Society and education
Department for Research and Transfer
Dr Beate Grünberg
International visibility and awareness
Dr Janna Just
European research funding; Groningen/Netherlands; EU funding programmes, Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) funding programmes
Dr Anne Clausen
Non-European research funding; Nelson Mandela University/South Africa, German Federal Ministries, DAAD, Humboldt Foundation
Society and education
Under the Society and Education umbrella, key questions of human existence and becoming are investigated in the context of their surrounding systems from the perspectives of the humanities, culture and social science. Combining the main topics of diversity and participation, participation and education, professionalisation processes in teacher training as well as social transformation and subjectivation, the possibilities and the limits of human participation are discussed and individual as well as societal processes of design and change are considered.
AI@Smile: AI for adolescent mental health
The project aims to promote the mental well-being of teenagers and contribute to better mental health through the integration of advanced AI tools as well as the involvement of educators and parents. Recognising early signs of deterioration in mental health, such as anxiety, depression and the risk of self-harm, is key for timely intervention. This project aims to build a bridge between technology and human care and offers a successive set of solutions to promote the mental health of teenagers. The aim is to create a better framework for protecting the mental health of young people through AI@smile.
Contact: AI@Smile// University of Oldenburg
CERMESA, African-German Centre of Excellence
The International Centre of Excellence for Educational Research Methods and Management (Cermesa) is a joint initiative of the University of Oldenburg and partner institutions in East and South Africa and aims to help tackle regional and global challenges in the field of education. It promotes interdisciplinary and intercultural cooperation as well as supporting educational systems, inclusive learning and sustainable development. This is to be achieved through freely accessible teaching materials and research tools aimed to improve teaching and learning practices that promote mutual learning in and from different educational systems. The projects support teachers and researchers in the areas of international and inclusive education, academic excellence and the strengthen the role of the University of Oldenburg as a global research partner.
Contact: contact - CERM-ESA
EMMIR: Master of Arts in Migration Studies and Intercultural Relations
The international, transdisciplinary master’s programme EMMIR connects researchers and students from all over the world to investigate migration and intercultural relations from a research-oriented perspective. In cooperation with renowned partner universities in Sudan, Uganda, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Norway and South Africa, EMMIR offers a unique platform for global perspectives and intercultural cooperation. Since 2011, international students have been beginning their journey here in Oldenburg before diving into the global network of partner universities. The degree program prepares students for careers in academia, politics, NGOs and international organizations by teaching them about complex migration processes and cultural interactions through a multidisciplinary, practice-oriented curriculum.
Funding: EU; Erasmus Mundus
Contact: what is EMMIR? | about us
Prize Papers
The aim of the German-UK Prize Papers Project is the complete digitization and sorting of the Prize Papers including the preservation of the collection’s material, the initial and in-depth cataloguing, the creation of research-oriented metadata and finally the presentation of the digital copies and the metadata in an open access research database. The portal development reflects our continuous engagement with current discussions in the field of Digital Humanities. We also pursue various research projects, and we cooperate with numerous international researchers and research institutions working on the Prize Papers and in project-related areas.
The Prize Papers Project is part of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is based at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, and The National Archives, UK. The project co-operates closely with the German Historical Institute London (GHIL), as well as the VZG (the headquarters of the Common Library Network) in Göttingen, who provide their IT expertise.
As of 2018, the project has been part of the Academies Programme of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities. Thus, it is funded by the German state and the federal state of Lower Saxony, with a prospective funding period from 2018 to 2037.
Contact: prizepapers // Prizepapers
Internationalising teacher education: sustainable internationalisation of teacher education
This project prepares future teachers for the challenges of a diverse society and strengthens the role of the University of Oldenburg as an international educational partner. The DAAD-funded project is part of the project Doing Diversity – Concepts, Approaches, and Methodologies in the Classroom. It aims to sustainably internationalise teacher training. Students training to become teachers should come into contact with diversity in educational contexts at an early stage and in a low-threshold manner in order to prepare them for their daily work in educational institutions later on. To do so, a variety of learning opportunities are created that promote intercultural sensitivity and practical experience. Intercultural competence is sustainably promoted through mobility options in combination with face-to-face and digital learning formats, personal encounters and virtual exchange formats.