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Evaluating Learning in ESD: A UNESCO Chair Exchange with Sebastian Galindo

Evaluating Learning in ESD: A UNESCO Chair Exchange with Sebastian Galindo

It was good to host Professor Sebastian Galindo at Leuphana for an extended exchange with Harald Hantke and Daniel Fischer, both Co-Chairs of the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Professor Galindo was recently appointed to lead the new UNESCO Chair on

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Half the World's Youth, Too Few Teachers: ESD Teacher Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa

"Predictions say that by 2050, half of the world's youth will live in Africa, making education a key driver of sustainable development," says Prof. Dr. Daniel Fischer. At the same time, the Sub-Saharan Africa region is facing a shortage of teachers — in both numbers and

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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.