Excellent Research on Animal Navigation

NaviSense – the international Cluster of Excellence for the Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation is an interdisciplinary research project hosted at the University of Oldenburg.

The scientists of NaviSense aim to provide a thorough, interdisciplinary understanding of the mechanisms used by animals to navigate, and how these mechanisms can inspire technology and impact society, ecology, and biodiversity.

NaviSense is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 2026 to 2032 as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

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Monarch butterflies

Insects with remarkable navigational skills

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We are hiring!

Become part of our team! We are looking for passionate, talented students, scientist and new members for our management team to join us…

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Hirn gehört – Episode 61 – ‘When Experiments Yield Strange Results – And Lead to Remarkable Discoveries’ with Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen

Our cluster speaker Henrik Mouritsen was recently a guest on the “Hirn gehört: Oldenburger Wissensschnack” podcast. Henrik talked about his path into…

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Miriam Liedvogel wins Open Science Prize 2026 

Our vice-speaker Miriam Liedvogel and her team have been awarded the Open Science Prize 2026 by the Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg at the 14th Science Slam…

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Quiz Night about the Northwest Alliance  

NaviSense recently took part in a quiz night in Oldenburg dedicated to the Northwest Alliance and its four Clusters of Excellence, bringing together the Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg. Teams were put to the test…

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NaviSense at the University Information Day (HIT) 2026

On 19 June 2026, NaviSense took part in the University Information Day (HIT) at the University of Oldenburg’s Wechloy campus. Our PhD student, Timo Bunger, introduced visitors to the world of animal navigation. Using an interactive…

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NaviSense sponsers- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
NaviSense sponsers- The Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" (IAR)
NaviSense sponsers- Universität Bayreuth
NaviSense sponsers- Lund University
NaviSense sponsers- The University of Groningen
NaviSense sponsers- University of OXFORD

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