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Oldenburg and Groningen: Doctoral studies in two countries

Doctoral students can write their doctoral thesis at the University of Groningen and the University of Oldenburg - and receive a recognised title in both countries at the end. Three of those involved tell their stories.

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Doing a PhD with a working class background

Johanna Raphaela Wahl is the first in her family to study at university and is now doing a doctorate. The new mentoring programme Perspectives is helping her to advance her academic career.

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Good start for the new apprentices

15 young people are starting their training at the university these days. Vice President Jörg Stahlmann welcomed them to the university's workshops, laboratories and offices.

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“Good supervision takes time”

Since 2021, the Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg e.V. (UGO) has awarded an annual prize for excellent doctoral supervision. The most recent winners, Anna Levke Brütt and Martin Bleichner, explain what is important to them.
 

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Campus Life Early Career

Welcome to the university!

A total of twelve young people are starting their training at the university this week. They first familiarised themselves with the campus during the induction days.

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Third place for Oldenburg researcher

Wiebke Middelberg, a doctoral student at the Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, was recently awarded third place in the ARD/ZDF "Women + Media Technology" 2022 prize, which is endowed with 2,000 euros.

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Campus Life Early Career

Out into the world

The University Society Oldenburg provides several funding programmes, including travel grants for conferences and congresses abroad. Students and doctoral candidates can apply for scholarships.

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Campus Life Early Career

Experienced guidance

The university supports female junior scientists through a special mentoring programme. Participant Irene Faber and her mentor Ria Nijhuis-van der Sanden report on their experiences.

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Campus Life Early Career

Experienced accompaniment - Part 1

The university supports young female scientists through a mentoring programme. In the first part, geochemist Sinikka Lennartz and her mentor Julia Pongratz report on their experiences with the programme.

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Good support for doctoral candidates

The graduate schools 3GO and OLTECH are an important resource for doctoral students. They provide crucial skills and support cooperation, exchange and joint activities.

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In the spotlight

Physicist Jan Vogelsang uses innovative laser systems to study ultrafast processes. The University has awarded him a Carl von Ossietzky Young Researchers' Fellowship for his work.

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Oldenburg School enters the third round

Broad and multi-layered promotion of young talent: Four Schools invite Master's students and doctoral candidates, postdocs and postdocs to the third edition of the "Oldenburg School" for the humanities and social sciences in September.

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Campus Life Early Career

It's the sauce that counts

Popular pasta dishes or recipes for soap bubbles - making light fare out of complex scientific topics was the task faced by five young scientists in front of a large audience at the "Groschen" awards ceremony on Monday evening.

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Hearing does not only take place in the ear

Deafness is one of the most common congenital diseases of the sensory organs in newborns. Cochlear implants can compensate for hearing loss in a good two thirds of those affected. However, the hearing prostheses do not help a third. Oldenburg scientists are on the trail of this phenomenon.

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Early Career Top News

What social networks reveal about the world

It's that time again in February and March: the Audimax opens its doors for the KinderUniversität. The first lecture on 28 February will focus on social networks. Social scientist Prof Dr Sebastian Schnettler reveals exactly what the children can expect in an interview.

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How organisms process sensory stimuli

What happens at the molecular level during smelling, seeing and hearing? The "Molecular basis of sensory biology" research training group at the University of Oldenburg has been focussing on this question since 2013. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has now approved the continuation of the…

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Deceptively real

Deception is fundamental in many sports. Oldenburg researchers led by sports scientist Prof Dr Jörg Schorer are investigating how variable people are in their movements. Among them is doctoral student Josefine Panten - her research in pictures.

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Rendering the colour of sounds

How does hearing loss affect the experience of music? Hearing researcher Kai Siedenburg has been awarded a three-year "Carl von Ossietzky Researchers' Fellowship" by the university for his research at the interface between signal processing and music psychology.

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Opening the ocean's treasure chest

Making science relevant to society - that is the goal of marine scientist Teresa Catalá from Spain. Thanks to a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship from the EU, she is now researching active substances from the sea at the University of Oldenburg.

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What unites us as a society

Broad and multi-layered promotion of young talent: four Schools invite Master's students, doctoral candidates and postdocs to the second edition of the "Oldenburg School" for the humanities and social sciences. A series of events is open to all interested parties.

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