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Study on the link between digitalisation and sustainability at universities
On behalf of the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, CHE Consult conducted the ‘Explorative Study on the Strategic Interlocking of Digitalisation and Sustainability’. It analyses how universities strategically link and implement both fields of transformation.
Based on expert interviews with university leaders, the authors Anna Gehlke and Dr Ingeborg Lasser investigated key questions:
- Which organisational structures promote a sustainable digital transformation?
- How can digitalisation and sustainability be integrated into teaching and learning?
- Where do conflicting goals arise, e.g. between resource conservation and technological development?
The two senior consultants at CHE Consult have found that some universities are already focusing on twin transformation approaches in which digitalisation and sustainability are viewed as closely linked developments. This enables synergies, for example through the use of digital technologies to optimise resource consumption. Nevertheless, the study also revealed that many universities still face the challenge of coordinating both topics more closely, as they are often anchored in separate areas of responsibility.
The study offers a structured review of current strategies and shows how universities are strategically and operationally interlinking digitalisation and sustainability. It makes it clear that the linking of both topics is becoming increasingly important and that universities are developing individual solutions tailored to their framework conditions. The study thus makes an important contribution to the further development of sustainable digital university strategies.
