European and International projects
European and International projects
EU funded projects
The following projects are currently being coordinated at the University of Oldenburg:
ERC Synergy Grant
- QuantumBirds – Radical pair-based magnetic sensing in migratory birds
Start 2019, Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen
together with the University of Oxford
ERC Consolidator Grant
- Dual-Twist - Exploring correlated physics in cavity quantum materials in a dual approach
Start 2025, Leader: Prof. Dr. Christian Schneider
ERC Starting Grant
- LIGHTSTAR - From streetlight to starlight: How light pollution disrupts insect orientation and alters habitat connectivity
Start 2026, Leader: Dr. Jacqueline Degen - Nanoscale 3D Printing of a Lithium Ion Battery: Rethinking the Fabrication Concept for a Revolution in Energy Storage (NANO-3D-LION)
Start 2021, Leader: Dr. Dmitry Momotenko - Ecological and Evolutionary Importance of Molecular Diversity in Dissolved Organic Matter (sEEIngDOM)
Start 2018 (University of Cambridge), Transfer to UOL 2024, Leader: Dr. Andrew Joseph Tanentzap
Erasmus+
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees
- European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations (EMMIR III)
Beginn 2022, Coordinator: Dr. Lydia Potts
Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships
- EN-AI-BLE: Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities through AI-Enhanced Electronics Training
Start 2025, Prof. Dr. Clemens Hillenbrand - SafER-Web – Empowering Adolescents and Teenagers to Navigate the Digital World Safely
Start 2025, Prof. Dr. Jorge Marx Gómez - Transforming Education with AI Micro-credentials for Educators, Teachers and School Heads: EduAId
Start 2024, Prof. Dr. Jorge Marx Gómez - Posters in Brussels
Start 2024, Dr. Susanne Haberstroh - Sustainable Ocean Management - Educating Future Ocean Professionals
Start 2024, Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner, Malena Ripken - AI@Smile
Start 2023, Prof. Dr. Jorge Marx Gómez
INTERREG
- TREASURE- Targeting the reduction of plastic outflow into the North Sea
Start 2023, Antonia Krebs
- NORSAIC- Cooperation Governance for Next-Level Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Sea
Start 2023, Malena Ripken
EFRE
- Gründung findet Stadt
Start 2025, Franziska Gloeden
ESF
- FLOW - Flexibel & Offen Weiterbilden
Start 2024, Dr. Joachim Stöter
DAAD projects
The following projects are currently being coordinated at the University of Oldenburg:
- East and South African Centre of Excellence in Educational Research Methodologies and Management (CERM-ESA)
Start funding phase II: 2019 (funding phase I: 2014 - 2018)
Prof. Dr Karsten Speck, Prof. Dr Bernd Siebenhüner
together with Moi University, Eldoret and Nairobi, Kenya and The Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
- Centre of Excellence for ICT in East Africa (dskills@EA - CENIT@EA)
Start 2017 (completed 2023), Prof. Dr Jorge Marx Gomez
together with The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania
- SDG Partnership
Sustainable Energy Education - Developing Exchange Between Continents (SEEDexchange)
Start 2024, Dr Herena Torio
together with University of Energy and Natural Resources, Universidad de Antioquia, and Change the World Colombia
- ProfiPlus project
Pedagogy College - Model for a networked further education and advisory programme
Start: 2024, Prof. Dr Ayca Polat
- University-Business-Partnership
Network for Labour-Market oriented Education in Waste and Water Management for the Sub- Saharan Region
Start 2023, Prof. Dr Jorge Marx Gomez
together with the University of Technology and Arts Byumba in Ruanada, the University of Ghana and the Centre for Digital Innovation (ZDIN) in Germany
- Ta'ziz scientific co-operations
Nanooptics Labcourse Exchange Zakho/Oldenburg
Start 2023, Dr Martin Essmann
together with the University of Zakho in Iraq
- Lehramt. International
Doing Diversity – Concepts, Approaches, and Methodologies in the Classroom
Beginn: 2019, Jenka Schmidt
- Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies - UNILEAD
DIES-Trainingskurse - DAAD
Welcome to the UNILEAD Training Course at the University of Oldenburg!
Beginn 2008, Prof. Dr. Heinke Röbken
International projects with federal ministry funding
The following projects are currently being coordinated at the University of Oldenburg:
- Internationale Klimaschutzinitiative (IKI)
Promotion of Participatory Processes for the Implementation of NDC through Nature-Based Solutions in Urban, Rural and Coastal Landscapes of Tanzania, zusammen mit Climate Action Network Tansania (PRO-NDC-ACT)
Beginn: 2023, Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner
Past EU Projects
since 2019
European Research Council
- IBiDT - Individualised Binaural Diagnostics and Technology.
(01/2018-12/2023, Prof. Dr Mathias Dietz) - UnLiMIt-2D - Unique Light-Matter Interaction with Two Dimensional Materials.
(07/2020-10/2023, Prof. Dr Christian Schneider) - PASSME - Air-sea gas exchange - PArameterisation of the Sea-Surface Microlayer Effect
(04/2014-09/2019, Prof. Dr Oliver Wurl) EVOLMAPPING - An integrated assessment of recent evolutionary change through genome wide mapping of regulatory changes and signatures of selection in natural sculpin (Cottus) hybrids
(02/2014-01/2019, Prof. Dr Arne Nolte)
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master
- European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations (EMMIR II) (09/2016-08/2022, Dr Lydia Potts)
Erasmus+ Strategische Partnerschaft und Hochschulkooperationen
- Challenge4Impact. (02/2022-02/2025, Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter)
- EU-dUR – A European Network for Digital Undergraduate Research: Digital readiness, lifelong learning inclusion. (02/2021-02/2023, Dr. Susanne Haberstroh)
- ScaleUp4Sustainability. (11/2018-04/2022, apl. Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter)
- Strategic Partnership for Marine Spatial Planning (SPMSP). (09/2016 - 08/2019, Dr. Thomas Klenke)
Erasmus+ Jean Monnet
- Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Europeanisation of Coastal Regions (EuCoRe)
(09/2015 - 02/2019, Prof. Dr. Ingo Mose)
INTERREG
Delivering Community Benefits of Civic Energy (COBEN)
(09/2016-09/2022, Dr Thomas Klenke), INTERREG North Sea Region
A North Sea Perspective on Shipping, Energy and Environment Aspects in MSP (NorthSEE)
(11/2016-03/2022, Dr Thomas Klenke), INTERREG North Sea Region. The UOL took over the project leader in 02/2020.
ERDF
- REACT-EU High-Performance Computing Cluster "RE-HPC" (12/2021-06/2023, Prof. Dr Laura Lukassen)
- Centre for Marine Sensors (ZfMarS) (01/2017-06/2022, Prof. Dr Oliver Zielinski)
- TurboMetric (06/2018-04/2022, Dr Gerd Gülker)
- Innovation network for integrated, binaural hearing system technology (VIBHear)
(02/2017-09/2020, Prof. Dr Dr Birger Kollmeier)
ESF
- Changing course - migrants from university to academic appointment.
(07/2020-06/2022, Prof. Dr Olaf Zawacki-Richter) - Permeability BBS. (05/2018-04/2020, Prof. Dr Anke Hanft, Tim Zentner)