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Starting in April of this year, the German Research Foundation (DFG) is supporting a joint project of the Institute for Geoinformatics at the University of Münster and the local University Library. The aim of the project "Opening Reproducible Research" (o2r) is to make research results more reproducible and scientific work more transparent.

It is sometimes enough to drive one to despair. For twenty years, Islam scholar Thomas Bauer has been working hard to create a nuanced image of Islamic culture, writing books and articles, giving interviews, and speaking with politicians.

Leading a team of their own helps young researchers to become independent at an early stage.

Anyone entering the office of law scholar Nils Jansen can see at a glance: hard work is done here. The director of the Department of Legal History at the University of Münster has books, journals, and a notebook spread around his desk in a semicircle and stacked up in piles.

Katrin Kogman-Appel, holder of a Humboldt Professorship of Jewish Studies, researches at the "Religion and Politics" Cluster of Excellence What would a scholarly network with a focus on "Religion and

In the new research building Centre for Soft Nanoscience (SoN) researchers investigate how nanomaterials with complex properties and functions are produced in nature in order to follow this proven design strategy.

In a new book, Prof. Ahmad Milad Karimi describes how dialogue between Christianity and Islam is possible - Read his guest commentary here For Islam, Christianity is not an alien religion.

In addition to providing facilities for studies and research, the University of Münster offers apprenticeships and vocational training in 19 different occupations - from gardener to IT systems technician.

The renowned Journal "Optics & Photonics News" selected a publication of the Team of Prof. Cornelia Denz into the worldwide list of the 30 best publications in the year 2018.

Dissertation prize for physician Dr. med. Robert Seifert, whose MD thesis is based on interdisciplinary collaboration supported by the Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence. Medicine and Computer Science are two disciplines that many people would not automatically associate with each other. For Dr. Robert Seifert, however, they are, as he puts it, "a perfectly normal combination" and closely interlinked.

Research done by Prof. Dirk Prüfer and his team makes transfer possible / "Taraxagum project is an outstanding example of the way that Münster University stands for top-level research" Years ago, the idea sounded anything from weird to audacious: manufacturing car tyres from dandelions.

Hours of contemplation, approaching a solution in small steps, and a healthy scepticism towards computer-generated results. In these guest articles, two mathematicians at the University of Münster, Dr. Franziska Jahnke und Dr. Mira Schedensack , explain what mathematical research means to them and what the aim of this research is.

Dyes, pharmaceuticals, and functional materials - all of these products are generally based on innovative molecules made by chemists.

Former ambassador Joseph Weiß from the Federal Foreign Office talks about career prospects Career prospects in the diplomatic service of the Federal Republic of Germany will be highlighted by J

Christine Deters (32), studied Sociology and Cultural and Social Anthropology and now works in the University's research centre for Family-Friendly HR Policies: "Starting a family while you're still a student entails special challenges.

Geologist Dr. Patricia Göbel has been Equal Opportunities Officer at Münster University since the beginning of November.

One thing that cannot escape anyone's notice is how much has been achieved over the past few years in balancing careers and family life.

To bring more physics into biology is the great aim that Prof. Timo Betz, a new professor at Münster University, has.

What characterizes a family-friendly university? An academic, a member of the admin staff and a student give their views.

What status does work-family balance have at German universities' From 2011 to 2014 the Centre of Excellence/Women and Science (CEWS) in Cologne undertook a project on this issue entitled "Effective!

On this spring day there is a clear blue sky over the Gran Sasso mountains in Italy. Prof. Christian Weinheimer from the Institute of Nuclear Physics is sitting in a minibus belonging to the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, accompanied by two PhD students and one post-doc.

During his visit to the UK at the end of April US President Barack Obama made one thing clear: it is in the interest of the United States, he said, for the UK to remain in the EU.

Sometimes an internship abroad can serve as a springboard for an international career - or it turns into a full-time job.

Germs have no chance at the Institute of Hygiene at Münster University Hospital (UKM). In the foyer a woman carefully wipes down one bar table after another.

Physicist Prof. Cornelia Denz and historian Prof. Heike Bungert exchange views on the differences in using foreign languages in Natural Sciences and the Humanities.

Münster University sees itself not only as being rooted in the local region, but also as having an international orientation - in teaching, in research, among students and among its administrative staff.

High-ranking representatives of Christianity and Islam used a conference on religion at the University of Münster to issue a strongly worded appeal for peace, directed at countries and religious communities all over the world.

Prof. Michinori Suginome from the University of Kyoto in Japan and a leading expert in the field of catalyst research will be a regular guest at Münster University in the coming three years.

The list of his functions is impressively long and exudes internationality: President of the International Association for Germanic Studies from 2010 to 2015, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Ministry of

More than 100 of the small green boxes are already in use: whether in Hamburg, or Zwolle in the Netherlands, or even on the Zugspitze in northern Tyrol - the "SenseBox" has long since left its hometown of Münster behind it.