UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) (Page 2)

Welcoming Dr. Zintle Songqwaru: TWAS-DFG Research Fellow at Leuphana

Welcoming Dr. Zintle Songqwaru: TWAS-DFG Research Fellow at Leuphana

We welcome Zintle Nonyameko Songqwaru (Rhodes University, South Africa) at Leuphana University Lüneburg for a TWAS-DFG research fellowship — deepening our collaboration on teacher leadership for Education for Sustainable Development.

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Solving Problems Is Not Enough: Why Sustainability Science Needs Theory Building

In a new publication in GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, led by Helge Kminek (University of Klagenfurt) and co-authored by Daniel Fischer, Mandy Singer-Brodowski (University of Regensburg) and Alexander Denzin (Leipzig University), we ask why theory building has become a marginal concern in sustainability science, and

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UNESCO Chair Lecture: Aaron Redman, Daniel Fischer and Jordan King on the DARE Approach

How can educators assess what matters in ESD? On 24 August 2026, the second event in our UNESCO Chair Lecture Series on assessment in ESD will take up this question. Following the first session held on 1 June, where Aaron Redman from Aalborg University and Caleb Mandikonza from the University

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How School Leaders Shape Sustainable and Future-Oriented Schools

The LoLE Training brings together school leaders who actively drive change within their schools and advance Education for Sustainable Development through a Whole School Approach and in the context of Learner Empowerment.

Portraits of the speakers Aaron Redman and Caleb Mandikonza

UNESCO Chair Lecture: Aaron Redman and Caleb Mandikonza on Assessment in ESD

Why has it taken ESD so long to turn its attention to assessment? We are happy to share the recording of the first event in our UNESCO Chair Lecture Series on assessment in ESD, in which Aaron Redman and Caleb Mandikonza traced the history of assessment in ESD and discussed where it could

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Greenpeace Sustainability Barometer 2025: Socio-economic Issues Gain the Upper Hand

A new study published in June 2026 presents the central findings of the Greenpeace Sustainability Barometer 2025, the fourth wave of a representative survey of young people's sustainability awareness in Germany since 2011. Daniel Fischer (Leuphana University Lüneburg) co-authors the summary together with Matthias Barth, Sonja Geiger,

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Austrian Sustainability Award 2026: Daniel Fischer on the Jury

On 9 June 2026, the Austrian Sustainability Award 2026 was presented in the Marble Hall in Vienna. The joint initiative of the Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management (BMLUK) has, since 2008,