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05 September 2025

Lumi’s Delight – A new comic book for curious kids

A Daylight Academy project group has just published Lumi’s Delight, an educational comic book that shows how sunlight shapes life on Earth in a colourful and entertaining way. Following Lumi, a curious ray of light, readers aged 6–10 – and all adults young at heart – can explore how daylight...

03 September 2025

Recent study reveals how daylight powers our defenses

A study, led by scientists at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, has uncovered how our immune system synchronizes with daylight to fight infections more effectively. The Core Finding: Neutrophils (our most abundant infection-fighting white blood cells) have their own internal circadian ...

29 August 2025

Daylight Conversations: new episode out!

In this new episode of Daylight Conversations, Medical Anthropologist Mónica Berger González (Guatemala) and Neuroscientist Manuel Spitschan (Germany) explore the role of daylight in health – from a global, nature-oriented perspective. Their dialogue highlights the richness and potential of ...

04 July 2025

Daylight and myopia relationship explored in DLA project’s new article

Members of the DLA project group “Can daylight protect children from myopia?” have written a new article exploring the relationship between myopia and daylight. Titled: Myopia and daylight—A combination of factors, the paper was published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine. First examining ...

21 June 2025

Daylight Awareness Week 2025 – Call for Contributions now open!

As the world needs to move away from fossil fuels, we are entering a new era — one where daylight can play a central role in how we live, work, and care for our planet. Future Solar Societies imagines a world shaped by the power of the sun — not only through solar energy and sustainable ...

16 June 2025

Explore the DLA Annual Conference 2025 through pictures and videos

The Daylight Academy’s Annual Conference 2025 explored ways of how we can translate our growing knowledge of daylight into meaningful action across a range of societal topics. The conference took place from 22-23 May at the Institute for Advanced Study located in the Garching campus of the ...

13 June 2025

Seven new members and four associates join the Daylight Academy

The Daylight Academy (DLA) elected seven new members at its recent General Assembly on 22 May 2025. The new members bring further expertise in the fields of the built environment, daylighting, heritage conservation, environmental psychology, biology, pharmacognosy, biochemistry and chronobiology. &...

16 May 2025

Daylight Academy joins launch of global ‘Light for Public Health’ campaign

The Daylight Academy is delighted to be a founding partner of the Light for Public Health Initiative, a global campaign launching on UNESCO’s International Day of Light, 16 May 2025. The initiative aims to raise public awareness of how light exposure through the eyes affects health and well-being...

16 May 2025

Nominations for The Daylight Award 2026 now open

Nominations for the 2026 edition of The Daylight Award have officially opened. The Daylight Academy, which is presenting the Award for the first time, invites you to nominate distinguished candidates until 15 September, 2025. By celebrating both scientific research and architectural practice, The ...

18 March 2025

New deLIGHTed talks to focus on light and sleep – register now

The 8th edition of the deLIGHTed Talks will be taking place soon on 16 April (15:00-16:30 CEST). Save the date and register now! Register here The online webinar will be exploring how light affects our sleep, alertness and productivity. Distinguished chronobiologist and sleep scientist Dr. Virginie ...

24 January 2025

A new Daylight Conversation is out!

The Daylight Conversations series continues with a dialogue between Juhani Pallasmaa, globally renowned architect, writer, and former chair of The Daylight Award Jury, and Selma Tir, a rising neuroscientist from the University of Oxford and member of The Daylight Award Community. With over six ...