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13 June 2024

“Why daylight should be a priority for urban planning” released as a new issue in the DLA Reprints series!

The DLA is happy to announce the publication of its reprint of “Why daylight should be a priority for urban planning”, a paper produced by the DLA project group “Daylight and green cities”, which was recently published in the Journal of Urban Management. “This publication is the result of ...

05 June 2024

The DLA Annual Conference 2024 in pictures

How can daylight be harnessed in the service of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? That was the chief question explored at this year’s DLA Annual Conference, which took place from 30-31 May 2024 at the Clarion Hotel in Trondheim. It featured several keynotes and a wide variety of ...

03 June 2024

DLA General Assembly 2024 elects five new members!

The Daylight Academy (DLA) is delighted to welcome five new members, elected at the last General Assembly on 30 May 2024. The new members bring expertise in chronobiology, facial surgery, energy efficient building, architecture and social psychology. The new DLA members are: Prof. Harald ...

17 May 2024

DLA member Till Roenneberg receives The Daylight Award 2024 for Daylight Research

Till Roenneberg was announced as the laureate for Daylight Research at The Daylight Award 2024 ceremony in the Danish Architecture Centre (DAC) in Copenhagen on Thursday. The biennial ceremony took place on the occasion of the UNESCO International Day of Light.

15 May 2024

The Daylight Academy celebrates UNESCO’s International Day of Light

The Daylight Academy celebrates the International Day of Light and strives to find ways through which daylight can help realise the Sustainable Development Goals set out by the United Nations.

05 April 2024

7th edition of the deLIGHTed Talks on light and metabolic health coming soon!

The 7th edition of the deLIGHTed Talks will take place soon on 16 April (15:00-16:30 CEST). Save the date! This online webinar will take place under the title “Time Matters – Shining Light on Metabolic Health”. Charna Dibner, DLA member and expert on circadian endocrinology, will moderate ...

08 March 2024

Daylight and green cities project publishes new paper

The Daylight and green cities project, led by Daylight Academy members Prof. Christoph Kueffer, Dr. Bruno Bueno and Dr. Carlo Volf, has published a new paper in the Journal of Urban Management. Titled: “Why daylight should be a priority for urban planning,” the article argues that ...

01 February 2024

Call for Posters open for the DLA Annual Conference 2024!

This year, the Daylight Academy’s Annual Conference is moving close to the arctic circle. Specifically, to the city of Trondheim in Norway, where it will take place from 30-31 May. Early-career researchers (PhD students and postdoctoral researchers) will have the opportunity to present their own ...

31 January 2024

Interdisciplinary Summer School “Measuring Light and Illumination” 2024 – Call for applications

The Daylight Academy is happy to announce that it is organising its second edition of the Interdisciplinary Summer School “Measuring Light and Illumination”! The residential summer school will take place in Chexbres, Switzerland, from 28 July to 3 August 2024. Using a variety of cutting-...

19 December 2023

Christmas freebie! Summer School “Measuring Light and Illumination” booklet now available in printed form

With Christmas round the corner, we are pleased to announce that our PDF booklet, which summarises the experiences and learnings of the students and lecturers who took part in Daylight Academy’s Interdisciplinary Summer School “Measuring Light and Illumination”, has now also been published in ...

28 November 2023

Daylight Awareness Week 2023 – videos now available!

The Daylight Awareness Week 2023 is over, but don’t worry, you can still watch the content online! This year’s Daylight Awareness Week was focused on how humans’ perception of sunlight has evolved over time. Researchers from a wide range of disciplines provided unique insights via online ...