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Socio-economic Issues Are Gaining the Upper Hand: Key Findings from the Greenpeace Sustainability Barometer 2025

Socio-economic Issues Are Gaining the Upper Hand: Key Findings from the Greenpeace Sustainability Barometer 2025

A new study published in June 2026 presents the central findings of the Greenpeace Sustainability Barometer 2025, the fourth wave of a representative survey of young people's sustainability awareness in Germany since 2011. Daniel Fischer (Leuphana University Lüneburg) co-authors the summary together with Matthias Barth, Sonja Geiger, and

Austrian Sustainability Award 2026: Daniel Fischer on the Jury

Austrian Sustainability Award 2026: Daniel Fischer on the Jury

On 9 June 2026, the Austrian Sustainability Award 2026 was presented in the Marble Hall in Vienna. The joint initiative of the Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management (BMLUK) has, since 2008,

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 Evaluation

Half the World's Youth, Too Few Teachers: A 15-University Project Builds ESD Teacher Leadership Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Half the World's Youth, Too Few Teachers: A 15-University Project Builds ESD Teacher Leadership Across 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 in

Vibrant but Fragmented: Mapping Teacher Education for Sustainability in Germany

Vibrant but Fragmented: Mapping Teacher Education for Sustainability in Germany

In a new publication led by Christina Ehras and Mandy Singer-Brodowski (University of Regensburg), together with a 22-person team of subject-didactics researchers from across Germany, we ask how the research field around teacher education for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has developed — and how cohesive it actually is as a

From Lecture Hall to Garden Bed: Leuphana's New CampusAckerdemie

From Lecture Hall to Garden Bed: Leuphana's New CampusAckerdemie

Cheerful chatter mixes with birdsong on a sunny spring morning as Leuphana teacher-training students set the first plants into the soil. Since March 2026, a roughly 50-square-metre plot has taken shape close to the university's central building: the CampusAckerdemie, a new teaching garden where students learn how to

Who Gets to Care About the Planet? The Social Divide Behind Youth Environmental Attitudes

Who Gets to Care About the Planet? The Social Divide Behind Youth Environmental Attitudes

In a new publication led by Marcus Pietsch (Leuphana University), we ask whether young people's environmental attitudes are shaped by their socioeconomic background, and how the conditions of the country they grow up in widen or narrow that divide. Drawing on data from nearly 700,000 students across