FlächenWaNdel – Knowledge for applied sustainability at German universities: Transfer of implementation and consolidation strategies
Subproject D: Knowledge transfer for applied sustainability at German universities

ConnectED - German-Ukrainian University Network 2025-2029
Building on existing cooperation, the project strengthens the German-Ukrainian partnership by promoting cooperation and capacity building in education and research. Central to this is the establishment of the German-Ukrainian university network ‘ConnectED’, which integrates existing expertise and involves new partners from both countries. The project focuses on three main areas: strengthening academic partnerships, promoting jointly conducted courses and double degrees, and supporting the internationalisation and institutional development of Ukrainian universities. The network provides a sustainable framework for long-term cooperation and knowledge exchange.

Scientific monitoring – storm-damaged areas in the Tegel Forest District

Ukraine Digital 2025
Building on the successful cooperation between 2022 and 2024, German and Ukrainian universities, with the support of the DAAD, are pursuing the goal of further consolidating and expanding the Ukrainian-German Teaching Network. The focus is on professionalising digital teaching at Ukrainian universities.

The follow-up project in 2025 aims to further strengthen cooperation between Ukrainian and German universities and build on the results achieved so far. At the heart of the project is the further development of the Ukrainian-German Network for Digital Teaching (DTN), which brings together existing and new partner institutions under one umbrella.

ForestPost

Ukraine Digital 2024
Building on the cooperation in 2022-2023, with the support of the DAAD, Ukrainian and German universities are pursuing the goal of further expanding the Ukrainian-German Teaching Network and promoting the professionalisation of digital teaching and learning at Ukrainian universities as part of the follow-up project.

From January 2024, we will expand our teaching network to include two new Ukrainian partner universities, bringing the total number of partner universities to eight: Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (Eberswalde, Germany), National Transport University (Kyiv, Ukraine), Ukrainian National Forestry University (Lviv, Ukraine), Zhytomyr State Polytechnic University (Zhytomyr, Ukraine), Odessa State Environmental University (Odessa, Ukraine), Lviv State University of Physical Culture (Lviv, Ukraine), Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic National University (Poltava, Ukraine), National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (Rivne, Ukraine).

WaNdel!4
In the WaNdel!4 project, four German universities with different structures are working on making their campuses more sustainable. As part of the project, they're using the Whole Institution Approach (WIA) to develop and test sustainable changes in areas like sustainable operations, climate protection and adaptation, and efficient usage concepts. Several real-world experiments, which are being carried out in specially equipped real-world laboratories, are contributing to the transformation and initiating social learning processes.

InNoWest – Einfach machen! Gemeinsam nachhaltig und digital in Nord-West-Brandenburg

TreeDigitalTwins – AI-based methods for analysing 4D point clouds to create digital twins using the example of vegetation stands
The aim of the project is to establish an interdisciplinary innovation group of young scientists and a practical network with methodological real-world laboratories in the Berlin-Brandenburg region on the topic of ‘4D point clouds and AI-based methods for constructing digital twins for vegetation stands for use in integrative forestry’. Vegetation stands are recorded in the form of 4D point clouds, i.e. through repeated recording of vegetation stands, 3D point clouds are expanded to include a fourth, temporal dimension. Innovative AI methods are being developed to automatically derive important object parameters from the 4D point clouds. The methods for deriving object parameters from 4D point clouds developed as part of the project can also be used continuously under changing climatic conditions and can be methodically transferred to other sectors of the bioeconomy.

Ukraine Digital 2023
Following on from the previous project, Project 2023 addresses the challenges of distance and online teaching and will also promote the individual skills of teachers in the application and implementation of e-learning concepts and tools.

Starting in January 2023, six partner universities – Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (Eberswalde, Germany), National Transport University (Kyiv, Ukraine), Ukrainian National Forestry University (Lviv, Ukraine), Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University (Zhytomyr, Ukraine), Odesa State Environmental University (Odesa, Ukraine) and Lviv State University of Physical Culture (Lviv, Ukraine) – will work together on a project aimed at developing a sustainable network for digitalisation in higher education. This project is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

KI-Nachhaltigkeitslabor der HNEE (KIN'L)

BurnML - Joint project: Predicting embankment fire hazards along railway tracks using machine learning
As a result of human-induced climate change, fires along railway lines in Germany are now occurring more frequently, sometimes with severe consequences for train services and the affected infrastructure. In the absence of systematic studies, little is known about the causes of such fires. As these risks are expected to increase further, there is a need for sound knowledge of the causes and drivers of fires, as well as methodological expertise regarding forecasting tools.

Build4People
The Build4People project aims to explore and promote the use of sustainable buildings and sustainable urban development by redesigning the urban transformation process of Phnom Penh. The focus is on people's needs, expectations and behaviour.

Durchführung von Leistungsnachweisen für Detektionssysteme zur Verminderung von Vogelkollisionen an Windenergieanlagen in Brandenburg

Virtualization of Forest Studies
EU - ERASMUS Innovation Project ‘Virtualisation of Forestry Higher Education (VirtalForests)’

WINMOL – Erfassung und Vorhersagemöglichkeiten von Sturmschäden im Forst

Transformation for a Sustainable Future in South-East-Asia (TranSEA)
The interdisciplinary competence centre "Transformation for a Sustainable Future in South-East Asia" (TranSEA) aims to promote the further development and expansion of academic partnerships in South-East Asia and to strengthen the networking of the diverse activities and projects in the region. There are currently cooperation projects with partner universities in Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. By bundling the various activities and projects in the region, the aim is to develop planned conceptual projects in a more strategic manner, tap into synergies and establish and further expand interdisciplinary cooperation with partner universities in a targeted manner.