Science Communication

Our team is involved in various community and outreach events on topics of the human brain, brain development, the importance of early childhood from a neuroscientific perspective or science communication. Furthermore, science communication includes a personal science communication blog www.bornascientist.com

Selected outreach examples include:

• 2023: BrainFair Zurich: Workshops and presentation for children; participation in a discussion panel  [more]
• 2023 - 2025: Growing Brains - a science outreach initiative [more]
• 2022: Online Congress Early Childhoood Switzerland  [more]
• 2022: Presentation at the ERFA Convention in Bern
• 2022: Presentation for the Rotary Club Bern
• 2022: Anniversary 125 years Department of Psychology UZH: Workshop for children "Insights into the
• brain: methods and experiments" [Website]
• 2022: UZH Magazin 3/22, focus article on the learning brain by Roger Nickl, featuring research
• by our lab and others [Article on Issuu, starting page 26]
• 2022: Café Scientifique by Life Science Zurich and Science et Cité, "Growing Brains"
• 2022: "Schweizer Jugend forscht" (member panel of experts)
• 2021: Scientifica: "Wie lernen Mensch und Maschine?" [Website]
• 2021: Podcast episode for SciComm Palaver [Podcast]
• 2021: Brainfair “Manchmal braucht es MR Superhelden” (school program)
• 2021: Brainfair, public talk in the series “Das Gehirn in Zeiten der Pandemie” [Video; starting at 0:21]
• 2019: TED-style inspirational talk at the Teacher Campus Seminar Series 2019 in Zurich [Video]
• 2019: Science Communication workshop held at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Lausanne
• 2019: Interview with Jacobs Foundation: "Science and Research Never Stop to Change" [PDF]
• 2018: Video “How the brain develops, grows, and learns throughout our lives” (BOLD Blog) [Link]
• 2017: “Fachtagung: Kindertagespflege – Starke Bildungspartner für Familien und Jugendämter“, Kassel, Germany 
• 2017: Presentations on early brain development for Primokiz2.
• 2017: Presentations on early brain development at the national Ready! coalition meeting in Bern.
• 2017: Personal Video Statement – Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow [Video]
• 2016: Interview about Paediatric Neuroimaging, University Homepage [Link]
• 2016: Explaining Brain Research Through Star Wars, SciFive (University Blog) [Link]

The subtabs contain some of the science communication efforts conducted by Nora Raschle & team (for www.bornascientist.com)