Branco Weiss Lecture 2025

Time across scales

From the split-second oscillations of electrons to the slow drift of continents and the life cycles of stars, every process runs on its own clock. These timescales intersect in complex ways, shaping both our scientific understanding and our capacity to act.

This lecture by Branco Weiss Fellows Ilya Bobrovskiy, Julius Huijts, Joana Meier, Tim Lichtenberg, and Patrícia Chrzanová Pecnerová brings together insights from physics, biology, geology, history, and cosmology to explore how technological, ecological, and social rhythms collide and the consequences of their imbalance.