News
26 February 2021
The Daylight Awareness Week is back this Spring!
The second 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. The program and further information will be communicated ...
21 January 2021
Why do we need Daylight? – The new DLA flyer
Daylight is central to public health and the environment. Half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. For many, their access to daylight is limited by a poor built environment and air pollution. Clean, renewable sources of energy are a pressing need, as is a greater recognition of the...
18 November 2020
DLA Annual Conference 2020: What’s next for your Academy?
DLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE & GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2020 What’s next for your Academy? 19 November 2020 to 20 November 2020 Online The Daylight Academy (DLA) enters a second phase next year and is eager to deploy its full potential in terms of expertise, creative collaborations, and outreach. This ...
30 September 2020
Daylight Awareness Week – Videos now online!
When daylight rhymes with health Series of virtual talks | Public event 22-23-24 September 2020 Event website Program flyer Videos are now available below and on the DLA YouTube channel. In these troubling and health-threatening times, brilliant experts and scientists share with us their knowledge ...
16 September 2020
DAYLIGHT FELLOWS – Open positions at ETH Zurich
The Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) of ETH Zurich is launching two postdoctoral positions for 18 months in researching daylight perspectives in sustainable urban and architectural design. The two DAYLIGHT FELLOW positions are a postdoc program for daylight and the built environment at the D-ARCH...
24 August 2020
Twilight Talk with Robert Fosbury – Video now available
This second Twilight Talk “How the Sun paints the Sky” took place on 24 August 2020. The fascinating exploration of the sky and the physics of its colours offered by Robert Fosbury, emeritus astronomer at the European Southern Observatory and an honorary professor at the Institute of ...
21 August 2020
Celebrating The Daylight Award 2020 laureates
The Daylight Award invites you to the premiere of a series of inspirational documentaries about the 2020 laureates: architect Juha Leiviskä, neuroscientist Russell Foster and photographer and writer Henry Plummer on 2 September 2020 15:00 CET at thedaylightaward.com The documentaries are aimed to ...
11 August 2020
Twilight Talks – First video online!
Yesterday, neurobiologist Tiffany Schmidt opened the Twilight Talks series in a brilliant manner with a speech about the circadian circuits. The video is now available on YouTube and directly below. A big thank you to her for the fascinating webinar and to Manuel Spitschan for the excellent ...
19 June 2020
Blog on daylight in times of coronavirus
We are living in exceptional times and facing a health threat that is disrupting many of our habits and forcing us to spend even more time indoors. One of the main objectives of the Daylight Academy is to create awareness about the health benefits of daylight. This is always important but perhaps ...
19 June 2020
Not to be missed: SLTBR webinar next week!
Thursday, 25 June 2020 09:00-10:00 (CEST) The free webinar “Effects of light on human sleep, circadian rhythms and mental health” is organised by the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR) and features three DLA members: Mirjam Münch Associate Professor for Circadian...
19 June 2020