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We work with the concept of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to advance research-based teaching and learning approaches that deliver relevant high-quality education in response to the pressing transformation challenges of our times.

Join us for the next UNESCO Chair Lecture Series event: a talk by C. Tyler DesRoches, Arizona State University

Join us for the next UNESCO Chair Lecture Series event: a talk by C. Tyler DesRoches, Arizona State University

The UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development, hosted at Leuphana University Lüneburg and SETRI, is pleased to invite you to the next event in its UNESCO Chair Lecture Series. * When: 11 June 2025, 14:30–15:30 CEST * Where: Room C 25.021 (Trafos Building, Leuphana University) and

Panel Discussion on Promoting Biodiversity in the Carpathians

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

Assessment in Sustainability Education: Students Co-Creating Their Own Rubrics

Assessment in Sustainability Education: Students Co-Creating Their Own Rubrics

How can assessment in higher education better support students in developing the skills and identities needed to address complex social-ecological challenges? This study by Jordan King, Katja Brundiers and Daniel Fischer explores student-led rubric co-design as a way to deepen agency and self-formation, showing that when students shape assessment criteria,

Bringing the World to Your class: Virtual Exchange

Bringing the World to Your class: Virtual Exchange

The UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development at Leuphana University invites the team members from the DigiCLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) project, which in the year 2021 set out to create a global classroom to bring learners from distant places together and make international experiences more accessible.

Learning Sustainability During School Closure? Study on Student Experiences During COVID

Learning Sustainability During School Closure? Study on Student Experiences During COVID

This study from the ReZeitKon project, authored by Claire Grauer, Pascal Frank and Daniel Fischer, examines how German secondary students experienced learning during school closures in the pandemic, focusing on their actual activities and needs rather than just academic loss. Findings suggest that the disruption, while challenging, created opportunities for

Valuing Electronic Devices?

Valuing Electronic Devices?

Why do some electronic devices remain in use for a short time and others formuch longer? The durability of electronic devices, in addition to their robustness and reliability, is decisively influenced by how they are used. The chapter, authored by Tamina Hipp and Daniel Fischer, argues that everyday narratives about

How Identity Matters in Local Food Groups

How Identity Matters in Local Food Groups

How do individual and collective identities shape the development and functioning of a local food cooperative in northern Germany? The study by Karoline Poeggel and Daniel Fischer finds that identity dynamics—built through trust and ongoing interaction—are central to sustaining collective action, suggesting that such initiatives serve not only