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

We support educational institutions in transforming into places where sustainability can be lived and learned. The Chair is home to a community of scholars from diverse backgrounds who experiment with the transformative potential of education.

Our Shared Vision for ESD: UNITWIN Network Statement Ahead of Nairobi 2027

What should Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) stand for after 2030? Ahead of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in Nairobi (13–15 January 2027), the UNITWIN Network on Education for Sustainable Development and Social Transformation (UNiESD&ST) has updated its network statement Our Shared Vision

Group photo of the participants of the brown bag lunch on a staircase at Leuphana University Lüneburg

Brown Bag Lunch: Kick-off for a UNESCO Chair Community at Leuphana

What can a UNESCO Chair offer the people at its own university who research or care about education for sustainable development? On 8 October 2026, Daniel Fischer and Harald Hantke invited ESD researchers and everyone interested in ESD at Leuphana University Lüneburg to a brown bag lunch to talk about

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