What do a French composer in present-day Haiti, a Flensburg missionary overseas and a Bremen sailor on board a ship captured in the English Channel have in common? The project „Prize Papers” brings their long-ago experiences back to life.

Culture has long been seen as a unifying force among peoples. The war in Ukraine has destroyed this certainty, says Germanist Silke Pasewalck. Here, she talks about how even the great Russian authors are now being reassessed.

Flies, dust and even microplastics - spider webs capture whatever travels through the air. Researchers have now for the first time tested if they can get an overview of plastic particles in urban air by examining cobwebs.

Kathrin Wandscher and Frederik Pohlmann are pioneers. The budding healthcare researchers tell us what it's like to study a subject that was newly created at the university.

Intelligent hearing aids that work even in difficult acoustic environments – that's what researchers at the university are working on in the Collaborative Research Center "Hearing Acoustics". It now receives funding for another four years.

The way families live together has changed over time. A team of researchers led by Oldenburg social scientist Dr Kai Willführ is using historical data to investigate the impact of family structures on the life of individual family members.

Biodiversity – the diversity of ecosystems, organisms and their interactions – is threatened as never before, despite all efforts. In this interview, Helmut Hillebrand talks about 30 years of the Rio Convention and the central role biodiversity plays on our planet.

She has seen many generations of students and knows everyone who has ever completed a doctorate in inorganic chemistry in Oldenburg: Maria Ahrnsen. A walk around campus after almost 43 years of service.

The aim of a pilot project in Hamburg is to provide better support for children and young people with abnormalities, problems and stress. Researchers from Oldenburg are carrying out the evaluation.

The new building of the Centre for Marine Sensors is all about measuring devices for the marine environment. The extension at the Wilhelmshaven site was officially inaugurated today.

How can brain stimulation, for example through electric current or medication, help people with neurological diseases? This question is at the centre of a new research group in psychology funded by the German Research Foundation.

The microlayer between ocean and atmosphere is at the center of a new research group led by Oldenburg scientists. Over the next four years, the team will study this unique environment where harsh conditions prevail.

Without grammar, there is no language - otherwise there would be no structure. This also applies to Sater Frisian. Anyone wishing to learn it can now refer to an up-to-date reference work. An Oldenburg student has also contributed to this.

Since 2011, the master programme EMMIR funded by the European Excellence Programme Erasmus Mundus, has been training students from all over the world. Here, four alumni report on their experiences.

Freedom is guaranteed to us as a fundamental right, but it also has limits. Scholars at our university share their thoughts in this online feature – including short video clips.

Autocratic regimes, wars and political persecution put academics all over the world at risk. As a member of the international network Scholars at Risk, the University of Oldenburg helps scholars who have fled their home country. 

Speech recognition software is on the rise thanks to smart home systems. Researchers from Oldenburg have now taught an artificial intelligence to hear like an actual human. This could help people with hearing aids in the future.

CARL and EDDY have ensured excellent conditions for research at the University of Oldenburg for the past five years. Now the two high-performance computers are making way for their supercomputer successors, whose names have yet to be decided.

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

Anna Katharina Schliehe is interested in experiences of incarceration. The human geographer has been awarded a fellowship by the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme.