What we do
Our department is responsible for establishing sustainability as an overarching and profile-raising principle of the strategic development of the university.
Strategy
As part of Hesse’s 2021–25 higher education pact, Hochschule Geisenheim University's management is aiming to cement sustainability as a core model and guiding principle for the continued development of the university. As such, we are taking a ‘whole institution approach’, a concept of holistic organizational development that involves all members of our university community and all areas of university life. This means that the university not only aligns itself with the principles of sustainability in terms of content in research, teaching, and transfer, but also in everyday administration, student life, and development, including all university management and governance processes and operations.
Realization
To promote collaboration that facilitates more sustainability in the university community across all five fields of activity – research, teaching, transfer, management/governance, and operations – our department coordinates the activities of the Green Office.
We offer:
- a central coordination and advisory platform on the topic of sustainability for all university members
Our goals are:
- to enable participation across the university, and
- to raise awareness for holistic sustainability.
Responsibilities
Head of Department
- Strategic university development
- Coordination and implementation of the sustainability concept
- Sustainability management
- External networking:
- Network for Sustainability at Hessian Universities
- BNE-Forum Hochschule
