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Researchers' Night

Upcoming

25 SEP 2026

Creative Sustainability Cycle

  • 10:00-17:00
  • Tehnopark Celje, Gubčeva 1, Celje 3000
  • Children, young people, families, businesses, institutions.
  • Rhythm of Science

A creative sustainability experience where we give discarded items a new life through recycling and upcycling, and show through workshops, a virtual exhibition and a sustainable fashion show that sustainability can be both fun and creative.

free
workshop fashion show
families primary school pupils secondary school pupils business leaders
25 SEP 2026

Virtual Exhibition Creative Sustainability Cycle

  • 12.00-12.30
  • Tehnopark Celje, Gubčeva 1, Celje 3000
  • Children, young people, families
  • Rhythm of Science

Your creations won’t stay hidden in the closet! A real sustainable fashion show will follow, where you’ll get to showcase your unique creations yourself!

free
fashion show
families children primary school pupils secondary school pupils
25 SEP 2026

Mountain Biodiversity Under Threat in a Changing Climate

  • 11:30-14:15
  • National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 121, 1000 Ljubljana
  • For families and individuals of all age groups
  • The rhythms of animal life, Rhythms in ecosystems

An interactive lecture and a tour of laboratories and climate chambers will introduce visitors to the impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems and demonstrate how these effects are studied under controlled laboratory conditions.

free
live discussion with researchers immersive experience
general public primary school pupils secondary school pupils adults
25 SEP 2026

Exploring the hidden rhythms in communication of plants and animals

  • 14:15-17:15
  • National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 121, 1000 Ljubljana
  • primary and secondary school pupils
  • The rhythms of animal life, The rhythms of plant life

Visitors will explore the hidden rhythms of communication among organisms through hands-on, interactive demonstrations, listening to the vibrational communication of insects and smelling chemical signals used by plants and insects, while discovering how these signals change over time and how human activities can disrupt such communication.

free
live discussion with researchers quiz open day immersive experience
primary school pupils secondary school pupils
25 SEP 2026

A Day in the Orchard – Experience, Explore and Discover the Amazing Rhythms of Nature

  • 9:00-17:00
  • Kozjanski park, In the orchard Interpretation center, Gradišče 22, 3257 Podsreda
  • primary and secondary school children
  • The rhythms of animal life, The rhythms of plant life, Rhythms in ecosystems, When the rhythm of life is disrupted

Traditional high-stem meadow orchards are true treasure troves of life. Their tall trunks, magnificent crowns, dark tree hollows and colourful meadows stretching into the beech forest create rhythms of life and offer endless opportunities for experiencing, learning about and exploring nature.

free
workshop interactive science presentation treasure hunt immersive experience
primary school pupils secondary school pupils