With its new Sustainability Bites event series, the HCSD at HHU aims to offer HHU researchers a space for interdisciplinary exchange and inspiration on the topic of sustainability.

In short lunchtime talks (with a light lunch), colleagues present their projects, perspectives or examples of good practice from research and teaching – as inspiration for sustainable scientific development at HHU.

The first two dates:

27 October 2025 | 12:00–13:00 | Faculty Club, HHU, Building 16.11, ground floor

‘Sustainability in research practice – recommendations of the DFG Sustainability Commission and their implementation at HHU’

Prof. Dr Andreas Weber (Head of the Institute of Plant Biochemistry, HHU & member of the DFG Sustainability Commission)

Insight into the DFG's list of key questions and its implementation in research practice – with room for discussion.

19 January 2026 | 12:00–13:00 | Faculty Club, HHU, Building 16.11, Ground Floor

‘FAIR and responsible – using research data sustainably’

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Weidtkamp-Peters (CAi, HHU, spokesperson for the NFDI4BIOIMAGE consortium and member of the rotating chair of the NFDI consortium assembly) & Stefan Reiners-Selbach (coordinating contact person for digital humanities at the Faculty of Arts, HHU)

Insights from the natural sciences and humanities on the sustainable use of research data based on the FAIR principles.

Registration (requested for better planning):

Please send an email to: mailto:hcsd(at)hhu.de

Spontaneous participation is also possible.