Sustainability at the UR
At the University of Regensburg, sustainability is defined as a central focus, as reflected in the University Development Plan and the University Agreement 2023-2027. Sustainability provides us with guidance and is a principle of action that views ecological sustainability as the basis for a sustainable social and economic order. The foundation for this is the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Our Understanding of Sustainability
The University of Regensburg (UR) has a special social responsibility to make a significant contribution to addressing major future challenges within and from its own structures and fields of activity. This can only be achieved if sustainable development is understood as a university-wide task and the participation and involvement of all members of the university is supported, promoted, and valued.
With its Sustainability Strategy 2023–2027 (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible), the UR has set itself the goal of substantially and systematically strengthening sustainability in the areas of research, teaching, (student) engagement, campus operations, digitalization, knowledge transfer, and governance.
In addition to very concrete, measurable objectives in the area of ??climate protection, we as stakeholders strive to place the topic even more firmly at the forefront of the UR's focus, both through discourse and through the implementation of various (event) formats, and to address it holistically. All members of the university can make a significant contribution to the implementation of sustainability measures and contribute to the discourse on sustainability.
The following actors are collaboratively engaged in this effort alongside all members of the university:
- Sustainability Advisory Council
- University Management Sustainability Officer
- Office of Sustainability Strategy
- Green Office
UR’s Fields of Action in Sustainability
Key Actors
Foto: Petra Homeier 
Foto: Petra Homeier University Management Sustainability Officer
Prof. Dr. Andreas Roider
- E-mail address: andreas.roider(at)ur.de (opens your email program)
Secondary e-mail address: sekretariat.roider(at)ur.de (opens your email program) - Tel: +49 941 943-2701 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
- Location: RW(L), 4.12
- Important information: Faculty of Business, Economics and Real Estate, Chair of Microeconomics
Ann-Kathrin Ro?ner
Sustainability
- E-mail address: nachhaltigkeit(at)ur.de (opens your email program)
- Tel: +49 941 943-7474 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
- Location: Technische Zentrale, BG.0.04
Key Focus Areas
- Leadership & Coordination of the Sustainability Advisory Council
- Implementation of the Sustainability Strategy
- Coordination of the Fields of Action
- Knowledge Transfer and Cooperations
Foto: UR/Julia Dragan Green Office
Key Focus Areas
- (Student) Engagement
- Enhancing the Visibility and Networking of (Student) Initiatives and Clubs
- Implementation and Support of Projects and Action Days
- Point of Contact for Questions, Ideas, etc.