UC participates in the EC2U Science Battle 2022
Questions for the researchers can be sent in until the 16th of June.
English version by Diana Taborda
The University of Coimbra (UC) will participate in the second edition of the EC2U Consortium Science Battle (European Campus of City-Universities), a competition between scientists and researchers from four universities of the Alliance: UC, Portugal; University of Iasi, Romania; University Jena, Germany; and the University of Salamanca, Spain.
The first EC2U Science Battle took place em 2021 with researchers from the universities of Pavia (Italy), Poitiers (France) and Turku (Finland). The University of Pavia was the winner of the first edition.
Questions such as "Do blind people dream in colour? Will artificial intelligence be able to write a play like Shakespeare?" or "How many mirrors does it take to see our image reflected more than 100 times?" will be posed to researchers from the various institutions.
The submission of questions is open until the 16th of June and should be sent to ec2u@uc.pt with the subject "Science Battle 2022". A jury panel will select the questions that will be asked to the researchers on the 30th of September, European Researcher's Night and the date chosen for the event.
Get more info about the Science Battle and EC2U Alliance.
About the EC2U Alliance
EC2U is a multi-cultural and multi-lingual European Universities Alliance formed by the University of Poitiers (as coordinator), the University of Coimbra, the University Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Iasi, the University of Salamanca, the University of Pavia, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and the University of Turku. Its ambition is to develop an open and innovative space allowing seamless mobility among the universities and cities, thus overcoming clichéd views of regional and national identities. The Alliance is based on a unique cooperation between universities and cities, involving academic communities, municipalities, regional authorities, socio-economic actors and citizens. EC2U will promote an unprecedented challenge-based global initiative that leans on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).