Award winners and nominees 2025
Award winners and nominees 2025
The UGO-Open-Science-Award of the Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg e.V. (UGO) was awarded for the third time in 2025 and honours those who proactively make their research results transparent and publicly accessible. The award winners and other nominees are presented in brief interviews below.
Team Klimaoasen Oldenburg
Application submitted by Prof. Dr. Dirk. Albach on behalf of the team
The Klimaoasen Oldenburg team participates with the university, city and citizens to reconcile human recreational needs with ecological requirements and raise awareness of the importance of urban greenery.
The Botanical Garden and the Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch are places that are naturally in close contact with the public.
Dr rer. nat. Giso Grimm (School VI, Department of Auditory Signal Processing and Hearing Aids) is committed to Open Science in a variety of ways and attaches particular importance to the reproducibility of scientific studies. With the tools he has developed TASCAR (Toolbox for Acoustic Scene Creation and Rendering) and OVBOX (Low-Delay Network Communication System) he promotes cross-location collaboration and makes an important contribution to reproducibility.
Firstly via the FLOSS community, i.e. all those who are committed to free and open software....
Team "Oldenburg Hearing Health Record (OHHR)"
Application submitted by Sumbul Jafri (School VI) on behalf of the team
The team developed the Oldenburg Hearing Health Record (OHHR), a publicly accessible data set that can be used for research and development in the field of hearing health.
I learnt about Open Science during my Master's degree at the University of Oldenburg. I had always valued transparency and accessibility in science communication, but I hadn't fully realised how central Open Science is to achieving this....
Team "The Coastal Vegetation Ecology Lab (CoVe)"
Application submitted by Dr. Alejandra Vovides (School V) on behalf of the team
The CoVe Lab is applying with “mini buoys” the team developed in a Citizien Science project. These are low-cost, open research devices for measuring water movements and the duration of flooding in shallow coastal areas. With acceleration sensors, they provide reliable data and represent a practical alternative to expensive measuring instruments.
In the context of ecological restoration and nature-based solutions, we are aware of the critical role of local communities and managers for project success.....