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Michaela Vogt new Vice-Rector at Bielefeld University
On 13 December 2024, the university’s electoral assembly elected Professor Dr Michaela Vogt as a new member of the Rectorate. The Vice-Rectorate for International Affairs, Diversity and Society has thus been reorganised.
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ERC Consolidator Grant: 4 million euros to Bielefeld sociologists
Professor Dr. Minh Nguyen and Professor Dr. Carsten Sauer have both received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). They are studying, respectively, financial risks in Asia and wage differentials in Europe.
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How the Holocaust narrative is appropriated and distorted
The Swiss author Alexander Estis analysed the instrumentalisation of historical memory in his lecture at the Collaborative Research Centre 1288. The recording is now online.
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Plant chemicals shape animal social lives
Bielefeld researchers reveal food-independent plant-insect interactions. Publication in the ‘Journal of Animal Ecology’.
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Young people 2024: Worried, but pragmatic and optimistic
Young people remain optimistic: results of the new Shell Youth Study published. Bielefeld University has been in charge of the study since 2002.
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Return of the Elephants Seals: From a Few to Thousands
A new international study led by Bielefeld University has revealed the genetic impact of hunting on northern elephant seals.
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Trust or distrust towards AI chatbots
How do users deal with the technology? Computational linguist Prof. Dr Hendrik Buschmeier talks about this in a lecture series of the Transregio “Constructing Explainability”. The recording is now online.
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50 years of Laborschule and Oberstufen-Kolleg
The experimental schools invite to an anniversary week in September. They research and develop learning structures and content together with their respective research units at the university.
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Borders – European and African perspectives
The university’s ZiF offers two scholarships for researchers from Africa every year: the Norbert Elias Scholarships are sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation.
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New development: flexible but ultra-strong films
Until now, two-dimensional materials were considered brittle. An international research team, including physicists from Bielefeld, has now developed extremely thin structures that could be used for foldable computers, for example.
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In the city with a colorful soul
Bielefeld in the world: mathematician Can Atacan is a visiting researcher in Seoul to conduct research on random matrix theory with colleagues.
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Covid-19: migrants globally at higher risk
Study led by Bielefeld University shows 84 per cent higher risk of infection among migrants compared to the general population based on data from over 53 million people.
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Using atomic analyses to recycle plastics efficiently
In the InCamS@BI transfer project, physicists are using high-resolution microscopes to look into the atomic lattice of plastics. Their findings should contribute to boosting circular economy.
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“We want to know the limits of the algorithm”
Dr Petra Bevandić and Dr Robin Chan are teaching computer vision systems to deal with something unknown.
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Entanglements of illegality, legality and violence
At the ZiF, researchers discuss the links between illegality and violence in the drug trade in the Americas.
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“The relationship between body and environment has changed”
How people’s perception of themselves has changed since early modern times. Three questions to historian Malte Wittmaack.
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Conference on the technology of argumentation machines
Ratio-24 at the university shows how technical systems can recognise argumentative structures using large language models. This can help to make opinion-forming more transparent.
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Special edition on occasion of the World Health Assembly
Migration and health are the subject of a new series in a Lancet journal. Three of the university’s health scientists are among the authors.
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70 per cent took substances to enhance cognitive performance
Data were analysed from more than 22,000 participants, making this the largest representative study to date on the prevalence of neuroenhancers in Germany.
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A showroom for the future of therapy and medical care
The OWL Medical School’s showroom features high-tech assistance systems that make work easier for nursing staff, therapists, and doctors.
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Dealing with AI chatbots
Transregio on the explainability of artificial intelligence invites you to online lectures.
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When are children most receptive?
Lecture shows the influence of changing environments on learning. The recording is now online. The presentation was given at the JICE Symposium on Individualisation.
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Celiac disease: New findings on the effects of gluten
New study reveals how a certain protein byproduct from wheat reduces the protective barrier of the gut lining.
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‘Individualization is essential in both prevention and therapy’
How individual factors impact on everyday life, whether on performance or the distribution of risks. We interviewed two researchers from the JICE Institute.
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