unesco chair lecture series

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

Portraits of the speakers Aaron Redman, Daniel Fischer and Jordan King

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

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

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.

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

Portrait of the speaker Jorrit Holst

UNESCO Chair Lecture: Jorrit Holst on Whole-School Sustainability

What does it take for a whole school to become a place where sustainability is learned? In his lecture, Jorrit Holst (FU Berlin) presented the Whole-School Approach, what is known about its effectiveness, and pathways for transformation. The UNESCO Chair Lecture Series, hosted by the UNESCO Chair in Higher

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