quiz for the World Quantum Day 2025
16.-21.03.2025 Save the Cat is launched for the first time at the APS Global Summit 2025 in Anaheim, CA, USA
16.-21.03.2025 Hidden Variables is exhibited at the Quantum Playground of the APS Global Summit 2025 in Anaheim, CA, USA
16.-21.03.2025 Birds of Science was implemented at the APS Global Summit 2025 in Anaheim, CA, USA
15.03.2025 Hidden Variables is exhibited at the Quantum Jubilee of the APS Global Summit 2025 in Anaheim, CA, USA
15.03.2025 Tinguely Entangled is performed at the Quantum Jubilee of the APS Global Summit 2025 in Anaheim, CA, USA
3.-10.11.2024 QuantumLand Inc. is presented in the Forum program of the Berlin Science Week 2024
1.-2.11.2024 Quantum Computing Unplugged at the Campus program of the Berlin Science Week 2024
26.-27.10.2024 Hidden Variables is displayed at the Festival della Scienza in Genoa, Italy
15.-19.06.2024 NCCR SPIN releases 5 video for its NCCR SPIN Women campaign (YouTube and social media)
12.-14.06.2024 NCCR Art and Science contest entries are displayed at the NCCR SPIN Annual Meeting 2024
13.06.2024 Tinguely Entangled is performed in Osaka
07.06.2024 Tinguely Entangled is performed at the Swiss Japanese Quantum Symposium 2024 in Tokyo
26.05.2024 NCCR SPIN researchers James Wootton and Pierre Fromholz give a workshop for quantum computing curious at the House of Electronic Arts (HEK) in Basel
27.04.2024 La Quantique, c’est fantastique !, discussion and graphic challenge with comic authors Laurent Schafer, Mathieu Burniat and researcher Anna Fontcuberta i Morral at the international comic festival BDFIL, Lausanne
14.04.2024 Release on YouTube of the video On the Road to Practical Quantum Computers for the World Quantum Day
01.2024 Tinguely Entangled is performed at the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
08.12.2023 NCCR SPIN participates to the launch of a new “Knowledge Box” in Physics
3.-4.11.2023 Quantum Computing Unplugged is presented for the first time at the Campus program of the Berlin Science Week 2023
1.-10.11.2023 Hidden Variables is presented for the first time at the Berlin Science Week 2023
23.09.2023 4 artists and 2 NCCR SPIN scientists illustrate clichés in scientific research in a live performance at the Museum Night in Lausanne (collaboration with BDFIL 2023)
12.07.2023 Alessia Pally visits a class in the MNG Rämibühl Zürich (A researcher in my class)
19.-21.06.2023 NCCR SPIN image contest entries are exhibited at the NCCR SPIN Annual Meeting 2023
14.05.2023 Dessiner l’invisible : comment render la physique quantique accessible à travers la BD ?, discussion with comic author Laurent Schafer and researchers Pierre Chevalier Kwon and Anna Fontcuberta i Morral at the international comic festival BDFIL Lausanne 2023
09.05.2023 Melina Lüthi visits a class in the Gymnasium Interlaken (A researcher in my class)
14.04.2023 Live streaming from the CryoLab at the University of Basel for the World Quantum Day
14.04.2023 Release of the video on YouTube “what do NCCR PSIN researchers think of first when they hear the word “Quantum”?”
8.-14.03.2023 NCCR SPIN videos of the NCCR Women campaign 2023 are released on social media
25.03.2023 Premiere of Tinguely Entangled at the Tinguely Museum in Basel
02.02.2023 Agnes Meyder visits a class at the Gymnasium am Münsterplatz, Basel (A researcher in my class)
14.12.2022 Andrea Hofmann visits a class at the Gymnasium Leonard, Basel (A researcher in my class)
28.11.2022 Lara Ostertag visits a class in the Kantonsschule Glarus (A researcher in my class)
14.04.2022 Release of the video In One Sentence: What is Quantum? On our YouTube channel for the World Quantum Day 2022
21.-25.10.2021 NCCR SPIN videos of the NCCR Women campaign are released on social media
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