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Research from different perspectives

Unusual research approaches in which disciplines that at first glance have little in common join forces is a defining feature of the new "booster…

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Research Excellence Strategy Top News Marine Sciences

Buying time for threatened coral reefs

A new paper published in Science by a team including ecologist Iliana Baums urges regulatory reform to accelerate coral restoration using assisted…

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Research Top News Marine Sciences

"You need to improvise at sea"

A team led by marine researcher Oliver Wurl is travelling the Atlantic on the research vessel Meteor. Four team members talk about life on board, the…

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Dealing responsibly with rankings

An international initiative aims to raise awareness of the fact that rankings do not capture all of an institution's strengths. Now, the universities…

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Research Top News Marine Sciences Biology

Research on sandy beaches is being expanded internationally

The German Research Foundation is funding the „DynaDeep” project by Oldenburg hydrogeologist Gudrun Massmann with around five million euros for a…

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Research Top News Environmental Sciences

Living with climate change

More rain in the winter, droughts in the summer: the climate is changing in the north-west of Lower Saxony. In the WAKOS project, environmental and…

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Staying healthy at university

The University of Oldenburg is committed to promoting good health among students and employees. In this interview, Tim Wohlann and Leon Hoffmann…

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Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen join forces

The universities of Bremen and Oldenburg want to move into the future as a University Excellence Consortium. The two universities submitted their…

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University Medicine Top News Neuroscience

What brainwaves reveal about the acceptance of AI decisions

If a self-driving car behaves differently in a classic dilemma situation than test subjects would, this discrepancy becomes visible in brain activity.…

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Student research in focus

The Lecture Centre is currently all about research during studies: students can present their research results to an interdisciplinary and sometimes…

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International Summer Fest 2025

Delicious food, a great atmosphere and a variety of acts on stage - that was the International Summer Fest 2025 at the University of Oldenburg! Here…

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Inspiration through exchange

The CERM-ESA education research project brings students from African countries and researchers from Oldenburg together. Two participants talk about…

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Research Top News Social Sciences

Does the birth of a child change parents' environmental concerns?

A new study shows: The birth of a child has little overall influence on parents' concerns about environmental and climate issues – however, mothers…

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An important step for cross-border healthcare research

Oldenburg and Groningen are consolidating their cooperation in the field of health research under the umbrella of the Cross-Border Institute of…

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Presidential Board Top News Cooperations

Presidential boards take stock of the Roadmap 2020-2030 at mid-term

Five years ago, the universities of Oldenburg and Groningen decided on their roadmap for cooperation during the current decade - at this year's…

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Excellence Strategy: University celebrates sensational success

All three top research projects that applied in the Excellence Competition have been approved. The Clusters of Excellence Hearing4all, NaviSense and…

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Research Excellence Strategy Top News Marine Sciences

Why so many microbes fail to grow in the lab

Microbial ecosystems have tipping points where even small perturbations are enough to cause a collapse, according to a new study. Tom Clegg and Thilo…

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Research Top News Philosophy

Needs and justice

Philosopher Alexander Max Bauer investigates to what extent people's needs must be covered in order for the society to perceive a distribution of…

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Preparations in full swing

Dörte Dannemann is "University of Excellence Coordination Officer " in the Structural Planning and Development Unit, where she is coordinating the…

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Research Top News Marine Sciences

New fish species discovered in the Gulf of Mexico

Researchers led by Oscar Puebla have described a new species of fish in the Gulf of Mexico. The brightly patterned creature, Hypoplectrus espinosai,…

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