UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) (Page 5)

Leuphana Appoints Prof. Harald Hantke as UNESCO Co-Chair

Leuphana Appoints Prof. Harald Hantke as UNESCO Co-Chair

We are excited to announce that Professor Harald Hantke has been appointed as Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. This announcement comes at a time when the university marks the twentieth year of establishment of the Chair at Leuphana.

ProBioTIC at the 2025 Student Conference on Conservation Science

ProBioTIC at the 2025 Student Conference on Conservation Science

As part of its work to support early-career biodiversity researchers, the ProBioTIC (Promoting Biodiversity through Transdisciplinary Learning Interventions in the Carpathians) project held a day of training during the Student Conference on Conservation Science 2025 (SCCS). The tenth SCCS Europe, developed by ProBioTIC partners Gabriella Süle and András Báldi,

Harald Hantke Re-Elected to the ASEER Board

Harald Hantke Re-Elected to the ASEER Board

We are pleased to share that Prof. Dr. Harald Hantke, Co-Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development at Leuphana University, has been re-elected as a board member of the Association for Socio-Economic Education and Research (ASEER). The ASEER brings together scholars and educators

Annual Meeting of the German UNESCO Chairs Network: Impact and Future Directions

Annual Meeting of the German UNESCO Chairs Network: Impact and Future Directions

On 1–2 October 2024, the annual meeting of the network of the UNESCO Chairs in Germany took place at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden. Every two years, the network of the German UNESCO Chairs comes together for a national meeting, alternating with an international conference, to explore

Portrait of the speaker Hiroki Fujii

UNESCO Chair Lecture: Hiroki Fujii on a Pan-Asian Initiative in ESD Teacher Education

How can research and school practice in ESD be connected across Asia? We are happy to share the recording of the lecture by Prof. Hiroki Fujii, Director of the Okayama University ESD Promotion Center and its UNESCO Chair in Research and Education for Sustainable Development. On 1 September 2025, Prof.

ESD in Japan and Germany: Okayama University Delegation in Lüneburg

ESD in Japan and Germany: Okayama University Delegation in Lüneburg

Last week we at Leuphana University Lüneburg had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from Okayama University, Japan. As part of the visit, Prof. Hiroki Fujii, Director of the Okayama University ESD Promotion Center and its UNESCO Chair in Research and Education for Sustainable Development, delivered an insightful lecture as part

Portrait of the speaker Heila Lotz-Sisitka

UNESCO Chair Lecture: Heila Lotz-Sisitka on De-individualising Learning

What changes when we understand learning for sustainability as collective rather than individual? On 19 June 2025, we hosted a lecture by Distinguished Professor Heila Lotz-Sisitka from Rhodes University, South Africa, our long-standing partner and collaborator in the UNITWIN Network on Ed