News
08 June 2022
“The relevance of daylight for humans” released as a new issue in the DLA Reprints series!
The DLA project group the role of daylight for humans published the original article “The relevance of daylight for humans” last year and it is now available as a new issue in the DLA Reprints series! The article highlights the biological pathways through which daylight is important for...
20 May 2022
Daylight Awareness Week 2022 – Videos now available!
The third Daylight Awareness Week took place from 10-12 May, a huge thank you to all the international and interdisciplinary speakers who made it so sucessful! Together we explored the “Journey of Light: from Space to our Cells”. We are happy to share the videos with you on our website or ...
03 May 2022
Third edition of DeLIGHTed Talks: The right light at the right time – Bright Days, Dark Nights
DeLIGHTed Talks goes into its third round, this time under the title: The right light at the right time – Bright Days, Dark Nights. After the introduction on healthy lighting recommendations by Dr Luc Schlangen, the programme features talks by sleep expert Dr Christine Blume and ecologist Koosje ...
20 February 2022
Summer School “Measuring Light and Illumination” – Call for applications
Applications for the Interdisciplinary Summer School: Measuring Light and Illumination are now open! This residential summer school is organised by the Daylight Academy and will take place in Chexbres, Switzerland, from 15 to 19 August 2022. Using Horace Bénédict de Saussure’s cyanometer (1789...
16 February 2022
DLA Annual Conference 2021 – Videos and report now available
The DLA Annual Conference 2021 was a great success, thanks to over 80 online participants. It was initially planned as a two-day hybrid event. Sadly, due to a sudden tightening of Covid–related measures in Switzerland, we were forced to held it exclusively online and cancel the face-to-face ...
07 February 2022
Seven new members join the Daylight Academy!
The Daylight Academy (DLA) is delighted and honoured to welcome on board seven outstanding daylight researchers: Prof. Urs Albrecht, Prof. Christian Fankhauser, Dr Sabine Kling, Prof. Greta Patzke, Dr Natalia Sokol, Dr Jan Wienold and Prof. Noureddine Zemmouri. They were elected as DLA members last ...
03 February 2022
Daylight Awareness Week 2022 – Registration is now open!
The third edition of the virtual “Daylight Awareness Week” is organised in the context of the UNESCO International Day of Light and is aimed at the general public as well as experts and students interested in daylight research. For a foretaste, see last year’s programme and videos. Daylight ...
30 September 2021
Comic book “Enlighten your clock” – Launch event and expert talk
Published this spring in English, the comic book Enlighten your clock: How your body tells time describes with intelligence and humour the effects of light on our body. Many were seduced by the concept and volunteered to translate the text in their own language. And thanks to the financial support ...
29 September 2021
Second edition of deLIGHTed Talks: Good Light – Good Life in Wintertime
DeLIGHTed Talks goes into a second round, this time with the topic: Good Light – Good Life in Wintertime. The program of this edition features talks by Professor Till Roenneberg and DLA member Dr Manuel Spitschan about daylight saving time and how to cope with the dark period of the year. If ...
31 August 2021
Blogposts with Q&A’s from the Daylight Awareness Week 2021
The Daylight Awareness Week 2021 was a real success: almost 400 people from all over the world signed up and lively exchanges took place between them and the speakers. Many exciting questions came up, and as a certain number of them could not be answered during the event, we decided to invite the ...
10 August 2021