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The Hesitant Robot

How much easier do people find following a robot’s statements when it makes pauses in speech or produces filler sounds? This is the focus of a new study by Bielefeld and Bremen universities. full story

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Regulating power consumption with artificial intelligence

Doctoral students from Bielefeld want to better control sudden high energy consumption with the help of AI. full story

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How finch parents influence their chick’s gut microbiome

New episode of research_tv: Behavioural ecologists are reporting on their study on genetic and social factors. full story

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10.05.2023

Statement of the Rectorate on the occupation of lecture hall H1

Since 2 May, activists from the group ‘End Fossil Occupy’ have been occupying the university’s lecture hall H1 and one of the bridges in the university hall. This occupation was […]
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02.05.2023

The ‘silent pandemic’: Equity and gender considerations

Researchers from Bielefeld University and Torrens University Australia in Adelaide aim to investigate whether equity and gender is being taken into account in efforts to tackle AMR in Germany and Australia.
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19.04.2023

Prizes for the best doctoral theses in 2022

On April 18th, the Bielefeld University Society (UGBi) will be awarding prizes for the best doctoral theses at Bielefeld University.

Research

Transcending Boundaries

At Bielefeld University, research means transcending boundaries - between disciplines, between people and between science and society. Our guiding principle of Transcending Boundaries is the impulse for top-level basic research at an international level.

About the research profile

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Research Worlds

Research at Bielefeld University moves in four worlds. They focus on big questions of the time.
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Research projects

High-profile research projects are sponsored by, for example, the German Research Foundation or the EU at national and international level.
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Researchers

ERC Starting Grant winner Professor Dr Benjamin Kiesewetter is dedicated to questions of philosophical ethics and normativity theory.
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Research transfer

With its diverse transfer and exchange formats, Bielefeld University makes an important contribution to the development of a participatory knowledge society.