More and more plastic litter accumulates in the oceans. Remote sensing specialist Shungudzemwoyo Garaba from the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of…

Languages are often more variable than we imagine. In this interview, Slavic scholar Gerd Hentschel talks about German loan words in Upper Silesian…

Five groups of students conducted research focused on the topic of "the future". Among the questions they investigated were how the climate movement…

Oldenburg chemist Dmitry Momotenko has developed a new printing technology for tiny metallic objects. He succeeded in producing copper columns with a…

Vote now for the University Pearl of the year 2021! The Oldenburg project "Work it out!" is also on the ballot: The certificate course supports…

The senate of the university has voted in favor of a second term for special needs educationalist Annett Thiele. Psychologist Christiane Thiel and…

The research group DynaCom is investigating how stable ecosystems are in the face of natural and anthropogenic environmental changes. The German…

As well as supporting mobility in higher education, the European Erasmus+ programme aims to promote social change towards more sustainability. The…

Volcanism probably triggered a period of global cooling that caused one of the most severe mass extinctions in Earth history. A new study by Jack…

Originally, Jingjing Xu planned to spend just one year at the University of Oldenburg. That was in 2017. She stayed longer to continue her research…

Commons-based plant breeding promotes diversity and reduces farmers' dependence on international markets, a new study by sustainability researchers…

Why we are already writing the history of the Covid pandemic: an article by historian Malte Thießen.

Ralph Bruder has been university president since August. Now, he was oficially inaugurated. Bruder will steer the university for the coming six years.…

The parties in government of Lower Saxony presented the results of the budget meetings on Tuesday. According to that, an additional 40 medical study…

Giving young researchers the tools they need to gain a foothold in their careers – that has been the mission of the university’s Graduate Academy…

Oldenburg neuroscientist Martin Bleichner has received this year's "Prize for Excellent Research" from the University Society. Two recent doctoral…

Physicist Jan Vogelsang has been accepted into the renowned Emmy Noether Programme run by the German Research Foundation. Vogelsang can now establish…

Adaptation strategies are needed to mitigate the consequences of climate change. But policymakers are often hesitant to act. Political scientist…

Semiconductors consisting of three atomic layers could form the basis for innovative lasers that emit light at room temperature. An international team…

The university is on its way to climate neutrality. Today, the project group presented the plan at an online event. Climate protection manager Anna…