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Portrait of the speaker C. Tyler DesRoches

UNESCO Chair Lecture: C. Tyler DesRoches on “My Grudges Against Nudges”

Are nudges a good way to promote sustainable behaviour? We invite you to the next event in our UNESCO Chair Lecture Series, a talk by C. Tyler DesRoches (Arizona State University) titled “My Grudges Against Nudges”. * When: 11 June 2025, 14:30–15:30 CEST * Where: Room C 25.021

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“Universities Must Remain Places for Dialogue”: Interview on the UNESCO Chairs Conference 2024

In the yearbook of the German Commission for UNESCO (in German), Daniel Fischer and Deepika Joon look back on the UNESCO Chairs conference hosted in Lüneburg in 2024.

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Panel Discussion on Promoting Biodiversity in the Carpathians

On May 22, 2025, as part of the ProBioTIC project (Promoting Biodiversity through Transdisciplinary Learning Interventions in the Carpathians), students from Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland) and Leuphana University (Lüneburg, Germany) came together in a hybrid panel discussion to explore challenges and opportunities of one of Europe’s most biologically rich

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Learning to Shape Change Critically: The New Transformation Module at Leuphana

How can first-year students learn to analyse societal change critically and to help shape it? In a contribution (in German) to the proceedings of the second conference on Interdisciplinary Education for Sustainable Development (I-BNE), Laura Picht-Wiggering, Lina Bürgener, Daniel Fischer and Roberto Nigro (all Leuphana University Lüneburg)

Portrait of the speaker Sirkka Tshiningayamwe

UNESCO Chair Lecture: Sirkka Tshiningayamwe on ESD Leadership in Southern Africa

How can educators in Southern Africa lead curriculum innovation in Education for Sustainable Development together? On 16 October 2024, Dr. Sirkka Tshiningayamwe, Senior Lecturer at the University of Namibia, gave the second lecture in our UNESCO Chair Lecture Series, in person in Lüneburg and online. In her lecture “ESD Leadership

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Teaching and Learning Sustainable Consumption

How can you effectively teach a tricky topic like sustainable consumption in your classroom? This volume explores this question in two steps: part 1 offers introductory chapters, part 2 practical examples from classrooms from across the globe. Book Abstract: This book is a comprehensive guide on how to teach sustainable

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How Leuphana Became a Sustainable University: Gerd Michelsen Looks Back

How does a university become a sustainable university, and what can others learn from the process? In the Earth Charter Magazine, Gerd Michelsen, the first holder of the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development at Leuphana, shares personal reflections on how Leuphana University Lüneburg has gradually developed into