From 23 to 27 March 2026, the University of Zielona Góra will host an international intensive educational programme entitled Interference Patterns: Science and Culture in Dialogue. The project is interdisciplinary in nature and focuses on the relationships between science, technology, and culture. It brings together perspectives from physics and mathematics with the social sciences, humanities, art, and music, showing how scientific ideas influence culture and how culture interprets and develops scientific thinking.
The programme will involve students and staff from partner universities in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, and Vietnam (approximately 50 participants in total).
The project is carried out with the involvement of staff from various units of the University of Zielona Góra, with a leading role played by the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Sociology, in cooperation with the Institutes of Astronomy, Polish Philology, Philosophy, History, Mathematics, Music, and the Institute of Sport, Tourism and Nutrition.
The programme includes lectures and seminars delivered by representatives of different disciplines, thematic workshops, interdisciplinary project work, field activities combining scientific and artistic reflection, and a final symposium presenting the outcomes of participants’ work. The programme is addressed to students and early-career researchers interested in interdisciplinary collaboration, developing communication skills, and a critical reflection on the role of science and technology in the contemporary world.
The programme is coordinated by dr hab. Sylwia Kondej, prof. UZ (Institute of Physics), and dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (Institute of Sociology).
