"On 24 December 2012, towards 6pm, Sultan Qaboos bin Said stepped out of his limousine against the backdrop of a Muscat sunset and paid a royal visit to the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech). The recently completed building had received several awards and, after two changes of location, the GUtech had at last found its new home. The idea of founding a university in Oman was initiated in 2003 by former Vice-Chancellor Prof. Michael Jansen and Chancellor Professor…

We are delighted to announce that the digital version of the Proceedings of the "Ports and Trans-Ports" Workshop that was published by the Freunde des REIFF e.V. at RWTH Aachen University,  is now available on RIO's website.  In March 2019 the Research Centre Indian Ocean (RIO) at the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) held a Start-up Workshop entitled ‘Ports and Trans-Ports in the Indian Ocean World’. The International Workshop was organized in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute…

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Michael Jansen, President of the Research Centre Indian Ocean – RIO. Prof. Jansen was professor emeritus at RWTH Aachen University in Germany and professor of History of Urbanization, Conservation and Heritage Management at the German University of Technology in Oman – GUtech. Being the founding rector of GUtech and the director of the German Research Centre Mohenjo Daro, as well as a member of ICOMOS, he laid the…

Dear friends of the Research Centre Indian Ocean, May the old year 2022 end smoothly and the New Year 2023 be blessed with good health and happiness, peace and prosperity and all the success you could wish for.