Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers
Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers is an internal open day which brings together the research community at York.
We want to showcase, explore, and enjoy the wide range of research carried out at our institution, the people who make it happen, and the unique spaces that facilitate that research.
The event includes lightning talks, a research exhibition and showcase, and the chance to visit some of the research spaces around the University of York campus.
Get involved for 2025
This year's Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers will take place on 3 July 2025.
All members of staff who support or participate in research can be involved and share their research stories and spaces, allowing them to engage with research that they otherwise wouldn’t in their day-to-day roles.
All departments and institutes are invited to participate in the activities, talks, equipment demonstrations, and unique research and support spaces that can be showcased during the event.
Researchers Exhibition and Showcase
An interactive space for activities, information stalls and conversation about research and research supporting services at the university.
Hosted in the Exhibition Centre, this portion of the event will take place from 9 am-1.30 pm.
If you'd like a stand at the Researchers exhibition and showcase please register your interest by contacting, celebrating-spaces-event
Lightning talks
In these talks, researchers and research technicians showcase the breadth of research at York in five minutes or less.
These take place in the morning session of Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers from 9.30am-12pm. Speakers will also receive half a day's training to help them prepare for their talk on 5 June.
If you are interested in being one of the lightning talk speakers this year then please fill in the application form before 5pm on Friday 2 May.
Apply to do a lightning talk at Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers 2025
Watch the lightning talks from 2024
