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.

Top­ics

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.

Learn more

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.

Learn more

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.

Learn more

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.

Learn more

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.

Learn more

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.

Learn more

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.

Learn more

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.

Learn more

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.

Learn more

Sustainability news

08.10.2024

New sus­tain­ab­il­ity mod­ule "UPB for Fu­ture": start of the pi­lot phase

Read more
25.09.2024

Sci­ent­ists de­vel­op new re­cyc­ling pro­cess for biobased plastic

Read more
17.09.2024

Learn­ing to eat health­ily with vir­tu­al real­ity

Read more
29.08.2024

Winter semester 2024/25: New so­ci­ology sub­ject area ex­pands the two-sub­ject Bach­el­or's pro­gramme

Read more
06.08.2024

New solu­tion for green hy­dro­gen pro­duc­tion

Read more
02.08.2024

New paths for the cli­mate-neut­ral sup­ply of neigh­bour­hoods in OWL

Read more
26.07.2024

New Mas­ter's de­gree pro­gramme in "Sus­tain­able Chem­istry" starts in winter semester 2024/2025

Read more
26.07.2024

Fear of di­git­al es­pi­on­age

Read more
12.07.2024

"PrimO­ER": Pro­ject launched to build an OER com­munity of primary school teach­ers

Read more
12.07.2024

Fur­ther mil­lions in fund­ing for PAD in­nov­a­tion air­port

Read more
05.07.2024

New vo­ca­tion­al train­ing centres for sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment in three fed­er­al states

Read more
17.06.2024

"An Aca­dem­ic Ca­reer is Chal­len­ging but In­cred­ibly Ful­filling"

Read more
17.06.2024

Na­tion­wide "Hy­dro­gen Week"

Read more
17.06.2024

Mo­bil­ity of the fu­ture: New vehicle con­cepts and swarm in­tel­li­gence for the trans­port and en­ergy trans­ition

Read more
17.06.2024

"Hy­dro­gen will go its own way"

Read more
More news

Con­tact Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Of­fice

Do you have any questions or suggestions?
Then please feel free to contact us.

sustainability(at)upb(dot)de