The Sustainability Office (SO), as a staff unit within Digitalization and Sustainability Department, serves as the central point of contact for sustainability management at KIT. We support KIT’s sustainable development and, on behalf of the Executive Board, accompany all stakeholders at KIT in establishing sustainability as a cross-cutting issue within the core areas of research, teaching, innovation and transfer, as well as within KIT as an organization.
From integration into KIT’s strategy, through streamlined concept development, to support for implementation, we are committed to the sustainable development of KIT as an institution — from everyday worklife to infrastructure. Through broad participation and networking at KIT, we enable bottom-up processes for the sustainability transformation.
Our tasks include:
- Strategy development / support for processes and projects related to sustainability transformation under the leadership of the Executive Board
- Supporting and sustaining the Basis Project Sustainability
- Initiating and supporting sustainability / transformation projects aligned with core tasks and within KIT as an institution
- Development and implementation of sustainability management, including monitoring and reporting of data and facts on sustainability at KIT
- Designing and implementing sustainability communication at KIT
- Networking
Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Sven Matthiesen (co-spokesperson for Collaborative Research Center 1574 "Circular Factory for the Eternally Innovative Product" and director of the IPEK) at the opening of the Spring Academy Sustainability "What is sustainable circular economy?" Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Atrium in InformatiKOM. Admission is free. The opening keynote will be held in German.
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Following the public keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Sven Matthiesen, the Sustainability Forum will kick off the four-day Spring Academy Sustainability project week at KIT. Monday, March 23, 2026, 7:30–9:00 p.m., Atrium in InformatiKOM. Admission is free.
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At the closing panel concluding the Spring Academy Sustainability, experts will focus on the question of structural obstacles and drivers for change toward a circular economy. Thursday, March 26, 2026, 6:00–7:00 p.m., Atrium in InformatiKOM. Admission is free. The closing panel will be held in German.
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This year's Spring Academy Sustainability at KIT (March 23–16, 2026) is dedicated to the topic of circular economy. Registration is open until March 15! The opening keynote and closing panel will be held in German, while workshops and excursions are available in English.
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