Have you booked your free tickets for the Festival of Research?

For children and adults:

True or false with Jonas Madsen

Jonas Madsen is known as the host of Ultra Nyt, MGP and Den Store Juniorbagedyst on television. With his energy and humour, he has made it his trademark to communicate knowledge at eye level with children and young people. At the Festival of Research, he invites the audience into an interactive show where we test how well we can actually tell fact from fiction.

True or false with Jonas Madsen
How good are you at spotting what is true? In this entertaining quiz show, the audience is challenged on their knowledge with surprising statements from the world of research. You get to join in the guessing yourself – and you may become wiser to just how easy it is to be fooled.

Target group: Children and families (from around age 6).

Mainly for adults:

Talks with Clement Kjersgaard

Clement Kjersgaard has by now become a familiar face at the Festival of Research at SDU. For several years, he has successfully moderated debates with our talented researchers and helped them communicate their knowledge and views in an engaging and entertaining way. This year is no exception, with no fewer than four debates on the programme.

With Clement: Should the state decide how many children we have?
Birth rates are falling, and this is fuelling debate about the future of the welfare state. In this talk, Clement Kjersgaard and three SDU researchers focus on the fertility crisis and the difficult question of the balance between the individual’s free choice and society’s needs. The audience is invited into a timely and thought-provoking discussion about rights, responsibility and the workforce of the future. Among others, you can meet Rune Lindahl-Jakobsen from the Department of Public Health.

Target group: Young people and adults (from around age 12) with an interest in society, politics and current debates.

With Clement: Can robots save the healthcare system of the future? 
The healthcare system is short of hands – but could technology and robots be the answer? Meet, among others, Benjamin Rasmussen from the Department of Clinical Research and hear the researchers’ views on how far we can – and should – go.

Target group: Young people and adults (from around age 12) with an interest in health, technology and future solutions.

With Clement: What now, Europe? Welcome to a security policy check-up
What does Europe’s security look like at a time when old alliances are wavering? Clement Kjersgaard talks with researchers Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Sten Rynning and Rasmus Glenthøj about threats, defence and future scenarios.

Target group: Young people and adults (from around age 12) with an interest in international politics and security.

With Clement: Artificial intelligence and the battle for truth 
Who decides what is true when algorithms shape the flow of information we receive? Clement Kjersgaard, together with researchers Claes de Vreese and Peter Schneider-Kamp, focuses on AI, media and credibility.

Target group: Young people and adults (from around age 12) with an interest in media, technology and society.

Talk with Gry Jexen

The Festival of Research at SDU in Odense will also be visited by Gry Jexen – historian and the woman behind the book, podcast and Instagram profile Kvinde Kend Din Historie – who, together with two SDU researchers, explores women’s health in a historical perspective.

Gry Jexen: Woman, know your health
This event is fully booked. It is possible to join the waiting list.

Pick up tickets on the day:

Two activities at the Festival of Research have a limited number of places. They are:

• Tours of forensic medicine  
• Escape room

For these, you must collect tickets on the day, in limited numbers.