Ischia – There will be three students from the “Giorgio Buchner” State High School in Ischia to wear the blue jersey at the next edition of the IYPT, the International Young Physicists' Tournament, also known as the “Physics World Cup”.
The prestigious international competition, reserved for high school students, will take place in Lund, Sweden, during the first week of July 2025.
The Italian team will be made up of five students, all from Campania: in addition to the three from Ischia – Angela Esposito, Pierluigi Trani and Giovanni Calise – the team will also include Maia Nicodemi and Luigi Ruggiero Gallo, both from the “G. Mercalli” high school in Naples.
The tournament, among the most esteemed in the world youth science scene, proposes 17 open scientific problems every year, on which the participants work for months like real researchers: they design experiments, analyze data and formulate theoretical models. The national selection process, which lasted six months, involved dozens of students from all over Italy. In the end, only five made it: three of them come from the green island.
The IYPT is not a traditional academic competition, but a challenge of science and rhetoric. The teams compete in real “physics fights”: public debates in which the participants take on the roles of Chronicler, Adversary and Reviewer, critically discussing the results of the research conducted, in front of an international jury.
Great satisfaction at the “Buchner” High School, which proudly celebrated the achievement of its students: “We are here!” – reads the message shared by the institute, which now dreams of a medal in the Swedish city.
In the last edition, held in Budapest, Italy had distinguished itself as the best debuting team. Now, with three young promises starting from Ischia, the goal is to surpass that brilliant debut.
Article published on 14 April 2025 - 15:10
It's nice to see that three students from Ischia will participate in such an important competition, but I hope that other kids will have the opportunity to participate in similar events in the future, not just the usual suspects.