Securing research strengths

As one of three subprojects, this subproject supports the strategic goal of strengthening research within the overall TExAS project, by enhancing the research capabilities of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences in the three existing research fields:

• Agriculture and Food Systems, Landscape and Urban Development
  – climate-resilient, interconnected, digital
• Health, Society, Economy
  – shaping transformations for the future
• Sustainable Technologies and Processes
  – value-adding, resource-efficient, forward-oriented

Nearly two-thirds of the research-intensive professors at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences are over 55 years old. This impending generational shift offers an opportunity to strategically realign excellence in research.
Through early appointments and new professorships, knowledge transfer is ensured, continuity is established, and the development of new research profiles is enabled. In this way, the university remains innovative and future-ready in the long term.

The subproject “Securing Research Strength” implements measures designed to sustain research performance in the long term and further develop excellence in the university’s application oriented research. To this end,

• professorships that align with the university’s research fields are filled ahead of schedule and supported.
• new phd students are integrated into existing research fields and research groups.
• The number of scientific publications is increased.
• New external funding is secured.
• New strategic research partners are identified.

As part of the “Securing Research Strength” subproject, the faculties, in consultation with the university administration, will develop appropriate titles for the early-term professorships by December 2025 and plan the process leading up to the new appointees’ start date on September 1, 2027.