Sustainability Blog

On December 9th, MODUL University Vienna hosted the closing event of the EC co-funded project Landscape of the Year – European Network for Competitive and Sustainable Tourism.

MU’s Sustainability Committee is not just active on campus, its members engage in international partnerships in order to facilitate knowledge transfer and keep up-to-date on the latest ideas and developments in sustainability.

MU’s commitment to sustainability took another step forward last spring, becoming an official partner of klima:aktiv, Austria's initiative to spread ideas and methods for sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

Alongside other top tourism experts, MU Prof. Dagmar Lund-Durlacher spoke at the 21st Naturefriends Environmental Conference in Graz on September 30th. The conference addressed how increasing climate change in the alpine region affects tourism to these areas, and how winter-sport enthusiasts and tourism providers alike will have to adapt to new circumstances.

Sustainability is a core principle of the study programs at MODUL University Vienna, and we annually award the Scholarship of Hope (SoH) to the students with the best ideas to implement sustainable measures here on our Mt. Kahlenberg campus.

Each year, MODUL University Vienna gives out scholarships to the students with the most innovative ideas in the area of sustainability that meet the needs of the present, and improve the welfare of future generations.

Under sunny spring skies, MODUL University Vienna hosted the second annual Sustainovation conference from June 3rd-5th, geared at pushing the boundaries of sustainability and innovation. The theme of ''Sustainability as a Motor for Innovation'' was a perfect fit for MU, as our philosophy embraces the need for environmental consciousness and sustainable technologies.

From the 21st to the 24th of May, the BEST Education Network held its eleventh annual Think Tank entitled ‘Learning for Sustainable Tourism’ at Temple University in Philadelphia, USA. Dr. Dagmar Lund-Durlacher, chair of the BEST EN network, and Tina Rønhovde Tiller, BEST EN secretary and researcher and lecturer at MU, have been busy planning the conference the past six months, since BEST EN officially moved house to MU at last year’s Think Tank in Vienna.

MU lecturers and researchers Andreas Zins and Anja Hergesell recently participated in two conferences in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

MODUL University Vienna already boasts an incredibly diverse student body with faculty and staff from all over the world, and our students now have the opportunity to participate in TEFI (Tourism Education Futures Initiative) online courses conducted in partnership with universities in Brazil, the United States, Switzerland, New Zealand and Denmark.