Events - Archive

In the global ecosystem, everything is interconnected: the soil provides food for humans and animals, whilst plants and animals keep it fertile. If one part comes under pressure, it affects the entire system.

The kick-off conference of the Information and Coordination Centre for Fisheries Transformation (IKTF) brings together fishermen and women from all sectors of the North Sea and Baltic Sea with representatives from science, practice, politics, administration, business and civil society.

An international symposium on new findings and methods in fisheries and marine ecology research will take place at the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries in Bremerhaven on 9 December 2025.

Experience digital barn technology with VR glasses, discover the Digi-Pig and find out how satellites, sensors and AI are used in research.

Around a third of all food is thrown away worldwide - a large proportion of it in private households. The photo exhibition shows what happens to our food when we dispose of it - and provides concrete ideas on how everyone can avoid food waste in their everyday lives.

Heating, electricity, food - we can't produce any of this without enough space.

Listen to mezzo-soprano Dagmar Barth-Weingarten and the pianist Hisae Otuska-Stroh and discuss new perspectives for our food, agriculture and fisheries with scientists from the Thünen Institute.

Science meets photography: With her camera, photographer Anna Tiessen accompanied a research project by the Thünen Institute and the University of Göttingen on womenon farms. Her impressive photographs of the female farmers will soon be on display in the “Wissenschaftsschaufenster” in Braunschweig.

An invitation to take a look at the “sea on our doorstep”

The Long Night of the Sciences once again attracts young and old from the city and state to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's largest public science event. Discover our local knowledge and research landscape with us.