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Call for Applications: "PhD interConnect"

The International Office of Osnabrück University is looking for up‑to‑four international doctoral candidates (not employed by the university) to receive a €500 “Honorar‑Vertrag” covering the period up to the end of the Summer Semester 2025.

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Prof. Dr. Rainer Mühlhoff in NANO Magazine

Prof. Dr. Rainer Mühlhoff was recently interviewed on the subject of "Moltbook - is the AI agent network dangerous?" in the NANO magazine on 3sat (from minute 05:35).

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International Student Seminar for Global Citizenship and Peace 2026 in Hiroshima

Application for participation in the International Student Seminar with the theme "The UN SDGs and sustainable economic development" open until March 1, 2026!

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Consciously shaping boundaries in a digital world

Since April 2025, scientists in the DigiBound joint project have been working on empowering children and young people in dealing with their digital environments. The project team is now giving an outlook on the next steps.

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Why Professor Husemann is still giving seminars at the age of 87

It is actually impolite to ask people their age. Prof. Dr. Harald Husemann is different - he likes to call himself a dinosaur.

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The University mourns the loss of Prof. Dr. Jörn Ipsen

Osnabrück University mourns the loss of Professor Dr. Jörn Ipsen, who passed away on January 31 and was one of the founding generation of the University's School of Law.

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CHE Ranking: How do you rate your degree program?

Students of Law, Business Administration and Economics and Information Systems are invited to take part in the survey for Germany's largest university ranking until February 8! They have received the link plus access code by e-mail from Osnabrück University.

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LeLa Annual Conference: Student labs between sustainability, democracy and society

From March 8 to 10, the LeLa Annual Conference will bring together stakeholders from school laboratories, subject didactics, science communication and educational research.

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Mourning for Rita Süssmuth

We mourn the loss of Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth, who was a member of the University Council since 2003. From 1963-1965, she also held an assistant position at the University of Education, which later became Osnabrück University. She passed away on February 1.

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Art meets choral music: Shakespeare in sound and color

Music and painting can be experienced by visitors to the extraordinary performance by the Osnabrück University Chamber Choir at "Shakespeare's Auction" in the Osnabrück Kunsthalle.

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