What is TransRegINT?
TransRegINT stands for Transformation of the Lower Rhine Region – innovation, sustainability, and participation (in German: Innovation, Nachhaltigkeit and Teilhabe).
TransRegINT stands for Transformation of the Lower Rhine Region –innovation, sustainability, and participation (in German: Innovation, Nachhaltigkeit and Teilhabe). It's a project of Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (HSRW) that’s being funded with almost 10 million euros from January 2023 to December 2027 as part of the “Innovative University” funding initiative of Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The funding initiative is intended to support universities in translating research findings even more effectively into creative solutions for the most pressing challenges of our time.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Kisters
Project management TransRegINT, Vice President for Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer
With TransRegINT, we're taking responsibility by jointly developing the future of the Lower Rhine region through exchange, applied research, pilot projects and building expertise. Shaping a future worth living and loving and developing suitable solutions requires the right mindset. For us, an open mindset is the key to innovation and transformation.
The project is aligned with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. We're focused on the following six goals:
Quality Education
Ensure inclusive, equitable and quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Affordable and clean energy
Access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy.
Our research project on this: Hydrogen on the Lower Rhine
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Building a resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and supporting innovation.
Our research project on this: Innovation management
Reduce inequalities
Reduce inequality within and between countries.
Our research project on this: Showroom "Assistance and participation"
Life on Land
Protecting and restoring terrestrial ecosystems and promoting their sustainable use, managing forests sustainably, combating desertification, halting and reversing soil degradation and halting biodiversity loss.
Our research project on this: Agroforestry Reallabor
Partnerships to achieve the goals
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Our research project on this: LabLandscapes
