8,600 visitors at the Researchers’ Night in Jyväskylä
Various activities of the event gathered almost 8,600 visitors. In two previous years, the event was held online. The attendance record was made in 2019 with almost 14,500 visitors. The visitors were interested in, for example, experiments at the Department of Chemistry and the Accelerator Laboratory of the Department of Physics.
“Cooperation with the City of Light was an important factor resulting in the awesome number of visitors. Spectacular light artwork, for example, Dancing Fountains in Korkeakoskenlahti, also attracted people to the campus,” says Communications Manager Liisa Harjula.
The audience got familiar with science through workshops, lectures and laboratory visits. Almost 600 pupils participated in the daytime programme for school groups. Popular workshops such as the CSI crime scene investigation were booked full quickly.
“The variety and extent of programme in the Researchers’ Night was exceptional, and the event succeeded to intrigue both children and parents,” Harjula says.
European Researchers’ Night is a science event that makes research and the work of scientists familiar to audiences all over Europe. It has been organised since 2005.
This year’s locations were Jyväskylä, Tampere, Hämeenlinna, Helsinki, Sodankylä and Oulu.
Further information:
Communications Manager Liisa Harjula, University of Jyväskylä, liisa.harjula@jyu.fi / +358 40 805 4403
