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Here you will find current, selected news from the area of research at the University of Paderborn. Further releases can be found in the press archive.

 

Ap­ply by 13 May: Call for ap­plic­a­tions for the Pader­born Uni­ver­sity Re­search Prize 2026

Under the motto "Bold ideas for science", the university management of Paderborn University is once again organising a research award for scientists this year to promote exceptional research projects outside the mainstream.

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Haupteingang mit Geb?uden I (links) und Q (rechts)

Sus­tain­able Mech­an­ic­al En­gin­eer­ing: NA­LYSES pro­ject op­tim­ises head­lights

After more than three years of work, the project partners of NALYSES ("Sustainability-optimised Life Cycle Assessment of technologically highly complex mechatronic products") have presented their results.

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity bids farewell to Pro­fess­or Dr Kirsten Schle­gel-Mat­th­ies on her re­tire­ment with a cel­eb­rat­ory col­loqui­um

Paderborn University has retired Professor Dr Kirsten Schlegel-Matthies after more than two decades of work in Home Economics and the didactics of Home Economics.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): (from left) Archbishop Dr. Udo Markus Bentz, Prof. Dr. Nicole Priesching, Reinhold Harnisch, Prof. Dr. Matthias Bauer and Dr. Christine Hartig.

Study on the ab­use of minors in the Arch­diocese of Pader­born: res­ults re­veal spir­als of cov­er-up

The results were presented to the public on Thursday, 12 March.

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Light­house of quantum re­search: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity opens state-of-the-art "PhoQS Lab" for the fu­ture of photon­ics

After three years of construction, the "Photonic Quantum Systems Laboratory" (PhoQS Lab) at Paderborn University, a highly specialised research centre in the field of quantum technologies, was officially opened on Thursday, 26 February.

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Start­ing sig­nal for new com­pet­ence centre for lan­guage pro­mo­tion in Hesse: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity takes over sci­entif­ic man­age­ment

Paderborn University and "Qualit?t in Kitas Onlineakademie GmbH" are starting to set up the Hessian "Kinder.Sprachen.Zukunft" competence centre for language education and support in early childhood.

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Fu­ture-proof re­search soft­ware: Pader­born sci­ent­ists fur­ther de­vel­op the "SootUp" frame­work

Researchers at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University are realising the "CoSA" project under the leadership of the "Secure Software Engineering" group and are adding important functions to the framework "SootUp".

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity sci­ent­ist is a mem­ber of the Ad­vis­ory Board for Ag­ri­cul­tur­al Policy, Nu­tri­tion and Con­sumer Health Pro­tec­tion at…

Prof Dr Anette Buyken, nutritionist at Paderborn University, has been reappointed as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Nutrition and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE) at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Home Affairs (BMLEH).

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Re­search team at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity de­vel­ops a pro­to­type for meas­ur­ing di­git­al demo­cracy

Development of the Digital Democracy Score (DDS) as part of the EU project “INNOVADE”

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Are re­sent­ment and ste­reo­types on the rise? In­ter­view with Prof Dr Claudia ?hlschl?ger and Dr Till­mann Heise

Prof Dr Claudia ?hlschl?ger and Dr Tillmann Heise conduct research at the Paderborn Institute of German and Comparative Literature on the connections between stereotyping and resentment, among other things. In this interview, they talk about how existing cultural and political stereotypes are not only reinforced and legitimised in literature, but also potentially challenged and possibly even revoked.

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