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Following last year’s vibrant success, the Mediterranean Researchers’ Night MEDNIGHT returns to Xanthi for a second consecutive year on Friday, September 26, 2025, inviting visitors of all ages to explore science, technology, and creative curiosity.

 

MEDNIGHT is a European celebration of science focused on the Mediterranean region. It brings the public closer to researchers and innovative technologies through workshops, hands-on experiments, presentations, and interactive activities. With a special emphasis on the role of women in research and the idea of science as part of the shared identity of Mediterranean people, MEDNIGHT inspires new generations to engage with knowledge and discovery. 

 

As in 2024, activities will take place both at the Athena Research Center campus in Kimmeria and in the city center of Xanthi, through pre-events and open labs. 

 

The full program and all event details will be announced in the coming weeks. 

 

Until then, save the date: Friday, September 26! 

 

 

The initiative is part of the European Researchers’ Night, a science communication project supported and funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie action, grant agreement No. 101162227.  The MEDNIGHT consortium consists of Genopolys, a science communication center jointly operated by CNRS, INSERM, and the University of Montpellier; the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHUT); the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA); Athena Research Center; SciCo Greece and SciCo Cyprus; the Palais des Sciences in Monastir, Tunisia; the European Women Rectors Association; Kadir Has University in Istanbul; the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT); the Museo Didáctico Interactivo de Ciencias de la Vega Baja – Jesús Carnicer (MUDIC); and the organization El Caleidoscopio.