News on Sustainability

Around 30 researchers from all nine ENGAGE.EU partner universities came together at the third Think Tank at the NHH in Bergen. The topic of “sustainable value creation” offered numerous opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange and new research collaborations. Both Langer and Fleischmann, two of ...

The University of Mannheim’s publication server (MADOC) now also allows sustainability goals to be specified when entering publications. This includes the three sustainability dimensions of economic, ecological, and social sustainability as well as the 17 different UN Sustainable Development Goals ...

To make it easier for students and examination supervisors to take part in Saturday exams, the Department of Equal Opportunity and Social Diversity and kinderlandnet gGmbH have launched a new childcare service. On the four Saturdays, on which examinations will take place, (8 June, 15 June, 24 August ...

The two-year audit was recently completed, and the university has received the Stifterverband certificate. The completion of the audit marks an important milestone in the university’s endeavors to promote diversity.

The University of Mannheim’s equal opportunity strategy convinced in the first round of the Professorinnenprogramm 2030.

Since December 2021, the University of Mannheim has been taking part in the diversity audit process “Vielfalt gestalten” (shaping diversity) offered by the Stifterverband. Its aim is to make the university a place where we actively oppose discrimination and stand up for diversity.

The University of Mannheim participates in the #ZUSAMMENLAND – Vielfalt macht uns stark” (Diversity makes us strong) campaign, which was initiated by the news outlets DIE ZEIT, Handelsblatt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tagesspiegel, WirtschaftsWoche, and Ströer. Together with around 500 companies, higher ...

As of the fall semester 2024, the E.W. Kuhlmann-Stiftung will increase the amount they are funding and will award 15 Deutschland Scholarships.

When companies become more involved in social and environmental issues, this also has a positive effect on the moral behavior of their employees outside of work. This is the finding of a new study conducted by researchers of the Business School of the University of Mannheim.

Statement from 25 January 2024