In a new joint project, the members of the "besslab" movement, play and sports laboratory at Paderborn University, together with interior designer and carpenter Alexander Ostermann (Heimweh-Paderborn), teacher Frederike Schöningh from the Rudolf Steiner School Schloss Hamborn and Steffen Strasser from the Playparc company, have developed special seating furniture that combines movement and learning.
Prof Dr Sven Lindberg, Head of "Clinical Developmental Psychology" at Paderborn University, has emerged as runner-up in the "Professor of the Year" competition in the Humanities, Social and Cultural Sciences category.
The NeMo.bil project, which was initiated by the New Mobility Initiative Paderborn (NeMo), has been awarded the German Mobility Prize (DMP) in the "New Mobility Solutions" category. A high-calibre jury from industry and politics decided on the award, which was presented by Federal Minister of Transport Volker Wissing.
The Jenny Aloni Centre for Early Career Researchers offers many opportunities for doctoral students and postdocs, such as the peer coaching "Starting your PhD". The new group will start on 14 January 2025. Registrations are still open.
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has extended funding for the "MINTS" project (MLL-based Integrated THz Frequency Synthesizer) for a further three years with a funding sum of around 415,000 euros.
13.11.2024
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Education,
Research,
International,
Transfer,
Rankings,
Press release,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
In the latest edition of the renowned "Global Ranking of Academic Subjects" (GRAS), also known as the "Shanghai Subject Ranking", Paderborn University has once again achieved very good rankings.
The international comparative study "International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2023" (ICILS 2023) shows the current state of pupils' digital skills.
Prof. Dr. Muna Tatari from the Institute of Islamic Theology at Paderborn University has been reappointed to the German Ethics Council for a further term of office by the President of the German Bundestag, Bärbel Bas.
29.10.2024
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Digitalization,
Sustainability,
Research,
Transfer,
Press release,
Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems,
Heinz Nixdorf Institute,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Digital platform to promote the circular economy: The project shows how the increased use of recycled aluminium made possible by a platform can reduce CO2 emissions.
22.10.2024
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Research,
Optoelectronics and Photonics,
Quantum Computation,
High Performance Computing,
Press release,
Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS),
Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2)
A comprehensive survey on the topic of multilingualism in the city's daycare centres is being conducted in cooperation between the Office for Children, Youth and Family of the City of Cologne and Paderborn University.
