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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.

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

Glasschwein

Development of a transparent, multidirectional data architecture for individual animal-based data monetization and increased interoperability along the pig value chain
Project lead: Dr. Barbara Grabkowsky
trafo:agrar
Duration: 11/2024-11/2027
Funding: BLE

TOBIS

Accompanying transprofessional organizational development - Innovative cooperation between school authorities on digital change and OER/OEP
Projekt lead: Prof. Dr. Annekatrin Bock, Prof. Dr. Franco Rau
Academic subject /Institute: Education studies
Duration: 12/2024-11/2028
Funding: BMBF

Design-Based Research Workshop

Projektleitung: 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)

Bethen 2025

- Recognize challenges, develop innovative solutions, communicate ideas
Project lead: Prof. Dr. Karl Martin Born
Academic subject /Institute: Geography
Duration: 11/2024-09/2025
Funding: Village association Bethen

Kirchhatten - Redesign of the through road

Project lead: Prof. Dr. Karl Martin Born
Academic subject /Institute: Geography
Duration: 11/2024-04/2025
Funding: Municipality of Hatten

Doctoral program: Gerechtigkeitsdimensionen ...

Doctoral program: Justice dimensions of sustainability-oriented transformation processes in rural areas
Project lead: Prof. Dr. Jana Zscheischler, Prof. Dr. John-Oliver Engler
Academic subject /Institute: Biology
Duration: 11/2024-04/2029
Funding: Hans-Böckler-Stiftung