Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures

People and partners

A collective endeavor

Key Insights is made possible by a growing network of researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, and collaborators working across regions, disciplines, institutions, and knowledge traditions. Their different perspectives, questions, and experiences shape both the individual insights and the connections that emerge among them.

Editorial team

The Key Insights editorial team guided the development, synthesis, and review of the initiative, with overall editorial coordination by Iveta Silova, Gustavo Fischman, Victoria Desimoni, Steven Hartman, and Andrea Weinberg.

Authors & reviewers

The Key Insights were developed by interdisciplinary writing teams and strengthened through critical dialogue with reviewers and the wider Key Insights network.

Insight 01

  • Sarah Beardmore
  • Victoria Desimoni, Arizona State University
  • Christina Kwauk, Unbounded Alliance
  • Iveta Silova, Arizona State University

Insight 02

  • Jeremy Rappleye, The University of Hong Kong
  • Hikaru Komatsu, Doshisha University and On-the-Slope, Japan
  • Iveta Silova, Arizona State University

Insight 03

  • Dilraba Anayatova, Arizona State University
  • Sarah Beardmore
  • Radhika Iyengar, Columbia University
  • AJ Kim, Wisdomway Impact

Insight 04

  • Deb L. Morrison, University of Washington
  • Christina Kwauk, Unbounded Alliance

Insight 05

  • Radhika Iyengar, Columbia University
  • Dilraba Anayatova, Arizona State University
  • Arya Karumanthra, University of Florida
  • Rowan Oberman, Dublin City University

With inputs from Camilla Hadi Chaudhary, Baela Jamil, Faryal Khan, Afia Salam, Ambreena Ahmed, Sehrish Farooq, Arshi Naaz, Viplow Shivhare, Rajib Timalsina, Arooj Khalid, Fozia Parveen, Maham Anees and Subarna Sivapalan

Insight 06

  • Dilraba Anayatova, Arizona State University
  • Kelly Keena, Underwriters Laboratories Research Institutes
  • Anna-Lena Neurohr, Learning Planet Institute
  • Eliana Stromberg, Underwriters Laboratories Research Institutes
  • Andrea Weinberg, Arizona State University

Insight 07

  • Iveta Silova, Arizona State University
  • Victoria Desimoni, Arizona State University
  • Steven Hartman, UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition · Arizona State University

Insight 08

  • Mel Sellick, Future Human Lab

Insight 09

  • Aaron Benavot, University at Albany-State University of New York
  • Marcia McKenzie, University of Melbourne

Insight 10

  • Iveta Silova, Arizona State University
  • Gustavo Fischman, Arizona State University

Reviewers

  • Joni Adamson, Arizona State University
  • Tara Bartlett, Arizona State University
  • David Edwards, Education International
  • Moira Faul, NORRAG
  • Charles Hopkins, York University
  • Katrin Kohl, York University
  • Punya Mishra, Arizona State University
  • Sreya Oommen, Arizona State University
  • Rajul Pandya, Arizona State University
  • Carla Sabbatini, Universidad de San Andrés
  • Noah W. Sobe, UNESCO
  • Stephen Sterling, University of Plymouth
  • Antonia Wulff, Education International

Affiliations are provided for identification purposes only and do not imply institutional endorsement.

With gratitude to our contributors

Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures grew from the ideas, experiences, examples, and resources generously shared by contributors around the world. We are grateful to everyone who took part in this collective process. Some contributors also served as authors or members of the Editorial Board and are acknowledged in those roles elsewhere in the report. This list honors participation in the process rather than authorship or endorsement of every insight. Affiliations are included where available and lightly standardized for consistency.

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  • Jhonatan Almada, UNESP, São Paulo State University
  • Anvi Anand, The Lawrenceville School; Millburn Climate Action
  • Burcu Meltem Arık, Education Reform Initiative; Sabancı University
  • Matthew Aruch, International Conservation Fund of Canada
  • Michael Arvanitis
  • Luci Attala, University of Wales; UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES
  • Tara Bartlett, Arizona State University
  • Olivia Bina, University of Lisbon
  • Vidya Bindal, Newark Academy; Eco-Ambassadors
  • Oğuz Coşkun, Independent Student of Architecture; Independent Researcher
  • Joshua Cooper, University of Hawaiʻi; Blanquerna University; University of New South Wales
  • Sheona Della-Fort, Middlesex University; Psychosynthesis Institute Global MA Programme
  • Ryn Delpapa, Virtual Oasis Tech
  • Digamber Deshmukh, University of the People
  • Victoria Desimoni, Arizona State University
  • Eva Devroy
  • Carrie Dohe, University of Cologne
  • Piero Dominici, CHAOS, International Research and Education Programme, University of Perugia
  • Muhammad Ehsan, International Islamic University Islamabad
  • Lloyd Etheredge, World Academy of Art and Science; Policy Sciences Center
  • Manuel Fernández López, Dublin City University; RCE Dublin
  • Gustavo Fischman, Arizona State University
  • Alicia Flynn, Deakin University; Ecocentres Everywhere
  • Andy Franzkowiak, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Maria-Emanuela Galanti, The International Focusing Institute
  • Heidi Gibson, Smithsonian Science Education Center
  • Dion Gouws, The Evergreen State College
  • Seema Goyal, NCTE; SDG Readiness Platform
  • Steven Hartman, UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition; Arizona State University; University of Wales Trinity Saint David
  • Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Charlotte Holland, Dublin City University; RCE Dublin
  • Cornelius Holtorf, Linnaeus University
  • Radhika Iyengar, Columbia University
  • Shriya Iyer
  • Garry Jacobs, World Academy of Art and Science
  • Kendon Jung, Arizona State University
  • Karima Kadaoui, Tamkeen Community Foundation for Human Development; Club of Rome
  • Carrie Karsgaard, Cape Breton University
  • Arya Karumanthra, Indiana University Bloomington
  • Hikaru Komatsu, On-the-Slope
  • Julie Lillie, The Peace Pad; Learning Futures Collaborative, Arizona State University
  • Samantha Lindgren, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Peng Liu-Nelson, ZIRAN (503C3); University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • Ratna Lindawati Lubis, Telkom University
  • Pavel Luksha, Learning Planet Institute; University for the Earth
  • Lauren Madden, The College of New Jersey
  • Nsah Mala, BRIDGES Cologne; School of International Futures
  • Eden Mamut, Ovidius University of Constanța
  • Tristan McCowan, University College London
  • Asma Mehan, Huckabee College of Architecture, Texas Tech University; AHU_Lab
  • Eileen Merritt, Virginia Tech
  • Deb L. Morrison, Center for Climate Justice, University of California
  • Elena Mustakova, IntegraLight Transdisciplinary Institute for Consciousness, Society, and Wellbeing; Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research; Evolutionary Leaders Circle
  • Kakha Nadiradze, Association for Farmers’ Rights Defense
  • Anna-Lena Neurohr, Learning Planet Institute Paris
  • Ann Nielsen, Arizona State University
  • Frank Niepold, NOAA; CLEAN
  • Rowan Oberman, Dublin City University
  • JD Parker, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Kyoto University
  • Wendy Purcell, Rutgers University
  • Janani Ramanathan, World Academy of Art and Science
  • Jeremy Rappleye, Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong
  • Gyanendra Rawat, The ICFAI University, Dehradun
  • Erwin L. Rimban, Cagayan State University, Andrews Campus
  • Tom Roche, Just Forests
  • Bea Rodriguez-Fransen, Arizona State University
  • Pabitra Saha, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration
  • Haein Shin, Columbia University
  • Iveta Silova, Arizona State University
  • Deepak Sridhar, City Atlas
  • Guy Suhardja, Faculty of Humanities and Creative Industries, Maranatha Christian University
  • Stylianos Syropoulos, Arizona State University
  • Dipak Tatpuje, Sanjay Ghodawat University; VidyaDeep Foundation
  • Thora Tenbrink, Bangor University
  • Nicolaos Theodossiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; SDSN Black Sea; World Academy of Art and Science
  • Isabel Toman, International Association of Universities
  • Elvio Toselli
  • Andrea Weinberg, Arizona State University
  • Matthew A. Witenstein, University of Dayton
  • Yun You, East China Normal University
  • Laurel Zaima-Sheehy, Columbia Climate School
  • Nikoleta Zampaki, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Institutional Anchors

Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures is a joint initiative of Arizona State University (ASU) and the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition. At ASU, it is housed within the Education for Planetary Futures Collaborative—one of the Learning Futures Collaboratives at Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation—and the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.

Education for Planetary FuturesArizona State University Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures LaboratoryUNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition

Network Partners

Key Insights grew from the NSF-supported Global Futures-Oriented Research Collective on Education for Sustainability (G-FORCES) and has evolved into a broader network-of-networks connecting academic, policy, and practice communities across regions. This expanding collaboration brings diverse expertise and knowledge traditions into conversation, supporting cross-cultural synthesis, policy engagement, and systems transformation.