Endowed professorship
Endowed professorships, which are financed by a donor for a specific period - usually five years - can be used for the strategic development of key areas.
Donors can be commercial enterprises, private individuals or non-profit funding organizations. Once the financial support from the donor has expired, the professorship can be continued by the university if it is in line with the structural planning.
Endowed professorships have the same rights and obligations as other professorships. They are appointed via a regular appointment procedure and are not bound by the founder's instructions.
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Archaeology/Archaeology of the Roman Provinces: Prof. Dr. Marcus Zagermann
The endowed professorship is dedicated to the interdisciplinary research, documentation and teaching of the material, social and economic structures of Roman societies and their interactions with indigenous cultures.
Funding period: 10/2025 - 9/2030
Vocational education and training in the digital transformation: Prof. Dr. Dana Bergmann
The endowed professorship "Vocational and business education with a focus on vocational education and training in digital change" is dedicated to researching the challenges associated with digital change for vocational education and training. The main focus is on the possible consequences of change for training companies. Among other things, the IHK hopes that this will provide impetus for the future direction of IHK further training.
Funding period: 3/2024 – 2/2027
Occupational Dermatology: Prof. Dr. Annika Wilke & Prof. Dr. Christoph Skudlik
The professorship will further expand occupational dermatology prevention research at Osnabrück University.
Funding periods: Prof. Dr. Annika Wilke: 9/2025 - 8/2030, Prof. Dr. Christoph Skudlik: 12/2025 - 8/2030
Chinese Law: Prof. Dr. Georg Gesk
The endowed professorship of Chinese Law at Osnabrück University is dedicated to academic research into the Chinese legal system, its reforms and its global significance.
Funding period: 5/2020 - 9/2031
Machine Learning: Prof. Dr. Tim C. Kietzmann
The endowed professorship in Machine Learning enriches the diverse research in the field of digitalization and AI at Osnabrück University. It illustrates the strong cohesion and excellent networking in the Osnabrück region.
Funding period: 2/2022 - 2/2027
Embedded Software Systems: Prof. Dr. Olaf Spinczyk
The endowed professorship focuses on design methods for embedded software systems - in particular with reusable infrastructure software such as embedded operating systems. The special boundary conditions of embedded systems such as the scarcity of memory and energy as well as the reliability and compliance with real-time requirements are at the center of interest.
Funding period: 9/2018 - 8/2028
| Professorship | Donor | Funding period |
|---|---|---|
| Semantic Information Systems | Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e. V. | 8/2020 - 7/2025 |
| ROSEN Group | ||
| Occupational dermatology | Non-profit organization which supports the Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatological Prevention and Rehabilitation at Osnabrück University "iDerm" | 5/2015 - 5/2025 |
| Embedded software systems | CLAAS KGaA mbH | 9/2018 - 8/2023 |
| HARTING AG & Co. | ||
| Structural issues in vocational education and training | Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce e. V. (DIHK) | 9/2017 - 8/2022 |
| DIHK-Bildungs-GmbH | ||
| Chinese law | Sievert Foundation | 5/2015 - 5/2020 |
| Environmental Economics | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | 9/2014 - 3/2020 |
| Distributed systems | Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e. V. | 3/2012 - 9/2018 |
| CLAAS KGaA mbH | ||
HARTING AG & Co. KG | ||
| International Accounting | Felix Schöler GmbH | 01/2009 - 04/2011 |
| KM Europametall | ||
| Karmann GmbH | ||
| ZF Lemförder Fahrwerktechnik AG and CoKG | ||
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | ||
| Sievert AG | ||
| Corporate management and corporate accounting | Heristo AG | 2008-2013 |
| Material flow management | German Federal Environmental Foundation | 10/2001 - 9/2006 |