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New research projects

Below you will find an overview of the recently acquired, third-party funded research projects at the University of Vechta. The team at the Department of Research, Junior Researchers and Transfer congratulates the researchers on their successful proposal and wishes them a good start to their project.

agri:change

Future by change: Sustainability transformation of the agricultural and food industry in Lower Saxony
Projekt lead: Dr. Barbara Grabkowsky
Academic subject /Institute: trafo:agrar
Duration: 07/2025-06/2030
Funding: Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (MWK)

Development of organisational skills in the context

... of preventing religiously motivated conflicts and radicalisation in the (extra)school youth sector (AuGe)
Projekt lead: Prof. Dr. Margit Stein
Academic subject /Institute: Education studies
Duration: 07/2025-09/2026
Funding: Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (MWK)

MINT4YOUth II

Project lead: Prof. Dr. Michael Ewig
Academic subject /Institute: Biology
Duration: 03/2025-08/2026
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Influence of light and water

The influence of PV modules in the field on litter decomposition and the build-up of organic matter in the soil
Project lead: Dr. Manfred Kayser
Academic subject /Institute: Geo-Lab
Duration: 03/2025-08/2025
Funding: Stiftung Gewässerschutz

RurbanFoodWaste

Project lead: Prof. Dr. Amelie Bernzen
Academic subject /Institute: Geography
Duration: 10/2025-09/2029
Funding: DFG

Water conservation trial grassland

Project lead: PD Dr. Manfred Kayser
Academic subject /Institute: Geo Lab
Duration: 01/2025-12/2029
Funding: Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture

Design-Based Research Workshop

Project lead: Prof. Dr. Larena Schäfer
Academic subject /Institute: English Studies
Duration: 01/2024-12/2025
Funding: German Society for Foreign Language Research (DGFF)

SoeTRA

Socio-economic transformation dynamics of farms converting to alternative proteins (SoeTRA)
Project lead: Prof. Dr. Karl Martin Born
Academic subject /Institute: VISTRA
Duration: 01/2025-12/2027
Funding: Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)