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2021 call for applications is now open.

Together with water, energy is one of the pillars of life and human activities. Nowadays it is impossible to make any reliable prediction about our future without a deep and unbiased reflection on energy. It underlies the most important topics like migrations, wars, tensions among countries, technological competition, public health and others.

To celebrate the publication of the collective work “L'Art de chercher : l’enseignement supérieur face à la recherche-création” (The Art of Research: creative research in higher education), the Université de Lyon is hosting a webinar on December 1, 2020 to discuss the questions, expectations and challenges related to creative research.

A new podcast series named “Arqus Knowledge Pills” brings the scientific expertise of the seven partner universities of the Arqus European University Alliance together – and directly to its listeners.

The fifth Pop’Sciences Forum will run from November 24 to December 1st, 2020 and will focus on a range of energy transition issues, from concerns and myths to means of implementation. As with each edition of the Forum, a Pop’Sciences Mag will explore the various themes addressed, all while providing an overview of the current state of research conducted in Lyon and Saint-Étienne.

Virtual tours, scientific workshops, games, online exhibitions, and much more... Pop’Sciences invites you to re-experience the 29th Science Fair from the comfort of your own home, with over 30 online activities organized by the Rhône County research community that the whole family can enjoy.

Local food for schoolchildren, green roofs, access to rights in prisons, levers for guidance for young people and more... Discover the 10 subjects of study offered in 2021 by the Science Shop.

The Science Shop has invited a researcher, a social worker and a local member of the PoliCité collective to come and to discuss the study conducted in East Lyon as part of a seminar in November 2020. This seminar, initially scheduled for April 2020, will take place both in person and online.

Do you represent a research laboratory? Are you a researcher, student, engineer or scientific mediator? Would you like to share your current research or your passion for science with a curious audience? If yes, why not apply to take part in the 2021 Pop’Sciences Festival?

Replicability is traditionally considered the hallmark of good science. However, in some cases important published scientific findings have failed to replicate. What does this say about scientific practices? What are the causes and significance of this “replicability crisis”? And how should scientific communities, scientific institutions, policy makers and the general public react to it?

The Université de Lyon provides students and young graduates working on an artistic project with support from professional cultural organizations in the Lyon and Saint-Étienne areas. Take a look at the eleven 2020 winning projects.

After the successful 2019 Science Fair, which brought together over 50,000 visitors in Lyon and the Rhône region, the Science Fair will return from October 2 to 12, 2020 in a completely new format. Fun, free and open to all; this year’s edition will feature nearly 200 different activities, which you can enjoy either in person at several locations or online from the comfort of your home.

The École urbaine de Lyon, one of the two Convergence Institutes of the Université de Lyon, is organizing a Rentrée Anthropocène (Anthropocene back-to-school event) which will take place from October 2 to 10, 2020 in the higher education institutions of Lyon and Saint-Étienne.

The Open Science Committee has just published its “Open Science Passport” for PhD students in search of tools and the best practices.

Following the success of its first four sessions, the Université de Lyon’s RESETIS platform is launching a new MOOC session. Registration is open via the FUN-MOOC platform until Tuesday, October 20, 2020.