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May 2026
Dr Philipp Nicolay and Paula Hammer present contributions from current research projects
Dr Philipp Nicolay and Paula Hammer attended the spring conference of the "Empirical Special Education Research Working Group" in May, where they presented papers on selected research projects together with other colleagues from other universities.
Together with colleagues Dr Jule Eilts and Prof. Dr Tijs Bolz, Paula Hammer gave a presentation entitled "Agreement and judgement bias in teacher assessment of internalising and externalising problems: a comparison between special and mainstream schools" with data from her doctoral project.
Together with Prof. Dr. Tijs Bolz and Prof. Dr. Christian Huber, Dr. Philipp Nicolay gave a lecture entitled "Do conflicts in the teacher-student relationship mediate the connection between deficits in social-cognitive information processing and bullying or victimisation". Philipp Nicolay also presented a poster in collaboration with Dr Jule Eilts and Dr Jessica Wilke.
The presentations were followed by exciting and enriching exchanges with the colleagues on site. We had a good time in Leipzig and look forward to the next conferences.
April 2026
Dr Philipp Nicolay takes over the administration of the professorship
At the beginning of this semester, Dr Philipp Nicolay will take over the administration of the professorship for the summer semester 2026, and we look forward to working with him.
March 2026
Farewell to Dr Jule Eilts
We would like to thank Jule Eilts for managing the professorship of our department in the winter semester 2025/2026. It was great that you were back with us in Oldenburg and that we were able to work together on site again!
Dr Jule Eilts will be taking up a position at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich in the Chair of Special Education with a focus on emotional and social development and autism on 1 April 2026. We wish her all the best. We look forward to continuing to work together on various projects and will remain in contact.
March 2026
Farewell to Prof Dr Tijs Bolz
Our long-standing and highly valued colleague Tijs Bolz has been appointed to the full professorship "Special Education with a focus on emotional and social development and autism" at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and will be leaving the University of Oldenburg in March.
Tijs has been a research assistant in our department since 2015 and has also taken on many other tasks in the Institute. He has played a major role in shaping the department and has always endeavoured to further develop teaching and create a good learning atmosphere for students. You will be missed here - even if we remain in close collegial and friendly dialogue. Thank you for all your work, your commitment to the department and, above all, your appreciation of colleagues and students. We wish you all the best for and in Munich!
October 2025
Dr. Jule Eilts takes over the administration of the professorship
At the beginning of this semester, our former colleague Dr. Jule Eilts will take over the administration of the professorship for the winter semester 2025/2026. We look forward to working with her.
September 2025
Farewell to Tomke Weihrauch
At the end of September, we have to say goodbye to our highly valued colleague Tomke Weihrauch, who has worked as a research staff in our team and has also taken on many other tasks in the Institute. Tomke joined the university in 2016 and is now leaving us to continue her academic appointment in systemic counselling. Even though we will remain in close contact as colleagues and friends until she completes her dissertation and certainly beyond, we wish you all the best for the future and your future path, dear Tomke. We will miss you and your warm and appreciative manner in the team very much.