UNI:Lokal

The UNI:Lokal is a central and open venue and exhibition space in Kassel's city center.

With this offer in Kassel's pedestrian zone, the University of Kassel aims to strengthen its connection to the city's society. With a varied program of exhibitions and events, citizens are invited to enter into a dialogue about current research topics and to discuss aspects. At UNI:Lokal, prospective students can also find out about the wide range of courses on offer at any time. With the SDG+ Lab, the regional sustainability laboratory of UniKasselTransfer has moved into the premises as the main player.

Image: Anja Köhne

"Value creation and appreciation - renegotiating work and the economy"

Opening exhibition of the theme year "Transformations in work and business" in the SDG+ Lab at the University of Kassel


What do we talk about when we talk about values? Who decides what is valued? What is already there and where do we need new perspectives and alternative models?
The inaugural exhibition "Value creation and appreciation" explores these questions and shows alternative models to our current value chains. Instead of produce - use - throw away, the focus is on cycles, reuse, sharing and the revaluation of materials.
Anyone who is interested and curious is invited to explore how materials can be rethought and how new value chains, forms of work and changed structures can emerge from them using wool, mushrooms, coal, green waste and garbage.


Opening of the SDG+ Lab exhibition: Wednesday, 29.10.2025 | 18:00 (admission 17:30)
Registration is requested: www.sdgpluslab.de/wertschaetzung

"Value creation and appreciation - renegotiating work and the economy": To the website SDG+Lab

SDG+ Lab

One player in UNI:Lokal is the laboratory for sustainability issues. Together, we address the major sustainability issues of our time. From 2023 to 2027, the SDG+ Lab will bring together science, business and society and develop impulses and concrete solutions for a sustainable region of Kassel and North Hesse along the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

SDG+ Lab: To the website SDG+Lab

Series of events in the winter semester 2025/26 | Shaping the future: An interdisciplinary approach to sustainability

How can we shape the transition to a more sustainable world together? In our series of public events, experts from various Faculties at the University of Kassel and from the field will provide exciting insights into current challenges relating to sustainability and social transformation. With interdisciplinary perspectives - from the natural and technical sciences to the social sciences and humanities to sustainability research - we invite you to discover diverse approaches, join in the discussion and learn about new ways of thinking. All interested parties are welcome!

The events will take place every Thursday from October 30, 4-6 p.m., at UNI:Lokal. The series is organized by the Kassel Institute for Sustainability

Events at UNI:Lokal

All events

Opening hours

Tuesday to Friday: 12.00 to 18.00
Saturday 12.00 to 16.00
Closed on Sundays and Mondays

Due to exhibition renovations, Uni:lokal will only be open for events from 18 to 28 October.

Admission to all events and exhibitions is free of charge.

UNI:Lokal

Wilhelmsstraße 21
34117 Kassel