Dr Antje Timmer has been appointed to the professorship of "Epidemiology and Biometry" at the School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Oldenburg. She previously worked at the Leibniz Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research (BIPS) in Bremen. Timmer is the…

What are the building blocks of the energy transition? How does it affect the north-west region? To what extent does it burden citizens? "Energy transition - the greatest challenge of the 21st century" is the title of a public panel discussion with experts who will address these questions.

Bundling research on wind energy and promoting knowledge transfer between science, industry and politics - this was the goal with which ForWind was launched in 2004. The centre for wind energy research is now celebrating its tenth anniversary.

Global CO2 emissions reached a new high in 2013. One solution to curb them is emission transfers. Oldenburg economist Marco Springmann is investigating how these transfers can be integrated into international climate policy.

"Counselling in the day after tomorrow - where is the journey taking us?" - This is the motto of the fifth Oldenburg Consulting Symposium to be held on Friday, 28 February at the University of Oldenburg (Haarentor campus, Lecture Centre, Building A 14). The event is being organised by the…

The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled: Schufa does not have to provide comprehensive information on how creditworthiness is calculated. But why does the BGH consider the calculation formula to be a trade secret so worthy of protection? An interview with Oldenburg legal expert Jürgen Taeger.

Ten innovative projects in the final round of the climate adaptation competition 'Fit for climate change' 2014

The cultural year 2013 was dominated by Richard Wagner's 200th birthday: festivals and productions, new biographies and documentaries. And yet not everything has been said. In this interview, Melanie Unseld talks about gender constructions and self-staging, love and partnership, opera and pop…

Front cover: Cryptography as a field of research, also: dragon-wheeled animals, the understanding of crisis in ancient Greece, gender constructions in Richard Wagner.

The coming out of former professional footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger is making waves. Is a cultural change underway? An interview with Oldenburg sociologist Thomas Alkemeyer about homophobia on the cinder pitches of the district leagues and in the arenas of professional football.

This Friday, the Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (BKGE) will host a workshop on "Junior Professorships of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM)". With the establishment of three junior professorships, the Federal Government…

Volunteers have transcribed the Dutch State Bible from 1657 for the Internet.

Increasing the efficiency of wind farms: a research laboratory for turbulence and wind energy systems, including a wind tunnel, is being built on the Wechloy campus. The scientists will be working on turbulent atmospheric flows in the four-storey building.

Is it possible to compare the function of biotic communities? Scientists from the Universities of Oldenburg and Göttingen are investigating this question in a globally unique project and are jointly researching the functional significance of biodiversity.

Double success in the Telekom Foundation's university competition: The University of Oldenburg is the only university to score points in two subject areas. The funding makes it possible to develop and test new approaches to STEM teacher training.

The German Research Foundation has once again granted the University of Oldenburg funding for the "Roseobacter" Collaborative Research Centre. The scientists have already decoded the genomes of 14 organisms of the marine bacteria group - with surprising results.

"Genomes are something like a blueprint for life," explains microbiologist Prof Dr Ralf Rabus.

But it is the proteomes, the totality of all proteins in a cell, that breathe life into them.

They are the focus of the new discipline of proteomics, which Rabus presents in the journal PROTEOMICS.

Researchers are investigating the long-neglected phenomenon of local chronicles - with the aim of shedding new light on the confrontation with National Socialism. An interview with the two project leaders Dietmar von Reeken and Malte Thießen.

Success for Michael Sommer: the first volume of his Roman history "Rom und die antike Welt bis zum Ende der Republik. Römische Geschichte" was voted "Historical Book of the Year" in the "Overview" category by the history magazine "Damals".

Business IT specialists launch new Erasmus Mundus project.