Cognitive Science Colloquium

The Cognitive Science Colloquium is the core colloquium of our Cognitive Science Center. It typically takes place on Tuesdays at 12 c.t. during the lecture period. Click here for the…

Program of the Cognitive Science Colloquium in the summer term 2026

Apart from the Cognitive Science Colloquium, there are many other Cognitive Science related talks / talk series in Tübingen (see “Upcoming talks of the current month” below). A .pdf-overview of all the talks in the current month can also be downloaded here.

Information for Cognitive Science bachelor students: the talks listed below that are marked via gray boxes can be recognized in the module “Forschungskolloquium Kognitionswissenschaft” (KOGM3230).

If you miss a relevant talk or talk series in our list or if you are interested in subscribing to our mailing list “CogSci_talks” to receive regular updates please feel free to contact us (contact information see box “Contact” on the right panel of this website).

From February 2026 on, the list below will not contain colloquia of specific research groups anymore unless we are told do so; please contact us if you would like your colloquium to be listed.

Upcoming talks of the current month:

TBA

Speaker: Daniel Yamins (Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA)

TNC Neurocolloquium

25.06.2026, 16:15 - 17:45

HNO Lecture Hall – HNO Hospital, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5; online

TBA

Speaker: TBA

Linguistic Modelling and its Interfaces

26.06.2026, 10:15 - 11:45

Meeting room 8.308 in the IWM, and at times online

„Start up“ the SQUARC: Spatial-quantitativ associatios across modalities

Speaker: Lilly Roth, Universität Tübingen

Modal and Amodal Cognition (FOR 2718)

29.06.2026, 10:00 - 11:00

Liebermeisterstr. 18, Room 318; online

On the early visual cortex involvement in working memory

Cognitive Science Colloquium

Speaker: Dr. Pablo Grassi (University of Tübingen)

30.06.2026, 12:15 - 13:15

Lecture Hall 23, Kupferbau

Reasoning, Computation and Languages

An Interdisciplinary Conference with Speakers from Logic, Philosophy & Computer Science

Tübingen Forum für Wissenschaftskulturen (TFW, Forum for Science and Humanities in Tübingen)

01. - 03.07.2026

1st floor lecture hall, Tübingen Forum für Wissenschaftskulturen, Doblerstr. 33, 72074 Tübingen

tba

Speaker: Prof. Jonathan Schaffer (Rutgers. Univ.)

Philosophisches Seminar

01.07.26, 12:15

Raum X, Alte Burse

tba

Speaker: Anna Czypionka (Universität Konstanz)

Linguistik Abteilungskolloquium

01.07.2026, 16:15 - 17:45

Raum 415

Unlocking the metabolic mysteries of sleep: metabolism as a driver and effector of sleep

Speaker: Amita Sehgal

TNC Neurocolloquium

02.07.2026, 16:15 - 17:45

DZNE Conference room, Otfried-Müller-Str. 23

Rethinking dynamic muscle function

Speaker: Kiisa Nishikawa (Northern Arizona University)

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

03.07.2026

TBA

Speaker: Svenja Brodt, MPI Tübingen

Modal and Amodal Cognition (FOR 2718)

06.07.2026, 10:00 - 11:00

Liebermeisterstr. 18, Room 318; online

tba

Speaker: Lukas Huber, NIP

Neuronale Informationsverarbeitung Colloquium

07.07.2026, 14:30 - 16:00

10-10/A12 (erster Stock), Maria-von-Linden-Str.6; online

tba

Speaker: Frau Dr. Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (Pardubice/Tübingen)

Philosophisches Seminar

08.07.26, 12:15

Raum X, Alte Burse

tba

Speaker: Yue Zhang (MA-Arbeit), Katharina Martin (MA-Arbeit)

Linguistik Abteilungskolloquium

08.07.2026, 16:15 - 17:45

Raum 415

tba

Speaker: Michael Herzog, EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Modal and Amodal Cognition (FOR 2718)

13.07.2026, 10:00 - 11:00

Liebermeisterstr. 18, Room 318; online

Microrobotics: Millimeter-Scale Mechanisms and Devices

Speaker: Noah T. Jafferis (UMass Lowell)

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

14.07.2026

Avatars as Interfaces: Shaping Experiences and the Body in Mixed Reality

Cognitive Science Colloquium

Speaker: Prof. Niels Henze (University of Tübingen)

14.07.2026, 12:15 - 13:15

Lecture Hall 23, Kupferbau

Same function, different geometry: Rethinking representational similarity

Speaker: Marvin Thieß, NIP

Neuronale Informationsverarbeitung Colloquium

14.07.2026, 14:30 - 16:00

10-10/A12 (erster Stock), Maria-von-Linden-Str.6; online

Atticus, Alexander, Porphyry: Soul’s entry into bodies, the creation of the world, and the neo-Platonic interpretation of the Third Hypothesis of the Parmenides

Speaker: Speaker: Prof. Stephen Menn (Toronto)

Philosophisches Seminar

15.07.26, 12:15

Room X, Alte Burse

tba

Speaker: Yuhan Guo (Universität Tübingen)

Linguistik Abteilungskolloquium

15.07.2026, 16:15 - 17:45

Raum 415

The biology of cone photoreceptors

Speaker: Wei Li

TNC Neurocolloquium

16.07.2026, 16:15 - 17:45

MV Lecture Hall – Institutes of Microbiology and Virology, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6; online

BA thesis presentation (within PALME Project)

Speaker: Sofia Kathmann

Linguistic Modelling and its Interfaces

17.07.2026, 10:15 - 11:45

Meeting room 8.308 in the IWM, and at times online

Close enough to crave, far enough to control

Speaker: Speaker: Rabia Dilawar (B2), Universität Tübingen

Modal and Amodal Cognition (FOR 2718)

20.07.2026, 10:00 - 11:00

Liebermeisterstr. 18, Room 318; online

Metacognition and contested topics: Lesson from climate change and COVID-19

Speaker: Dr. Helen Fischer

Cognitive Modeling Colloquium

20.06.2026, 14:00 - 15:30

Room C412, Sand 14

Defamation by LLMs: How the law captures AI hallucinations and what this tells us about the approach to technology regulation in the EU

Speaker: Kai Ebert (University Viadrina)

talks.tuebingen.ai

21.07.2026, 13:30

Maria von Linden Str. 6, 4th Floor Seminar room

Comparing Frequentist and Bayesian Hypothesis Tests Using Regions of Decision

Speaker: Frieder Göppert, Experimental Cognitive Science

Neuronale Informationsverarbeitung Colloquium

21.07.2026, 14:00

10-10/A12 (erster Stock), Maria-von-Linden-Str.6; online

Sensing the Enviroment and Self in Mammals and Cephalopods

Speaker: Kou-Sheng Lee

CIN Exchanges

22.07.2026, 14:00

HIH, E2, Seminar Room (2.310), Otfried-Müller-Str. 27

Room 6.309 presents the Project AI-LIT: A Mobile App for Authentic Language Support in Early Education

Linguistic Modelling and its Interfaces

31.07.2026, 10:15 - 11:45

Meeting room 8.308 in the IWM, and at times online

Contact

For questions / suggestions please contact the managing director Verena Seibold.

Information for Cognitive Science bachelor students

Talks within the Cognitive Science Colloquium can be recognized in the module “Forschungskolloquium Kognitionswissenschaft” (KOGM3230). In addition to the Cognitive Science Colloquium, several groups involved in the Cognitive Science program host group colloquia, which can also be recognized in this module. Below you find links to some of these group colloquia…

… as well as institute colloquia.

If you are interested in colloquia of other research groups, please contact them directly. Please also make sure that you adhere to the rules stipulated in the “Laufzettel_Forschungskolloquium_Kognitionswissenschaft”.