Julius Brinken (Sustainability Office of the Otto von Guericke University)

Julius Brinken is the coordinator of the Sustainability Office at the Otto von Guericke University. He will talk about his experiences on implementing sustainability measures at an academic institution and make suggestions for networking of sustainability groups.

Julius studied industrial engineering at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg and his master thesis was on sustainability assessment at academic institutions. Already during his study he was member in various student councils as a representative for the Grüne Hochschulgruppe. In 2014, Julius Brinken founded the Ökosoziale Hochschultage (eco-social academic week) and is the organiser since then. In 2015, he started the Sustainability Office and was employed as student assitant by the Otto von Guericke University. Since 2016 he is the coordinator of the sustainablity office. An important milestone in his work was the official resolution of the Sustainability Strategy for the Otto von Guericke University by the Academic Senate.

Sustainabilty Office at the Otto von Guericke University:
www.ovgu.de