BOKU internal cross-linking

Within and between research fields, there are different priorities and thus also different approaches to sustainable development. Therefore, appropriate discussion and reflection processes are needed in order to exchange ideas across disciplines and learn from one another, but also to be able to critically show how research supports and promotes sustainable and non-sustainable trends. The active networking between institutes and departments as well as the administration should not only promote the discussion on controversial topics of sustainable development, but also strengthen cooperation on sustainability-relevant cross-sectional topics within BOKU research. In recent years, several internal BOKU centers as well as scientific initiatives have been founded to promote cooperation and networking: