How to work from home and manage from a distance is a topic that is currently on many people's minds - and is also occupying a project team at the university. Two experts, currently working from home themselves, in an interview.

Marine paints can be a major source of microplastics in the North Sea. In a new study, Oldenburg environmental geochemists hypothesize that ships leave a kind of 'skid mark' in the water.

The pandemic has changed the university staff's working routines profoundly. A survey is set to find out how exactly. In a video, Vice President Jörg Stahlmann and Staff Council Chair Petra Mende explain why it is important to participate.

For many young people with intellectual disabilities this career trajectory seems preordained – yet their wishes and ideas are not particularly taken into account. Special education professor Andrea Erdélyi wants to change this.

The North Sea island of Spiekeroog is a huge natural laboratory: A team of researchers led by Gudrun Massmann and Luise Giani has studied how its wild eastern part has been transformed from a small sand flat into new land.

Autonomous zero-emission ships could decongest cities that have a network of small waterways. Oldenburg IT specialists are studying this environmentally friendly kind of freight transport in the EU project AVATAR.

How does the IT Service Desk team work under coronavirus conditions? During the walk, Daniel Drews, IT specialist for system integration, talks about his new everyday life and what inspires him about his work.

Aging and old age affect everyone. Geriatrician Tania Zieschang and philosopher Mark Schweda approach the topic from different perspectives. An interview about protecting the elderly in the pandemic, robots in care – and what stays with us.

Getting children and young people interested in science and technology - that is the aim of the MINT Cluster NordWest. Physics didactics expert Michael Komorek plays a key role in the project, which is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education.

Marine biodiversity is threatened by climate change, pollution and overfishing. Biodiversity expert Helmut Hillebrand explains in this interview how research can help to improve marine conservation.

History is not only something you read about; it can also be heard and felt. Together with her team, musicologist Anna Langenbruch researches how music history is presented on stage.

Absolute case numbers, incidence, reproduction figures - a basic understanding of maths is needed to understand the coronavirus infection situation. Specialist didactician Astrid Fischer on a discipline between practical benefits and abstract concepts.

Can wind farms be treated as collective systems similar to insect swarms? Physicist and Ossietzky Fellow Michael Sinhuber is combining swarm and turbulence research with the goal of optimising wind farm control.

For the third time in four years, the 2020 Nobel Prize went to gravitational physics. Oldenburg expert Jutta Kunz explains why she finds nothing more exciting than black holes, neutron stars and gravitational waves.

Very little social contact, digital working groups and suspended stays abroad: a lot has changed for students at the University of Oldenburg in recent months. How did they experience the past year?

Today, coffee and tea are dietary staples for many people, but 400 years ago stimulants such as coffee and tea were exotic rarities. The collaborative research project "Intoxicating Spaces" investigates their impact on European societies.

University President Hans Michael Piper looks back on an eventful academic year in the wake of the pandemic. In a video message [YouTube] he talks about what holds the university together, about tough decisions and a glimmer of hope.

Ten lecturers from the fields of music, education, philosophy and medicine are honoured for their outstanding courses.

How does one go about studying three centuries' worth of literary journals? Haimo Stiemer is banking on digital analysis methods – and has secured a "Carl von Ossietzky Young Researcher's Fellowship" with this approach.

Master's student Beybin Elvin Tunç receives this year's DAAD Prize for outstanding achievements of international students.