Memes, mash-ups, reaction videos and other forms of user-generated content are shaping social media. Musicologist Mario Dunkel will investigate what role such content plays as digital cultural heritage in a new research project.

In the "TOPKO" project, researchers at the university led by chemist Michael Wark are developing new types of biochar and hydrochar from waste biomass to replace the peat still often used in gardening substrates today.

University teaching of the future will not only be more digital, but also more varied overall. Students will have more opportunities to get involved and become active themselves. The participate@UOL project is working on implementing new formats.

She loves languages and cultures, but also has a pronounced weakness for numbers: First-year student Johanna van Koningsveld became German champion in calendar arithmetic in December.

Science is also suffering from the war in Ukraine. Botanist Dirk Albach explains how his colleagues in Kiev are coping with the restrictions.

The team’s detection method, which identified 138 space rocks ranging from bus- to stadium-sized, could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors. A physics student from Oldenburg was involved in the study.

Dr Klara von Lindern is the curator of the Everyday Textile Culture Collection. The art historian manages and takes care of objects that tell stories about the everyday lives of people from different eras.

Matheus Silveira Mendes has been awarded the 2024 DAAD Prize for Outstanding Achievements by International Students. Beyond his academic achievements, he is also involved in many activities at the Institute for Social Sciences.

In April 2021, two tropical cyclones, Seroja and Odette, collided in the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia. In a case study, Oliver Wurl and Jens Meyerjürgens investigated how this rare phenomenon affected the ocean.

Using shaped laser pulses in the extremely high energy range, researchers have succeeded in manipulating helium atoms. Oldenburg physicist Matthias Wollenhaupt was involved in the study. 

The academic senates of the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen held a joint meeting at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst. Together with the university managements, they discussed joint future projects such as the Excellence Strategy.

Together with partners, researchers from the Department of Business, Economics and Law are developing a game that teaches apprentices from the logistics industry how to make sustainable decisions in their everyday work.

Around 40 members of the university - including many students - planted new trees together on the Haarentor campus at the end of November in icy temperatures and glorious sunshine. The campaign was initiated by the climate protection management team.

Desert ants rely on a special component of the Earth's magnetic field to navigate. Their magnetic sense may be based on magnetic particles, according to a new study that has now been published in the journal Current Biology.

Research experiment or classical music concert? The Golden Ear Challenge is both. It brings the University of Oldenburg's hearing research to the concert hall and at the same time generates exciting data for scientists.

Researchers from Oldenburg and Bremen work together on issues important for the future. To further analyse the effects of global warming on marine ecosystems, the have jointly applied in the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments. 

Physicist Christian Schneider has been awarded one of the European Research Council's coveted Consolidator Grants. His project focuses on a special group of so-called two-dimensional materials and their optical properties.

Book fans can currently immerse themselves in the history of the Oldenburg Children's and Young Adult Book Fair and in the fantastic book worlds of this year's KIBUM patron, Cornelia Funke, at two exhibitions on campus.

With a strategic cooperation agreement, the city and university have been writing a new chapter in the history of their collaboration for a year now. In a joint meeting, the university and city leaders gave a positive interim assessment.

Study? Research? Oldenburg students do both! The university held a photo competition to highlight the diversity of their research, and has now awarded prizes to four images. All photos submitted by students remain on display online.