Our Research
The University of Siegen is synonymous with excellent research that garners international recognition. Its strength lies in combining knowledge-driven basic research with an engagement with socially relevant issues. Working in interdisciplinary teams, researchers develop new approaches, drive scientific progress, and actively shape the changes of our time. With a clear commitment to supporting early-career researchers and fostering an open research culture, the University of Siegen offers an inspiring environment for outstanding research.
Insights from the World of Science
At the University of Siegen, scientists are working on cutting-edge research questions. Meet dedicated researchers whose projects are providing new impetus for science and society.
Reinhild Kreis
Reinhild Kreis is a professor of contemporary history and studies how consumption, the media, politics, and social change have shaped our world. Through her research, she combines international perspectives with current social issues and opens up new approaches to the history of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Bernd Dollinger
Bernd Dollinger conducts research on the theory and history of social pedagogy, focusing on key topics such as juvenile delinquency, professionalization, and the relationship between social pedagogy and social policy. His research links historical developments with pressing social issues, thereby opening up new perspectives on deviant behavior and social integration.
Thomas Ludwig
Thomas Ludwig develops human-centered information systems and explores how artificial intelligence and virtual reality can be designed to support us in our daily lives and at work. Through his work, he bridges the gap between technological feasibility and human needs, demonstrating how the workplace of tomorrow can be shaped in a responsible and value-adding way.
Jovita Lukasik
Jovita Lukasik conducts research in the field of visual computing and focuses on how to search artificial neural architectures more efficiently and make networks more robust. Through her research, she combines complex machine learning methods with current technological challenges and opens up new perspectives for the development of reliable and high-performance AI systems.
Research Projects
The University of Siegen sees itself as a university committed to conducting, promoting, and expanding high-quality research at the highest international level. In doing so, it is committed to the principles of good scientific practice, respect for diverse academic cultures and research disciplines, open and trusting engagement in scholarly discourse, and the recognition and appreciation of researchers’ achievements.
Profile Sections
Media, Data, Language: The Potential of Collaboration
Potential Sources of Conflict and the Dynamics of Public Negotiation
Social Inequality and Participation
Matter and Quantum Systems
New Materials, Sensor Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
Shaping Digital Transformation
Smart Products and Production Systems
Our Areas of Potential
Our university promotes dynamic fields of research with great potential. Through targeted support, we foster innovative research clusters that strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration and can develop into areas of specialization. In this way, we lay the groundwork for tomorrow’s scientific excellence.
Funding
The University of Siegen supports its researchers in all phases of their research projects—from internal seed funding for a research idea, to identifying suitable funding sources and providing guidance on grant applications, to the administrative, financial, and legal management of projects and the transfer of research results.
Shaping Research Strategically
Prorectorates and Committees
The Prorectorate for Research, Infrastructure, and Networking strengthens research at the University of Siegen through strategic initiatives, targeted funding measures, and the expansion of scientific infrastructure—with both local and international connections.
The Prorectorate for Science, Technology, and Society establishes strategic and operational transformation initiatives and strengthens networking with regional stakeholders, including through the establishment of a regional advisory board, the further development of the “Third Mission” toward knowledge co-production, and support for startup activities.
The Senate Commission on Research advises the Rectorate on strategic research developments and internal funding lines.
The DFG Liaison Officer advises researchers in particular on funding opportunities from the German Research Foundation (DFG) and provides confidential support on issues related to grant applications and funding procedures.
