As part of the first edition of the UNITAR–UNESCO “Leaders in Higher Education Alliance and Programme – For Accelerating Sustainability Transformations”, Majmaah University in Saudia Arabia hosted a co-creation workshop on 27 April - 1 May 2025. Co-facilitated by international experts including the York UNESCO Chair, the workshop for 50 higher education leaders from Australia, […]
Find all the news and events to stay up to date in the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), a crucial education concept to transform societies, recognized as an integral element of quality education and a key enabler of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Check out the February 2024 issue and sign up […]
The new Stephen Sterling Reader Learning and Sustainability in Dangerous Times received one of the rare endorsement from UNESCO Chair Charles Hopkins. The well-curated selection of articles reflects on a lifetime of integrating sustainability principles into all aspects of education and will serve as a wonderful read for those who wish to deepen their understanding […]
During the ESD-Net Global Meeting in Tokyo (Japan) on 18-20 December 2023, the UNITWIN Network on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Societal Transformation published their shared vision on ESD that goes beyond the current role in the ESD for 2023 Programme for the SDGs. Based on research evidence, UNITWIN Members acknowledged the crucial function […]
Find all the news and events to stay updated in the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as an integral element of quality education and a key enabler of all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Check out the December 2023 issue and sign up for future editions - the most of ESD in one email […]
Congratulations to 12 new filmmakers of the Ghana Youth Videography Programme. Young artists from from Ghana produced a dozen amazing documentary films that have already had significant impact on UN climate policy. Thank you for making a difference! Before this week's premiere in the capital city of Accra, the films were screened fo delegates attending […]
The International Association of Universities has virtually launched the book “The Promise of Higher Education: Essays in Honour of 70 Years of IAU”. IAU SDG 4 Cluster Colleagues Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Charles Hopkins, and Katrin Kohl contributed two chapters to the list of essays in order to celebrate IAU´s 70th anniversary: Aligning Higher Education’s Promise […]
In recent days, Canada has been shaken by a gruesome discovery. On the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, located on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in British Colombia, the remains of 215 children were found. It is a tragic certainty of what was long expected and a painful reminder of Canada's […]
Join us on ZOOM on Monday, May 17 at 5.30 pm CET / 11.30 am EST UNESCO Chairs Special Live Session: UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs promoting ESD to achieve the SDGs – International networking in higher education for sustainable futures UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs put international collaboration at the core of their activities. Although active in diverse fields of […]
York partners with the Ban Ki-Moon Centre and the Austrian Cultural Forum for an event on transformative education for the 21st Century: Quickly changing environments, climate change, unprecedented developments in technology while we are collectively overcoming a global pandemic with the help of global networks of scientists sets the context of living with accelerating change. […]