What is a Science Slam?
A Science Slam is a competition of the best science communicators in which motivated young researchers give a concise and comprehensible ~8 min presentation of a research topic. Anything goes! The slammers can use presentations, stage props or ask the audience to do a short experiment. To win the audience’s vote, the slam must be understood by a layman, fascinating, and of course entertaining.
For Who
Whether you’re in math, physics, engineering, chemistry, biology, history, psychology, social studies, arts or any field we missed here, you are welcome to present your work.
2025 Basel Science Slam
Friday, 3 October 2025, 8.00 pm – 11.00 pm
Kulturhuus Häbse, Klingentalstrasse 79, 4005 Basel
👉 Tickets
- 10 francs: reduced price
- 15 francs: full price
- 25 francs: Supporter ticket – You contribute a little extra and help make the event possible. ❤️
Please note: You can select your preferred ticket category in the final step of the booking process.
After Party: The official Basel Science Slam Afterparty Location will be at Schall & Rauch from 11.30 pm
About the event:
Motivated researchers from various disciplines compete against each other to briefly and understandably explain a scientific topic in eight minutes. Whatever is fun is allowed! From presentations to props to songs and live experiments, there are no limits to creativity. The viewers vote the best slams, which entertained and fascinated them the most. The audience can also look forward to an exciting supporting program.
The evening will be in English, the slams will be in German and English. 🇬🇧🇩🇪
Host: Amber Eve
Our guest speaker is Christine Blume
The musical acts are Piera Nicola and Daria Arkova
Our guest slammer is the Winner of the 2023 Basel Science Slam Michael Morari
And these our contestants for this years edition of the science Slam:
Arthur Krause – Get High On Your Own Supply
Samira Künzler – Origami Gone Wrong: Epigenetics in cancer
Jonas Biedermann – What’s In A Voice?
Alex Serra – Turning Looters into Tutors: Lessons we can learn from parasites
Christian Lotz – TAZAPF: For a better gut feeling
Kunal Soni – Make Electrictiy Great Again!
Alex Lammers – Die Spinnen, Die Wissenschaftler*innen
2023 Basel Science Slam
2022 Basel Science Slam
The 10th Basel Science Slam took part on October 14th 2022 in the sold out Pathé Küchlin with more than 400 people in the audience. You can find all the talks on our YouTube channel:
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