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Category Archives: Lectures

TEDxGhent announcement

Hello again! I’ve been doing so many fun things lately, that I haven’t found the time to share any of it online yet. I will in the next few weeks, but I’m currently in Ghent for their TEDx event first. Here’s the result of the interview I did for the Belgian Metro yesterday and more […]

Stargazing Weekend in the Achterhoek

Me, giving a talk in PJs (picture by Steven Lantinga). Click on the picture for my flickr album!  Ever since I gave a lecture for the group of amateur astronomers from the Astroforum, when they were in Limburg for a weekend of stargazing, I’ve been a member too. It’s the forum Steven’s been on for […]

ThinkCon in Cambridge

“I never could get the hang of Thursdays”, is what I tweeted the day before I was travelling to Cambridge. It had been a more-than-usual hectic week. Even the three hour train trip to the ferry almost seemed too short. I realised I like trains so much because they force me to do nothing. I […]

ThinkCon (announcement)

When you’re reading this, I will probably be on my way to Cambridge to speak at ThinkCon. I’ve already told a few of my friends about this, and I’ll be meeting some of them there, but if you’d like to know more: have a look at this great line-up! Free tickets can be reserved on […]

Lecturing in Rotterdam

Last week I lectured for two groups (5VWO and 6VWO) at the Emmaus College in Rotterdam, about my discovery, Galaxy Zoo and citizen science. I was invited by André van der Hoeven, who I had met first at the APOTY awards in London last year. The students (lovely groups!) were given tablets to try out […]