Sustainability Sounding Board
Sustainability Sounding Board
Since the summer semester 2025, the Sustainability Sounding Board has been established as a new participation format for climate protection and sustainability. This event format brings together the many people interested in and involved in sustainability at the university. The format is open to all members of the university.
"Sustainability Sounding Board – The Future is on the Move"
10 September 2026, 9 am–12 noon
Event details
The date for the next meeting of the Sustainability Sounding Board (SSB) has been set:
Programme
Part 1 – Spot On: Keynote presentations in the plenary session (09:00 – 10:30)
Welcome address by Jörg Stahlmann (Full-time Vice-President for Administration and Finance)
Look forward to keynote talks on the topics of mobility, generations and sustainability:
- Keynote 1 – Baby on Board – how does this affect attitudes towards climate protection? ( Prof. Dr Gundula Zoch, Professor of Sociology specialising in social structure analysis)
- Keynote 2 – Gender equality and transport – mobility for all! (Juliane Krause, freelance transport planner and owner of plan & rat, a consultancy specialising in local authority planning and advice)
- Keynote 3 – To what extent does working from home contribute to the transport transition? (Dr Uwe Kröcher, Office for University and Trade Union Co-operation)
- Keynote 4 – How will Oldenburg travel and get around in the future? An insight into the Mobility Plan 2030 (Sebastian Bührmann, Mobility Department, City of Oldenburg)
Part 2 – Hands-on: Workshop phase ( 10.30–11.30 am)
- Workshop 1 – Enjoying the journey to the full: ideas & concepts for promoting night train travel on university business trips
- Workshop 2 – Gender Planning: A strategic approach to gender-equitable mobility (Juliane Krause, freelance transport planner and owner of plan & rat)
- Workshop 3 – You’ve reached your destination: Discussion & brainstorming on university communication channels in the field of mobility
- Workshop 4 – Climate protection for the little ones – Developing a family learning trail at the Haarentor campus* (TBC, TRUST@UOL – Centre for Transformations and Sustainable Futures)
Part 3 – Show On: Plenary report on the workshop phase ( 11.35–12.00)
Share the results from your workshop and find out what the other groups have been working on.
Event report 02/2025 (27 November)
Approximately 55 people registered for the second meeting of the Sustainability Sounding Board. After four keynote speeches, participants had the opportunity to discuss various topics in four workshops. The event took place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the foyer of V03. The Sustainability Sounding Board was moderated by Roland*Ronja Wehking from the Institute for Participatory Design.
Agenda
Part 1 - Spot On: Keynote speeches on sustainability topics from business, research and practice in the plenary session (09:00 - 10:15)
Welcome by Jörg Stahlmann (Full-time Vice President for Administration and Finance)
- Impulse 1 - Greenhouse gas balance compact: Presentation of the greenhouse gas balance 2024 of the University of Oldenburg(Anna Sarah Krämer, advisor for climate action management)
- Impulse 2 - Current energy saving measures & refurbishment projects(Alexander Koch, Head of Technical Building Management)
- Impulse 3 - Presentation of the TRUST Scientific Centre(Malena Ripken, Managing Director TRUST)
- Impulse 4 - Not more but different - climate communication of the city of Oldenburg (Peter Zenner, Head of Climate Action Department, City of Oldenburg)
Part 2 - Hands on: Workshop phase (10:20-11:20 a.m.)
- Workshop 1 - Wi$h Li$t: What should be financed by the Climate Action Fund 2026?
- Workshop 2 - Idea Workshop: Brainstorming on a sustainability certificate for students
- Workshop 3 - Green together - your green team campaign for 2026
- Workshop 4 - Street(ing) spaces: Vision workshop for a redesign of Uhlhornsweg
Part 3 - Show On: Report from the workshop phase in plenary (11:25-12:00)
Picture gallery
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Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus -
Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus -
Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus -
Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus -
Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus -
Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus -
Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus -
Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus -
Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus -
Presentation technology; Sustainability Sounding Board, 27 November 2025 University of Oldenburg / Marcus Windus
Event report SSB 01/2025 (15 May)
Around 65 people registered for the first meeting of the Sustainability Sounding Board. This time, the focus was on participation and communication. After a presentation on the current measures for more sustainable university operations, the participants were able to enter into dialogue with each other.
The following questions, for example, were discussed:
- How can the participation of which university members contribute to achieving climate neutrality in 2030? What should existing and/or new participation structures look like in order to achieve this effect?
- Which formats on the topic of (university) sustainability/climate protection are currently lacking at the university?
- How can sustainability be further anchored in university structures? In general and where I am?
- What sustainability potential has not (yet) been utilised at the university? How can this change?
- How is the SSB organised so that I participate regularly and report positively to others? What elements should be present or take place in the SSB so that I find participation interesting/helpful/constructive for myself and others?
Agenda
- Welcome by Jörg Stahlmann, Vice President for Administration & Finance
- Presentation of current sustainability measures by Anna Krämer, Officer for climate action management
- Group work on participation processes and communication of sustainability at the University of Oldenburg
- Exchange on the results of the group work & summarising the contributions
The event was moderated by Anna Krämer, Officer for climate action management.
