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Due to renovation work at the Nikolakloster Building, the book swap shelf and the Fairteiler (food exchange rack) have had to be relocated. The book swap shelf and the Fairteiler cabinet have only moved a few metres.…

In cooperation with the AEGEE Passau student society, the Sustainability Hub collects used kitchen utensils at the end of each semester and distributes them among students free of charge when the next semester starts. A…

The University continues to achieve great success with its sustainability activities in the international ranking. After entering the GreenMetric Ranking in 2021 as the best worldwide newcomer, the Passau continued to…

Roughly 11,000,000 tonnes of food waste are produced in Germany every year (source: BMEL [German content]). The association Foodsharing e.V. [German content] has been campaigning for food appreciation and a reduction in…

Coinciding with the start of the new year, the lecture series Sustainability Research at the University of Passau will offer four more public dates on 9, 15, 22 and 29 January (each is a Wednesday) from 18:00 to 20:00…

The University of Passau cordially invites students and lecturers to the Climate Fresk on 14 January 2025 from 18:00 to 21:00 in room NK 401. The Climate Fresk is a kind of puzzle in the form of an interactive workshop…

On 10 December 2024, we will be discussing how to entrench sustainability in teaching. And you can be part of this too!

Coordination of the grid by satellites after a power failure? ‘STARS’ is developing simulations for satellite communication under Professor Hermann de Meer.

The University’s climate action concept has been finalised and was presented last week.

Cash or matching grants - what works better for small businesses in Burkina Faso? New study by economists from the University of Passau and the World Bank.

We are excited to present the University of Passau's first Climate Action Plan! With clear goals set for 2040 and concrete measures, this plan outlines our path to becoming a carbonneutral university. At the upcoming…

In winter semester 2024–25, we will address important aspects of sustainability on campus at the Sustainability Roundtable and offer space for discussion, questions and ideas. We look forward to seeing you there and…

With the help of regional companies, the team led by Prof Dr Karoline Reinhardt is developing a university certificate on ethical challenges in the use of AI.

In cooperation with the AEGEE Passau student society, the Sustainability Hub collects used kitchen utensils at the end of each semester and distributes them among students free of charge when the next semester starts.

The BioH2Region project focusses on the use of biogenic waste materials to produce biogenic hydrogen.

In collaboration with the student organisation AEGEE Passau, the Sustainability Hub is collecting used kitchen utensils at the end of the semester and will be distributing them among students free of charge when the next…

The six state universities and colleges from Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate are working together to train entrepreneurial talent at the colleges and universities.

For several years, a team of economists has been investigating in Indonesia what measures are effective in ensuring that sustainable farming methods are used in the long term.

The University of Silesia and  the European Comission has the honor to invite scientists to participate in the EU TalentOn 2024 European Union Contest for early-career researchers.

The moreBNE research project promotes the exchange and competent use of freely available teaching materials in the field of education for sustainable development.

The economist, who completed her doctorate at the University of Passau on the prevention of chronic diseases in Southeast Asia, has received another award for her work.

The Sustainability Hub cordially invites you to participate in the next Sustainability Roundtable.

In the “cells4.energy” project at the University of Passau, a team led by Professor Hermann de Meer is investigating whether the energy system can be restructured using regional energy cells.

The president of the University of Passau, Professor Ulrich Bartosch, and the sustainability officer, Professor Werner Gamerith, cordially invite you to join them in celebrating Sustainability Day at the University of…

The international project deals with questions of biodiversity, the role of national parks and how nature conservation is realised in Europe. 

To celebrate the opening, a reception will be held in the Nikolakloster entrance area (Innstrasse 40) behind the porter's office on 16 May at 17:00, and you are cordially invited. The public food rack or “Fairteiler” has…

The Student Services Association for Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate (STWNO) is one of 20 student service associations to participate in the nationwide project “KlimaTeller in der Mensa“ measuring the carbon footprint…

The Sustainability Hub cordially invites you to participate in the next Sustainability Roundtable.

In collaboration with the student organisation AEGEE Passau, the Sustainability Hub collected used kitchen utensils and household articles in February for the purpose of offering them to students free of charge.

Dr Gianluca Grimalda, who became known as the researcher who refuses to fly, continues his studies on social cohesion and climate change as a PICAIS Fellow at the University of Passau.

The Sustainability Hub cordially invites you to participate in the next Sustainability Roundtable. As part of the University's climate action concept, we will be focusing more closely on measures we intend to implement…

The AEGEE-Passau Student Group and the Sustainability Hub have taken on the task of collecting used kitchen utensils at the end of the semester and distributing them free of charge to students at the beginning of the…

The application for the first Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics is now open!  Students from all disciplines and universities can apply until 31.3.2024.

How can energy islands optimise self-sufficiency? As part of the EU Horizon project RENergetic, a team led by Professor de Meer is developing smart solutions integrating IT and legal perspectives.

The Sustainability Hub cordially invites you to participate in the next Sustainability Roundtable. As part of the University's climate action concept, we will be focusing more closely on measures we intend to implement…

The research cluster "BDL Next" has been launched. Its main feature is a multi-stage field trial to test the suitability of bidirectional charging for mass implementation in electric vehicles. 

The Sustainability Hub cordially invites you to the next Sustainability Roundtable taking place in room Juridicum 147b (Law Faculty Building, Innstrasse 39) on 16 January from 14:15 to 15:45. This year, as part of the…

Since the very beginning, the University of Passau has considered it its responsibility to make a special effort to support and promote sustainability in research, teaching, knowledge transfer and in the area of…

In the EU project "META BUILD" a team of computer scientists will be testing ways to reduce carbon emissions using buildings on the University of Passau campus.

The University of Passau continues to achieve great success with its sustainability activities in an international comparison. After entering the GreenMetric Ranking in 2021 as the best new participant worldwide, the…

We are delighted to invite you to join us in focusing on sustainability and climate protection on campus! The Sustainability Hub invites you to actively participate. Our Sustainability Roundtables are an open networking…

Passau's start-up team around Thea Kakavand, Klara Gorisch, Florian Niederhuber and Tristan Schneider won an entrepreneurship prize in the start-up competition for digital innovation in Jena on 20 November for their…

How do the students help to green and climUP the campus? Come over and find out on 06 November, 2023!

The CENTOURIS Institute is lending a hand to businesses as they navigate the green transformation induced by climate change towards sustainable, circular and profitable business.

Geography student Liesa Cosman was part of a team that travelled to Ethiopia for the international DAAD-funded BioCult project to conduct field research on vegetation in tropical forests.

Get involved in climate protection on campus: Sustainability Roundtable on 24 July 2023 from 16:00 to 17:30 in NK 212.

Together with Europe and Digitalisation, Sustainability is one of the three major focal points of the profile of the University of Passau. On Sustainability Day, which the University celebrated on 22 June, one of the…

A team of economists from the University of Passau has shown how Facebook ads can be used to identify people at risk of developing diabetes in Indonesia. 

As part of the Sustainability Weeks at the University of Passau and the Bavarian Energy Days, the University will participate in the Bavarian Mobile Phone Campaign from 19 June to 16 July 2023.

During the Sustainability Week taking place from 12 to 18 June 2023, the Student Services Association for Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate will offer a regional dish ("Regionales Gericht") in its refectories every day,…

The University of Passau again performed satisfactorily in the fifth Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking, which evaluates universities' performance against goals and indicators for sustainable development. The…

Would you like to get involved and realise your ideas for advancing sustainability and climate protection on our campus? Starting in May, the regular ClimUP newsletter will present activities taking place on campus and…

How to reduce emissions in the transport sector while maintaining our mobility? The research cluster "SynphOnie" is developing a mathematical model of transport flows to help solve this problem.

After a pleasing debut in 2021 as best newcomer worldwide, the University's second participation in the University of Indonesia's 2022 GreenMetric Ranking has also been rather successful. Based on its sustainability…

The University will be re-evaluating the printer-copier system on campus to adapt it more closely to users' needs and meet sustainability goals. Before we do so, we would like to ask you, our students, for your opinion…

The University has made preparations in recent months in case there is an energy shortage. As a state institution, we follow the Bavarian state government's guideline on energy consumption reduction in public-sector…

Experts explored this question at a symposium held at the University. Their conclusion: palm oil can be produced sustainably if the local small-scale farmers are an integral part of the process.

On September 29 and 30, 2022, a two-day symposium on "Interventions and instruments to enhance sustainable farming practices - Lessons from Indonesia and beyond" was held at the Chair of Development Economics of Prof.…

In collaboration with business partners, researchers at the University of Passau are developing ways to improve mobility in rural regions and expand e-vehicle charging infrastructure.

The University has received its first Humboldt Professorship valued at up to 5 million euros, making it the most highly endowed research award in Germany today. In accepting the professorship at the University of Passau,…

The University once again performed very satisfactorily in the fourth THE Impact Ranking, which evaluates universities' performance against goals and indicators for sustainable development. Times Higher Education (THE)…

What motivates Indonesian farmers to switch to organic farming in the long run? Passau economists are exploring how digital technology and knowledge can protect the environment and reduce poverty.

The University of Passau is in the process of switching to recycled paper and has now won the “Rising Star of the Year” award in the Papieratlas 2021 university competition.

Professor Christine Schmitt is part of an international research team that proves, in an article published in Nature, that tropical African mountain forests store more carbon than previously thought.

Even with fluctuating demand, it can be attractive for companies to conclude long-term employment contracts. SuPerPlan develops concepts for sustainable production management. 

Stefan Bauernschuster from our University and Christian Traxler from the Hertie School in Berlin argue that a speed limit would lead to fewer deaths and injuries, and has more positive side effects.

Researchers from the University of Passau are helping to design the electricity grid of the future. As part of the project EASY-RES, they aim to equip the grid for the increasing number of small producers. 

This year, the Transfer Centre of the University of Passau became a cooperation partner of the Danube Cup, an international pitch competition for student start-ups. The University is thus expanding its regional start-up…

New Fraunhofer research group at the University of Passau: the group led by Professor Hannah Schmid-Petri is to design new formats for communicating energy research and accompanying it with science. 

What influence does AI have on the mobility of the future? Researchers at the University of Passau are looking into this question in the project 'KIMoNo', funded by the German Ministry of Transport.

For the ERC project ReConFort, Dr Bodie Ashton researched historical constitutional debates. Read on to find out what he thinks the Australian government could learn from western state philosophy.

Why is the demographic transition in sub-Saharan Africa faltering? Based on historical data, Professor Grimm shows why climate change could increase the fertility rates in the poorest regions.

As part of the “ELECTRIFIC” project, a Europe-wide team including researchers at the University of Passau has developed methods for wisely managing the conversion to e-mobility.