{"id":3129,"date":"2026-02-06T10:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/interdisciplinary-and-transnational-research\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:54:10","slug":"interdisciplinary-and-transnational-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/interdisciplinary-and-transnational-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Interdisciplinary and Transnational Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>More than 100 researchers from the universities of Oldenburg, Bremen, and Groningen gathered in Oldenburg to exchange ideas about their future cooperation in the Northwest Alliance.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">The University of Oldenburg hosted a network meeting in early February with more than 100 researchers in attendance that included short presentations, individual conversations, and room for in-depth questions. Participants included researchers from the University of Oldenburg, University of Bremen, and the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands) who met as international alliance partners and took advantage of this opportunity to strengthen existing connections and form new ones. The focus was on exploring the potential for even closer collaboration in the Northwest Alliance (NWA) and developing ideas for new partnerships that transcend the area of expertise of an individual university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOur long-term goal is to establish a more integrated research community among the three universities under the Northwest Alliance umbrella, with the aim of driving cross-border innovation,\u201d said Prof. Dr. Ralph Bruder, President of the University of Oldenburg, in his welcome address in the library hall. \u201cBy combining our research strengths, we can attain a level of success that none of the three universities could achieve on their own,\u201d added Prof. Dr. Jutta G\u00fcnther, President of the University of Bremen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Academic Networks for Excellent Research&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">The Northwest Alliance aims to continue developing Germany\u2019s northwest region into a leading location for research and knowledge transfer, combining excellent research with social responsibility to find innovative solutions for regional and global challenges. Through its close partnership with the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Northwest Alliance also operates across national borders.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">The alliance has already laid a stable foundation for these collaborations, with the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen having received funding for a total of four Clusters of Excellence as part of the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments. Researchers in these clusters are conducting cutting-edge research on various topics that include Mars, human hearing, the ocean floor, and animal navigation abilities. In the joint Ocean Floor cluster, researchers from Bremen and Oldenburg are working together to decipher the role of the ocean floor for nutrient cycles and biodiversity under changing climatic conditions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Top Research Partnership<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">The two universities want to pursue their future goals as a University Excellence Consortium. In November, they submitted their joint application with the title \u201cNorthwest Alliance: Connecting for Tomorrow\u201d in the second funding line of the Excellence Strategy. The decision on funding will be made in October 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_middle wrap stack_on_mobiles align_none\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:40px\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Back to the homepage<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_navigation layout_simple inv_false\"><a class=\"post_navigation-item order_first to_prev\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/university-of-groningen-visits-its-alliance-partners\/\" title=\"University of Groningen Visits its Alliance Partners\"><div class=\"post_navigation-item-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-meta\">Previous article<\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-title\"><span>University of Groningen Visits its Alliance Partners<\/span><\/div><\/a><a class=\"post_navigation-item order_second to_next\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/strong-together-in-the-northwest\/\" title=\"Strong Together in the Northwest\"><div class=\"post_navigation-item-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-meta\">Next article<\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-title\"><span>Strong Together in the Northwest<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 researchers from the universities of Oldenburg, Bremen, and Groningen gathered in Oldenburg to exchange ideas about their future cooperation in the Northwest Alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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