Housed in a striking 1970s concrete building in the heart of Geneva, Uni Dufour is one of the main buildings of the University of Geneva (UNIGE). It frequently serves as a venue for conferences, round tables, and events focused on a wide range of research topics.
Hugo Duminil-Copin, mathematician, and Emmanuel Sander, psychologist, discuss the backstage of mathematical creation, examining the role of intuition, analogy and creativity. The dialogue investigates how mathematics shapes and is shaped by society in an era of statistics, algorithms and artificial intelligence. It also reflects on practices for learning and teaching mathematics, and the cognitive and cultural factors that influence understanding and transmission.
In French.
Featuring invited speakers Wajdi Mouawad, Dominique Eddé, Nathalie Piégay and Agnès Giard, the series gathers voices from literature, theory and cultural research to reflect on love’s complexities.
Presentations examine the courage of not loving, love as a life‑force, literary and theoretical discourses, and contemporary forms of attachment including artificial loves in Japan, probing how public dialogue and interdisciplinary inquiry sustain critical humanist perspectives.
In French.
Dr. Tamara El Hossny (paleontologist, University of Geneva), Prof. Lionel Cavin (paleontologist and museum curator), and Prof. Sébastien Castelltort (geologist and vice-rector) join moderator Huma Khamis, science journalist at RTS.
The documentary examines contemporary paleontological research from Swiss collections to Thailand’s exceptional fossil sites, investigating how scientists reconstruct ancient ecosystems, study extinctions, tectonics and environmental change, and explore the cultural and patrimonial significance of fossils as archives of Earth’s history.
In French.
Wright Colloquium 2026 brings together interdisciplinary inquiry to rethink what we call intelligence. The program examines intelligence across scales — from artificial systems and ant colonies to neurons and engrams — and considers cognitive, neurological and philosophical perspectives. Participants will explore how different forms of intelligence shape societies, knowledge and our worldviews, with discussions, panels and workshops aimed at advancing conceptual and practical understanding.
In French and in English.
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