Culture lovers

When researchers and artists inspire each other, new perspectives and insights come to light. This page offers inspiring examples, stories and experiences of public engagement projects with and for culture lovers.

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  Betweter Festival In an informal festival setting, researchers, artists and visitors together consider the world of tomorrow and the big questions of today [in Dutch].
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  Lowlands Festival Utrecht University professor Daan Scheepers and his team investigated what Lowlands festival visitors thought about evolving gender roles.
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  A dance about arthritis PhD student Nikae te Moller explained her research in an original way: with a dance of 4 minutes she talked about osteoarthritis and her research into this disease.
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  Music by Oceans Composer Stef Veldhuis joined oceanographers Erik van Sebille and Will de Ruijter to make music of the data generated by ocean floats.
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  Studium Generale The public platform for knowledge & reflection of Utrecht University. Organizes public events at the interface of science and society, including lectures, talk shows and movie screenings.

At Betweter Festival, we want to make scientific research more accessible to a large audience, and encourage visitors to adopt an investigative attitude and to reflect critically.