The Sustainability Challenge goes international

Let’s navigate change together

We live in a time of constant change and growing complexity. The question is not whether change will happen, but how we choose to navigate it.

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Who we bring together

Three perspectives, one challenge

Students

Students who want to apply knowledge, share perspectives and develop the skills they need to shape change.

Universities

Universities that open classrooms beyond disciplines, connect research with practice and foster international exchange.

Partners

Organisations and practice partners that provide real challenges, co-create solutions and build impact beyond the university.

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Because the future is not something we simply have to adapt to.
It is something we can create – together.

Why we exist

Our vision

The Sustainability Challenge is not about reproducing knowledge. It is about bringing students, universities and organisations together to apply knowledge, share perspectives and turn complexity into opportunity.

What we do

Our mission

We create a space where people can experiment, collaborate and act – developing the skills, critical thinking, agency and resilience they need to shape change.

Where we come from

16 years of the Sustainability Challenge

Since 2010, the Sustainability Challenge has connected students, lecturers and practice partners in Austria. Coordinated by RCE Vienna together with universities such as WU Vienna, BOKU University, TU Wien and the University of Vienna, it grew into an award-winning, two-semester course on the Sustainable Development Goals: student teams from all disciplines tackled real sustainability challenges with companies, NGOs and public institutions – or turned their own ideas into sustainable start-ups.