We, the science, study and work location Paderborn University, align our actions sustainably in order to do justice to global responsibility and a sustainable shaping of society, intergenerational justice and the preservation of the natural foundations of life. We are guided by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, the EU Green Deal and the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.

To­geth­er, it means tak­ing re­spons­ib­il­ity for the here and now and for fu­ture gen­er­a­tions.

Responsible use of natural resources, equal access to clean water, modern energy supply and quality education are fundamental challenges of our time. The United Nations has therefore set them out in the 17 goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addition, the European Commission adopted the EU Green Deal in 2019. The goal is to emit no more net greenhouse gases by 2050, to decouple growth from resource use and to leave no one, neither people nor regions, in the lurch.

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Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Of­fice

The sustainability office is strategically linked to the vice presidents and forms a building block for the sustainable transformation process. Contact us or accompany us on our way to more sustainability at Paderborn University.

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Sus­tain­ab­il­ity group

The sustainability group at Paderborn University is institutionally linked to the Vice President for Business and Human Resources Administration and the Vice President for Knowledge and Technology Transfer. All status groups and all faculties of Paderborn University are represented and jointly develop the transformation.

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Sus­tain­able re­search

We, the Paderborn University, conduct cooperative research in many projects internally and externally with a focus on sustainability topics: on the one hand, in various research areas that have an ecological, economic or social sustainability connection, and on the other hand, in projects that network these aspects.

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Sus­tain­able teach­ing

Our teaching is also broadly positioned in terms of ecological, economic and social sustainability. The expansion and networking of sustainable teaching, as well as the creation of new approaches, is the focus of our transformation.

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Sus­tain­able net­work­ing

You want to network and get involved? Then you've come to the right place. The transformation to more sustainability can only succeed together. We network internally and externally to exchange ideas on sustainability issues and transformation processes.

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Sustainability Lecture Series

The lecture series, with speakers from various fields, deals with a new topic related to sustainability every week. Not only ecological aspects are considered, but also social and economic aspects.

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ESD working group

The groups Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) of the PLAZ - Professional School of Education is committed to the high-quality education of future generations in the field of ESD in teacher training. To this end, proposals and measures are being developed for anchoring the topic complex at Paderborn University.

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Sustainable foundation

The Technology Transfer and Start-up Centre at Paderborn University (TecUP) was founded in 2014. If the idea is missing, TecUP offers students interested in starting a business events and courses that help them take a step towards self-employment.

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Sustainability Initiative

In October 2020, a group of members of Paderborn University launched the "Sustainability Initiative". With the founding of this group, a process of sustainable development in teaching, research and operations is to be initiated in the medium term.

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Sustainability news

14.03.2024

OWL to be­come a mod­el re­gion for sus­tain­able busi­ness

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05.03.2024

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity-led uni­ver­sity al­li­ance plans in­ter­na­tion­al cam­pus: loc­a­tions in nine European coun­tries

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01.03.2024

12.5 mil­lion euros for the fu­ture of mo­bil­ity: Joint pro­ject fo­cuses on auto­mated rail trans­port in rur­al areas

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01.03.2024

On "Healthy Eat­ing Day" on 7 March: In­ter­view with Prof. Dr An­ette Buyken

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27.02.2024

Prac­tic­al ex­per­i­ence: Pader­born stu­dents ad­vise com­pan­ies on sus­tain­ab­il­ity

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26.02.2024

New food traffic light provides more clar­ity: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity sci­ent­ist in­volved in im­prov­ing the Nu­tri-Score

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20.02.2024

Timetable change in March: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity ac­cess­ible via new bus routes

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14.02.2024

Safe and en­vir­on­ment­ally friendly re­cyc­ling of ships: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity in­volved in in­ter­na­tion­al AI re­search pro­ject

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01.02.2024

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity strengthens open­ness in uni­ver­sity teach­ing

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26.01.2024

Green fuel to over­come en­ergy short­ages: Dr Ying Pan re­ceives postdoc­tor­al fel­low­ship from Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

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24.01.2024

Hum­boldt Fel­low from Ethiopia con­ducts re­search in Pader­born

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22.01.2024

‘Con­tinu­ing the suc­cess story’

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14.11.2023

"UPB for Fu­ture": lec­ture series on sus­tain­ab­il­ity with ex­tern­al speak­ers

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09.11.2023

New re­search pro­ject launched to in­teg­rate sus­tain­ab­il­ity in­to product de­vel­op­ment

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27.10.2023

Avoid­ing the im­pend­ing cold crisis: In­ter­na­tion­al re­search team re­ceives ERC grant of 9.9 mil­lion euros

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