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    How do good ideas emerge—and what allows them to grow? This is the topic in Focus Area PINC. full story

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  • Three questions on post-socialism and coloniality - Universität Bielefeld
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    20.04.2026

    Three questions on post-socialism and coloniality

    Can post-socialism be colonial? Research group leader Professor Dr Anna Amelina explains how this question is being explored from an interdisciplinary perspective at the ZiF in Bielefeld.
  • Project advances protection of Atlantic corals - Universität Bielefeld
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    16.04.2026

    Project advances protection of Atlantic corals

    Researchers in Bielefeld are using AI-based image analysis to lay the groundwork for new marine protected areas. As part of the “Coral Cartography” project, cold-water corals in the Atlantic are being comprehensively mapped for the first time.
  • The Power of the Individual – Talks Now Online - Universität Bielefeld
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    07.04.2026

    The Power of the Individual – Talks Now Online

    The Individualisation Symposium 2026 brought leading researchers to Bielefeld. Two of the talks are now available online, offering insights into cooperation and social identity in humans and animals.
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    Support and Orientation Offerings

    Bielefeld University has many support offerings, from orientation day to counselling offerings, to a choice of leisure activities.

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    Service and Advice

    Contact points, sorted by topic, that will be happy to advise you on questions about international mobility and studying in Bielefeld.

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    All information about the courses offered, the application process and counselling services at a glance by e-mail.

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    My Uni App

    In the "My University" app, students can find the most important services for organising their studies.

Research at Bielefeld University

Transcending Boundaries is the Bielefeld approach and stands for crossing boundaries between disciplines and scientific cultures, between research and teaching and between science and society. For our researchers, it is the driving force behind cutting-edge basic research at an international level.

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    Research Worlds

    Research at Bielefeld University takes place in four thematic, interdisciplinary worlds. It focuses on the big questions of our 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

    Profile building at the university: New strategic research networks and the "brains behind them" are presented in the new issue of BI.research magazine.

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    GrACe - Graduate and Academic ­Career Development Centre

    Promoting academic talent at all career levels is a central, forward-looking and sustainable task for our university.

Get to know Bielefeld University

As a research-intensive university with an international reputation and innovative teaching concepts, Bielefeld University makes an important contribution to a progressive and participatory knowledge society.

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    Career

    Working well together - Bielefeld University is an attractive, family-friendly place to work.

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    Sustainability

    Our sustainability strategy - we contribute to a future worth living.

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    Equality and Gender

    With excellent structures for the further development of a gender-equitable scientific and university culture.

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    Diversity

    A positive attitude towards diversity: We value diversity and promote different skills, talents and competences.

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Di., 21.04.2026
14:15 - 15:45
BiSEd-Forum: Ein- und Ausschlüsse in die Oberstufe. Fachliche und schulische Orientierungen von Schüler*innen am Beispiel des Unterrichtsfach Erziehungswissenschaft
Di., 21.04.2026
16:00 - 20:00
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Di., 21.04.2026
16:00 - 18:00
Sonst wäre ich überhaupt nie hierhin gekommen. Orientierungen frauenliebender Frauen über 60
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