UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) (Page 1)

Cover detail of the UNESCO policy paper 'Rethinking learning assessments for ESD' (2026)

What Gets Measured Matters: A UNESCO Policy Paper on Rethinking Assessment in ESD

In a new policy paper published by UNESCO, led by Daniel Fischer (Leuphana University Lüneburg) together with Jordan King (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) and Aaron Redman (Arizona State University), we set out why Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) needs a different approach to assessment, what is currently going wrong

Passing On, Reflection, Setting Out: Two LoLE Cohorts Meet at Leuphana

Passing On, Reflection, Setting Out: Two LoLE Cohorts Meet at Leuphana

Kick-off and wrap-up of the LoLE training in February 2026: cohort 1 completes its one-year ESD training, while cohort 2 starts the programme.

Portraits of the speakers Seema Bali, Gregor Torkar and Zintle Songqwaru

UNESCO Chair Lecture: Seema Bali, Gregor Torkar and Zintle Songqwaru on Teacher Leadership

What do teachers need to act as co-designers of sustainability transformations? On World Teachers’ Day, 5 October 2026, speakers from India, Slovenia and South Africa discussed the role of teachers and teacher education in shaping the development agenda beyond 2030. The 5th of October is commemorated internationally as World

Pencil drawing: two teachers work with three open handbooks and sticky notes.

From Global Guidance to Local Practice: UNESCO Launches Three New ESD Guidance Tools

UNESCO releases three new guidance tools for Education for Sustainable Development (17 September 2026), developed through the Transforming futures action research project. Our contribution, the DARE ESD learning assessment framework, was co-authored with Jordan King and Aaron Redman.

Pencil drawing: on a dark street during a power outage, one house with solar panels on its roof is lit, and neighbours gather on its porch.

Better After the Shock? What Antifragility Can Offer Sustainability Science

In a new publication led by Philip Arthur (Arizona State University), together with C. Tyler DesRoches (Arizona State University) and Henrik Thorén (Lund University), we explore what the concept of antifragility can offer sustainability science. The Overview article, published in Sustainability Science, applies the concept to a core question of

The Juleum in Helmstedt, a Renaissance university building with a tall tower, framed by half-timbered houses.

Learning Sustainability in a Polarised World: Keynote in Helmstedt

Under what changed social conditions do people learn sustainability today, and what can home economics contribute? On 21 September 2026, the German Society for Home Economics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hauswirtschaft, dgh) held its annual conference in Helmstedt, marking its 75th anniversary this year. Under the conference theme “Home Economics: One

Group picture of the UNESCO Global Expert Symposium on ESD Beyond 2030, Munich, 1–2 September 2026

Beyond 2030: Shaping ESD for Safe and Just Futures

Daniel Fischer joined the UNESCO Global Expert Symposium on ESD Beyond 2030 in Munich (1–2 September 2026) — a good occasion to share learnings and think ahead about how ESD can shape transformative education contributing to safe and just futures beyond 2030.