A new piece of equipment has been added to the optics toolkit: physicists at the university have successfully created 3D light fields and placed electrons into quantum states that were previously inaccessible through experimentation.  

Germany needs more computer science teachers – and, to train them, more computer science educators with academic expertise. This is where the new doctoral programme CZS KID comes in. Among those involved is computer science educator Ira Diethelm.

How can learning processes be stimulated in pupils with intellectual disabilities? Through lessons that – alongside clear routines – remain open to surprises, according to special needs education researcher Theresa Stommel.

New statistical methods, which have applications far beyond the field of mathematics, are the focus of a three-day joint event organised by the Centre for Statistics in Oldenburg and Bremen. Registrations are open until 2 September. 

Since mid-August, people in Oldenburg have been able to explore 34 topics relating to the local elections thanks to a local election guide. Researchers from the university are providing scientific support for the ‘Lokalomat’.

A current goal in experimental physics is the precision control of electric fields of light in order to allow the dynamics of individual electrons to be manipulated. A team of physicists from Oldenburg has taken a decisive step towards this goal.

Two new research projects at the university are examining digital monopolies and their impact on democracy. Both are funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

A special research expedition recently took a team from Oldenburg to a stretch of sea north of Heligoland. The researchers had to overcome some unusual challenges amongst the huge turbines of an offshore wind farm.

Strengthening the bond between people and nature – that is the aim of a German-Dutch EU project involving participants from Oldenburg. The reasoning behind this is that people who feel they are part of the environment are more likely to work to preserve it.

Honeybees are consistently able to find their way back to the hive despite their tiny brains. In an article published in Nature, a group of international researchers, including Jacqueline Degen, reports on how the insects’ navigation strategy could be used in autonomous flying robots.

Greater resilience for electricity and heating grids: The University of Oldenburg is involved in two of the five newly funded projects by the Energy Research Centre of Lower Saxony (efzn). The University of Bremen is participating as an associated partner in one of the projects.

Since 2002, a permanent monitoring station run by the university has been continuously collecting key environmental data between Langeoog and Spiekeroog. This year, the unique research facility is going to be replaced.

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.

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 its people? Oldenburg Slavicists and their students are investigating this question alongside HWK – Institute for Advanced Study Fellow Yaron Matras in…

The 1st Digital Humanities Day on 11 and 12 June is aimed at researchers, doctoral candidates and students interested in the use of digital technologies in the humanities, cultural studies, linguistics and social sciences.

A new mathematical tool provides a more realistic description of loads on large-scale wind turbines than was previously possible. The method allows for a better capture of sudden, localized gusts of wind, a key factor in premature material fatigue.

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 Lower Saxony. Oldenburg researchers will continue to contribute data in the future.

Researchers from all over Europe are meeting in Oldenburg at the "Tuning the Noisegate" conference. In this interview, organiser Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer explains why it is worth talking about power relations in pop music.

The university is set to acquire a unique research facility, as recommended by the German Council of Science and Humanities. The 'NaviGate' building has been designed for the study of animal navigation in realistic conditions. 

Energy systems expert Astrid Nieße and bioinformatician Frank Oliver Glöckner both initially studied biology, then moved on to data science. They now head digital data repositories for research based at Oldenburg and Bremen: an interview.