Embedded in the region and at the same time internationally oriented, the university pursues a strongly interdisciplinary approach in research. With the motto "Open to new approaches" it offers a creative and cooperative environment for innovative knowledge development and comprehensive knowledge transfer. Research at the University of Oldenburg has a nationally and internationally recognized reputation.

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Research Excellence Strategy Top News Biology

Inspired by honeybees

Despite their tiny brains, honeybees find their way home safely. International researchers, including biologist Jacqueline Degen, report in the…

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Lower Saxony’s energy system to become more resilient

Greater resilience for electricity and heating grids: The University of Oldenburg is involved in two of the five newly funded projects by the Energy…

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Research Top News Marine Sciences

Monitoring station off Spiekeroog is being replaced

Since 2002, a permanent monitoring station run by the university has been continuously collecting key environmental data between Langeoog and…

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Research Top News People

Student research in the Bundestag

AI, wind turbines, nanochemistry: five students from Oldenburg present socially relevant research to MPs as part of the "Posters in the Bundestag"…

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Teaching Research Linguistics NWA Top News

Multilingualism is Part of Everyday Life

How does a medium-sized city like Oldenburg deal with the diversity of languages spoken there, and how is it characterized by the multilingualism of…

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Research Digitalisation Humanities Campus Life

A day dedicated to digital research

The 1st Digital Humanities Day on 11 and 12 June is aimed at researchers, doctoral candidates and students interested in the use of digital…

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How turbulence affects wind turbines

A new mathematical tool provides a more realistic description of loads on large-scale wind turbines than was previously possible. The method allows…

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Research Top News Social Sciences

What people in Lower Saxony think

A new study measures an optimistic view of the future role of artificial intelligence and broad approval of a climate-neutral economy among people in…

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Research Top News Music

Pop music: Who influences what we listen to?

Researchers from all over Europe are meeting in Oldenburg at the "Tuning the Noisegate" conference. In this interview, organiser Susanne…

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