The Young Academy has launched its own lecture series: die Young Academy Distinguished Lecture Series. The YADLS brings scientific topics of general relevance to the public, presented by an invited distinguished expert and a member of the Young Academy in an interactive and accessible format. The aim is to inspire open-minded discussion about cutting-edge research in both humanities and the natural sciences.

Dates: 
13 November 2026 – Host: Ugur Öztürk, Guest: Thorsten Wagener (University of Potsdam), Moderation: Alexandra Rodler-Rørbo
Floods, Droughts and Landslides in a Changing World - Extremes of the Century or a Century of Extremes?

21 April 2026 – Host: Oleg Simakov, Guest: Margaret McFall-Ngai (Caltech and Carnegie Science), Moderation: Jillian Petersen
The Invisible Force Revealed: Developing New Ways to Study the Microbial World Surrounding Us

3 November 2025 – Host: Julia Lajta-Novak, Guest: Claudia Benthien (University of Hamburg), Moderation: Anne Sophie Meincke
Poetry / Publics / Politics: The Uses of Poetry in Public Spaces

10 June 2025 – Host: Anne Sophie Meincke, Guest: Alfred Mele (Florida State University), Moderation: Alice Auersperg
Can Biology Help Us Defend Free Will? An Emerging Debate in Philosophy

9 October 2024 – Host: Sandra Müller, Guest: W. Hugh Woodin (Harvard University), Jan von Plato (University of Helsinki); Moderation: Anne Sophie Meincke
The Boundaries of Mathematics – from Gödel to the Study of Large Infinites
As part of the Colloquium Logicum 2024

11 January 2024 – Host: Katharina Rebay-Salisbury, Guest: Thomas Higham (University of Vienna, previously: University of Oxford); Moderation: Christoph Bock
Prehistory in a New Light