Within what ethical boundaries has psychiatry operated, and does it continue to operate? This question runs like a common thread through the events organised to mark the Karl Jaspers Visiting Professorship, which is being held this winter semester by Prof. Dr Dr Frank Schneider, Director of the…

Another major success for Oldenburg's marine and coastal researchers: they are coordinating several new research networks with millions in funding. The focus is on plastic waste, light penetration and nutrients in the sea - as well as small crustaceans with a central role in the marine food web.

Anyone who watches operas, operettas or musicals often comes across historical musicians who are portrayed. In this way, the audience - quite incidentally - gains knowledge about these musicians. Musicologist Anna Langenbruch wants to find out how this works. The Emmy Noether funding programme for…

Exciting insights into the world of research - that's what the KinderUni is offering eight to twelve-year-olds again this year. The lectures will cover topics such as animated films, how to use WhatsApp & Co. correctly and dwarves in physics. Advance ticket sales for the "spring semester" have…

Do the members of the EU Commission act first and foremost in the European interest or do they rather have the welfare of their respective home country and its government in mind? The Oldenburg political scientist and EU expert Prof Dr Torsten Jörg Selck wants to get to the bottom of this question.

"The present is my battlefield..." - is the title of the work with which Weimar composer Jens-Uwe Günther won first place in the University of Oldenburg's Carl von Ossietzky Composition Competition.

When it comes to the protection and utilisation of nature, we have evidently been working on the basis of oversimplified assumptions. An international team of researchers has analysed more than 1100 grasslands on five continents in order to gain a more differentiated understanding of this ecosystem.…

"The European Medical School is a very innovative project that guarantees students both medical and intercultural expertise. As a convinced European, I am of course particularly pleased with the cross-border character of the education and research." These were the words of David McAllister, Member…

The University and the University Society celebrated their 22nd New Year's reception with a four-part ballet evening at the Oldenburg State Theatre on 21 January. Almost 600 guests attended the event, which lasted five hours with a reception before the highly acclaimed production by Ashley Page and…

The Oldenburg State Theatre was well filled at the traditional New Year's reception of the University and the University Society (UGO) on Thursday evening. Three stylistically diverse ballet performances, entertaining speeches and the "chat afterwards" provided the almost 550 guests with an…

Learning and knowledge are the focus of a public lecture by Prof. Dr Theodore Schatzki on Tuesday, 26 January, 6.00 pm, in the library hall of the University of Oldenburg (Haarentor campus, Uhlhornsweg 49-55). The US-American philosopher will talk about a concept of learning in which learning is…

Fast-track to a doctorate after completing a Bachelor's degree: the university's fast-track programmes offer selected students this opportunity. Those who would like to work towards a Master's degree and a doctorate at the same time can apply until the beginning of March.

Where is Count Adolf of Nassau, brother of William of Orange and 16th century freedom fighter of the Netherlands against the Spanish occupation, buried? Dr Ralph Hennings, theologian and private lecturer at the University of Oldenburg, investigated this question together with Groningen historian…

All plants on earth are to be recorded with their most important properties in the global database "Try". This is an ambitious project in which a team from Oldenburg is playing a key role. An article has already been published in "Nature", for which the database was fundamentally important.

Take an active part in current research and gain your first professional experience: This is made possible by a Voluntary Scientific Year, for which young people can apply to the university until the end of the month.

"Computing Science - all digital?" Under this motto, the Department of Computing Science at the University of Oldenburg invites interested pupils to familiarise themselves with the various facets of this subject.

It has a long tradition and is always something special - the New Year's reception of the University and the University Society Oldenburg e.V. (UGO) at the Oldenburg State Theatre. Advance ticket sales have begun.

Do I have to be close to a person in order to trust them? Innovation researcher Jannika Mattes has analysed this in relation to the world of work and published the results in the European Management Journal. In an interview, she talks about coffee breaks as a think tank, challenges for bosses and…

Malena Hillje is in her third year of training as a chemical laboratory technician at the University of Oldenburg. In October and November, she spent an internship abroad in Ireland. An experience that not only enriched her academic appointment.

Oldenburg expertise for the German Research Foundation (DFG): Five scientists from the University will help shape DFG research funding in future as review board members.