Vice Presidency for Responsible Transformation (VPT)

The Vice Presidency for Responsible Transformation works to reinforce values such as inclusion and sustainability throughout the School’s campus, research and education.

Dessin coloré du Rolex Learning Center, basé sur une photo d'Alain Herzog / EPFL — Colorful drawing of the Rolex Learning Center, based on a photo by Alain Herzog / EPFL

Overview

The Vice Presidency for Responsible Transformation was created to ensure that everyone at EPFL has the opportunity to live up to their full potential, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin or any disability.

Our School aims to give engineers the skills they need to develop sustainable responses to the major challenges facing our planet, conduct cutting-edge research R&D on climate-change related issues, and make EPFL an exemplary campus for green, smart solutions.

To achieve these goals, we need the entire EPFL community to get actively involved. So send us your suggestions and ideas!

Equality and Diversity

Respect

Sustainability

News and events

Baptiste Lecoeur and Johan Rochel - 2023 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“It's such a great way to design a class”

11.01.24Education

Johan Rochel and Baptiste Lecoeur are a teacher-student tandem tasked with developing a new Master’s class on ethics in artificial intelligence. This is part of a novel approach backed by EPFL’s Vice Presidency for Responsible Transformation.

Nicolas Bissardon and Agathe Crosnier, 2023 Durabilis Awards recipients © 2023 EPFL/Murielle Gerber - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“There's room in Swiss agriculture for greater biodiversity”

13.12.23EPFL

This year’s UNIL-EPFL Durabilis Awards went to two Master’s projects addressing sustainability in the food industry. Both winners – Agathe Crosnier and Nicolas Bissardon – came up with fresh ideas for producing and consuming food in a more environmentally responsible way.

Travel less without loss © Photo Niels Ackermann, Lundi13 / Design Emphase

Outdoor exhibition highlights the impact of academic travel

10.10.23EPFL

The "Travel Less Without Loss" installation at Place Ada Lovelace examines the environmental impact of air travel and reveals that, as things stand, there’s only one way to significantly cut the carbon emissions associated with flying: taking fewer intercontinental flights.

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