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Dialog and Transfer

Communicative accompaniment of sustainability activities into and from the university is
playing an increasingly important role, especially in view of the social responsibility that
TU Dresden is assuming in this area. To this end, a communication strategy is being
developed that focuses on the issue of sustainability as part of the brand discussion.
Sustainability communication takes place within the university via thematic mailing lists,
newsletters, and university-wide campaigns. A large number of events and networking
opportunities, some of which take place regularly, enable all hierarchical levels at TU Dresden
to exchange ideas with each other and beyond the university. They serve as an information
platform and starting point for joint sustainability projects across faculties, committees,
and institutions, through to a nationwide exchange on sustainability activities and their
strategic joint consolidation and political promotion by the State Rectors’ Conference (LRK).
International partnerships are currently being established, particularly with universities in
regions that are particularly affected by climate change. In addition, TU Dresden’s transfer
strategy regulates the research and technology transfer of innovations developed at the
university, including in the area of environmental sustainability, and promotes sustainable
innovations in line with the SDGs. The technologies developed at TU Dresden are to be used
to counter climate change and promote resilience. Public ESD and Citizen Science projects
also facilitate the transfer of knowledge from TU Dresden to schools, as well as the exchange
of skills and knowledge between society and science.

This communicative task in social responsibility is to be expanded in various
approaches to knowledge and technology transfer such that the TU takes on a central
role in the public discourse on sustainable development in society – locally, regionally,
and internationally.

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