Educating, informing and simplifying complex topics - these are the tasks of science communication. As a science centre, we have various formats in our programme: In cooperation with Volkswagen Group, we are in close dialogue with universities with our science talk. At meet the scientist, young academics have the opportunity to explain research projects directly to our young and old guests in an understandable way in our exhibition area.
The importance of science communication at the Science Centre lies in the challenge of making scientific information understandable and relevant for different target groups. We offer experts and young scientists a platform for dialogue and an interface between the sciences and the public.
Lectures, discussion rounds, workshops and targeted programmes for educational institutions offer opportunities for direct exchange.
One Thursday evening a month at 6:30 pm, the phaeno Science Theatre hosts a top-class event on topics from science and technology. The format is free of charge.
The science talks are lectures or panel discussions - our aim: dialogues on future topics - the best science communication with the best researchers in the region. The participants come to phaeno from regional universities, research institutions and Volkswagen and are joined by representatives from politics or nationally recognised luminaries.
The events are offered in hybrid form in presence and as a YouTube livestream in order to make them accessible to a broader interested audience outside the region.
| Topic: | Digital witnesses - what the smart home really knows |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 21. 08.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Cost | free of charge |
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered hybrid in presence and as a YouTube livestream to make it accessible to a wider interested audience outside the region.
We are looking forward to Prof Dr Felix Büsching, Ostfalia Wolfenbüttel, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
SmartHome Forensics
| Topic: | Fungal whispers - what is killing our ash trees? |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 30.10.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Costs | free of charge |
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered hybrid in presence and as a YouTube livestream to make it accessible to a wider interested audience outside the region.
We are looking forward to Dr Gitta Langer, NW-FVA Göttingen Forest Conservation, Mycology and Complex Diseases
ScienceTalk: Mushroom whispers
| Topic: | Small talk with consequences - The communication between virus and cell |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 18.09.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Costs | free of charge |
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered in hybrid presence and as a YouTube livestream to make it accessible to a wider interested audience outside the region.
We are looking forward to Prof. Dr Christian Sieben from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research.
| Topic: | Cyber protection with quantum power - how it works |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 24.07.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Costs | free of charge |
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered hybrid in presence and as a YouTube livestream to make it accessible to a wider interested audience outside the region.
We are looking forward to Dr Christian Deppe, TU Braunschweig, Institute for Communications Engineering
Cyber protection with quantum power
| Topic: | Science - but understandable, please! |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 26.06.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Costs | free of charge |
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered in hybrid form in presence and as a YouTube livestream to make it accessible to a wider interested audience outside the region.
Science Talk: Science - but understandable, please!
| Topic: | Sustainability in space travel |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 22.05.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Costs | free of charge |
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered in hybrid presence and as a YouTube livestream to make it accessible to a wider interested audience outside the region.
Science Talk: Sustainability in space travel
| Topic: | AI - Volkswagen Group Research |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 24.04.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Costs | free of charge |
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered in hybrid form in presence and as a YouTube livestream to make it accessible to a wider interested audience outside the region.
Science Talk: Artificial Intelligence
| Topic: | Green Marketing = Green Washing? | Prof Dr Dirk Hohm |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 06.03.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Costs | free of charge |
Science talks are lectures or panel discussions - our aim: dialogues on future topics - the best science communication with the best researchers in the region. The participants come to phaeno from regional universities, research institutions and Volkswagen and are joined by representatives from politics or nationally recognised luminaries.
We are looking forward to Prof Dr Dirk Hohm
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered in hybrid form in presence and as a YouTube live stream to make it accessible to a wider interested audience outside the region.
Science Talk - Green Marketing
| Topic: | Wild bees | Dr Frank Sommerlandt, Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Braunschweig |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 06.02.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Costs | free of charge |
The presentation is dedicated to wild bees, especially in the context of the agricultural landscape, and sheds light on why their well-being affects us all. Innovative methods that can be used to record wild bees throughout Germany will be presented, as well as concrete ways in which everyone can contribute to data collection.
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered in hybrid form in presence and as a YouTube livestream to make it accessible to a wider interested audience outside the region.
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| Topic: | Sustainability in tourism | Prof. Dr Stefan Küblböck, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences Salzgitter |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 09.01.2025 |
| Duration: | 18:30 |
| Costs | free of charge |
In his lecture, Stefan Küblböck takes stock of the current situation: How sustainable is the tourism industry today? Where does the industry stand 50 years after Krippendorf's wake-up call? In doing so, he draws on key concepts that unfortunately document the failures and endeavours of recent decades rather than highlighting successful solutions. What needs to happen for the urgently needed ecological, social and economic transformation of tourism to succeed?
The science talk is a cooperation with Volkswagen Group and will be offered in hybrid form in presence and as a YouTube livestream to make it accessible to a broader interested audience outside the region.
on Thursday, 9 January 2025
at 18:30, admission 18:15
in the phaeno Science Theatre
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Science Talks in 2024
As part of the Volkswagen cooperation meet the scientist, scientists from the region present their research work at a "research stand" in the centre of the phaeno exhibition. This gives them the opportunity to exchange ideas with the guests and gain experience in communicating their work in an understandable way.
In return, phaeno guests have the opportunity to get to know scientists and their projects that they would never normally come into contact with. The focus of the scientists is on groups of researchers or doctoral students from universities, colleges and research institutions in the region, including Volkswagen Group Research.
| Topic: | Isodrones 360° Interactive Research |
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| Target group | People interested in science |
| Date: | 29.04.2025 |
| Duration: | 11:00 to 16:00 |
| Costs | included in phaeno admission |
Meet the scientist
| Topic: | World Quantum Day |
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| Target group: | People interested in science |
| Date: | 14.04.2025 |
| Duration: | 11:00 to 16:00 |
| Costs | included in phaeno admission |
