FameLab

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The FameLab is an international competition for science communication for students and young scientists. The winners from different countries compete against each other in an annual international final at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

format

A man is standing on a stage with a blue balloon. In the background, a jury of two men and one woman is seated at a table
Lecture at the regional decision of the FameLab Hessen in 2014

The FameLab lecture format was developed by Cheltenham Festivals in 2005 and has been organized worldwide since then in cooperation with the British Council . At the FameLab, students and young scientists from the natural or engineering sciences compete against each other in a lecture competition. You only have three minutes to present your topic. No presentation slides may be used, but all aids that the participants can bring on stage independently. The presentations are assessed by a jury, typically made up of representatives from science and the media . The jury grades according to the criteria of content, structure and charisma. In terms of its basic orientation, the FameLab is similar in some respects to the Science Slam , but differs in the shorter lecture duration, the ban on slides and the assessment by a jury instead of the audience.

FameLab International takes place annually in around 30 countries worldwide. Since 2007, a total of over 10,000 participants worldwide have taken part in FameLab International. In most countries, the first stage is regional preliminary decisions. The winners then compete against each other in a national final. The winners of all national final rounds will then meet at FameLab International in the UK at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

FameLab Germany

Annual FameLab competitions have also been held in Germany since 2011 . The Bielefeld Marketing GmbH organizes the format together with the British Council in Germany and coordinates the regional preliminary decisions and the annual Germany finals.

literature

  • Science Slam: competition for young scientists . Eisenbarth, Britta; Weißkopf, Markus. In: Handbook of Science Communication. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2012. pp. 155–163. ISBN 978-3-531-17632-1
  • Zarkadakis, George. FameLab: A talent competition for young scientists. Science Communication, 2010, Volume 32, No. 2, pp. 281-287.
  • Giles, Jim. Scientists speak out in search of fame and fortune. Nature, 2005, vol. 434, No. 7036, pp. 947-947.

Web links

Commons : FameLab  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Famelab Homepage (English). Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ FameLab: science communication competition. British Council . Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ The regional decisions . British Council. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ FameLab. British Council Germany. Retrieved April 8, 2019.