The rotor blades of modern wind turbines are being built increasingly thin and slender. What effects this has is being investigated in a joint project by Andreas Fischer and Prof. Dr. Kerstin Avila Canellas.

The International Offices at the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen leverage synergies in many areas. Jenka Schmidt and Marejke Baethge-Assenkamp talk about strategic partnerships in Europe and globally.

This week, 17 young people have started their apprenticeships at the university. The range of apprenticeship roles is wide – spanning everything from administration to the skilled trades and laboratory work.

From chemistry to the finished product: In this video, Melanie Walther and David May explain how they envisage their research contributing to a more environmentally and climate-friendly economy.

Prof. Dr. phil. Anja Becker and Britta Bußmann are collaborating on an exploratory project examining narratives of female resistance in the Middle Ages. Their goal is to demonstrate that ancient literature can provide insights into contemporary discourse.

The University’s Presidential Board will soon have six members instead of five. The Vice Presidents Katharina Al-Shamery and Ralf Grüttemeier are to be succeeded by Gun-Britt Kohler, Michael Wark and Matthias Wendland.

Applause for research: the audience marvelled at no fewer than two presentations at the 14th Science Slam. A project on migratory bird research, which won the Open Science Prize – and five researchers who brought their science to life on stage in an entertaining way.

How do migratory birds and other species navigate over thousands of kilometres? This is the question that drives Henrik Mouritsen. In the podcast ‘Hirn gehört’, the spokesperson for the NaviSense Cluster of Excellence talks about his career, fieldwork in the jungle and unexpected discoveries.

Knowledge transfer, innovation and start-up support – these are the topics addressed by Franziska Gloeden of the University of Oldenburg and Anne-Kathrin Guder of the University of Bremen. In the video, they talk about their collaboration and the hoi startup factory.

In 1976, the state government adopted a drastic austerity programme. This threatened the very existence of the fledgling University of Oldenburg. How could they make their voices heard? Around 1,100 members of the university community protested by cycling all the way to Hanover.

AI, wind turbines, nanochemistry: five students from Oldenburg present socially relevant research to MPs as part of the "Posters in the Bundestag" project. An opportunity to make their own approaches visible to the public.

Nursing scientist Karin Wolf-Ostermann of the University of Bremen and engineer Andreas Hein of the University of Oldenburg collaborate across campuses on the “Care Innovation Centre” project. Together, they develop technical solutions to significantly reduce the workload of nursing professionals in…

Sebastian Lehnhoff, an energy computer scientist at the University of Oldenburg, and Christof Büskens, an industrial mathematician at the University of Bremen, have more in common than just a love of tiny houses. In the video, they talk about their shared vision for energy research.

Florence Schubotz, University of Bremen, and Michael Seidel, University of Oldenburg, have been working together for over ten years. In the video, they talk about their research within the Ocean Floor Cluster of Excellence and an expedition to Baffin Bay.

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.

For the magazine „Einblicke”, researchers at the university outline scenarios on important questions. The range of topics covered in „Einblicke” No. 70 is broad: from the future of religious education to the question of how we can save coral reefs.

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.

After 38 years at the Psychological Counselling Service of the Studierendenwerk and the University, Gisela Degener has retired. During this time, she has closely supported and influenced many thousands of students.

For the first time, the most prestigious award for early-career researchers goes to an Oldenburg scientist: geoscientist Sinikka Lennartz receives the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize for her computational modelling of organic carbon in the oceans.

Carolin Becklas is the winner of the Oldenburg University Society's Open Science Award. For her, there is more to the topic than just the freely accessible publication of scientific texts and research data.