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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.

 

North Rhine-West­phalia 2026 State Prize for Sports Sci­ence: Two Pader­born Uni­ver­sity re­search­ers hon­oured

State Parliament President André Kuper and State Secretary for Sport and Volunteering Andrea Milz have awarded the North Rhine-Westphalia State Prize for Sports Science. The award winners also include Prof Dr Miriam Kehne and Prof (em.) Dr Wolf-Dietrich Brettschneider from the "Sport & Health" department at Paderborn University.

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In­spired by the oc­topus: Act­ive nano-op­tics en­able photon­ic skin

Scientists from Paderborn University and Stanford University publish results in "Nature"

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Par­ti­cipants wanted: How can ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence sup­port chil­dren in lan­guage ac­quis­i­tion?

Paderborn University group conducts study

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NRW Trans­port Min­is­ter vis­its Pader­born-Lippstadt Air­port: Vice Pres­id­ent of Pader­born Uni­ver­sity presents pro­jects

During a visit to Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport, NRW Transport Minister Oliver Krischer learned about current decarbonisation measures and planned innovations. Prof. Dr. René Fahr, Vice-President for Transfer and Sustainability, presented the "Innovation Airport PAD" initiative.

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity pre­pares SMEs for cy­ber se­cur­ity

Online tool and learning platform provide support for NIS2 Directive

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Sci­ent­ist from Pader­born Uni­ver­sity ap­poin­ted as com­mis­sion mem­ber at the Fed­er­al In­sti­tute for Risk As­sess­ment

Prof. Dr. Lars Libuda, nutrition scientist at Paderborn University, has been appointed as a member of the Commission on Evidence-Based Methods in Risk Assessment at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin.

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Intelligent Technical Systems

Sup­port for the Ger­man auto­mot­ive in­dustry: re­search pro­ject pro­duces new plat­form for di­git­al ser­vices

Autonomous driving, connected mobility, increasing electrification: the automotive industry is undergoing change. This makes it all the more important to support companies in integrating digital services into their business models and exploiting the innovation potential of digital business processes. For three years, a consortium of scientists and industry experts has been working on developing solutions for the mobility sector.

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Light for fu­ture op­tic­al tech­no­lo­gies: Suc­cess­ful con­clu­sion of the Col­lab­or­at­ive Re­search Centre TRR 142

35 million euros, 210 scientists, 12 years of research: After the maximum possible duration of three funding periods, the Collaborative Research Centre/TRR 142 "Tailor-made Nonlinear Photonics: From Basic Concepts to Functional Structures" officially ended in December 2025.

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Call for pro­pos­als: Doc­tor­al schol­ar­ships 2026

The Presidential Board of Paderborn University is once again calling for proposals for doctoral scholarships, for which excellent academics in the early career phase can apply until 2 February.

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Par­lia­ment­ary State Sec­ret­ary Mat­thi­as Hauer hands over fund­ing de­cision to Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

Launch of the "EEBEO" research project to record traffic situations

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