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New at the university: Prof. Dr. Bin Qu!

Osnabrück University welcomes Prof. Dr. Bin Qu! On June 1, she took over the W2 professorship "Biomedical Foundations" at the Institute of Health Research and Education (IGB).

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New at the university: Prof. Spiekermann

Osnabrück University welcomes Prof. Dr. Björn Spiekermann! Since April 1, he has held the professorship "Modern German Literature with a Focus on Early Modern Times" in the School of Language and Literary Studies.

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We welcome Prof. Dr. Jenny Augustin!

Osnabrück University welcomes Prof. Dr. Jenny Augustin! Since April 1, she has held the junior professorship "Romance Literary and Cultural Studies (French/Spanish)" in the School of Language and Literary Studies.

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Appointed: Dr. Benjamin Zander

Osnabrück University congratulates Prof. Dr. Benjamin Zander! Since March 15, 2025, he has held the professorship "Sports Science with a focus on Sport and Society".

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We welcome Lisa Janotta

Prof. Dr. Lisa Janotta holds the professorship "Social Education with a focus on racism research". Her research topics: Psychoanalytical Social Education, professional skills development, racism and right-wing extremism as well as qualitative research methods.

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New on board: Till Mossakowski

Since October 2024, Prof. Dr. Till Mossakowski has been working on the integration of symbolic and sub-symbolic artificial intelligence as part of his professorship for "Knowledge Processing in Hybrid AI Systems".

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A warm welcome: Sören Segger-Piening

Prof. Dr. Sören Segger-Piening (LL.M. Eur.) holds the professorship "Civil Law, Private International Law and another subject". One of his main areas of research is international and European private and procedural law.