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CEER provides environmental education training courses and supervises research at under- and post-graduate levels. The main themes and the specific research agenda of CEER revolves around the development of curriculum material and the investigation into effective methodologies on how to carry out effective educational programmes in the formal education sector. CEER field of activity also includes work within the community, co-operation with governmental and non-governmental organisations, and networking with local and regional groups/individuals to initiate joint projects.

• Coordination with the Vietnamese German University (VGU) in Vietnam
• in contact with European partner universities

The Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication was founded in 1996. Today, it is part of the Faculty of Environmental Technology at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. The institute's academic staff carries out research, teaching, and knowledge-transfer activities related to environment and sustainability communication. Scientific analysis, theory elaboration, and concept development are the key components of all research projects carried out at this institute. Their objective is to promote the development of competencies at the individual, institutional, and collective levels in order to create a future based on the principle of sustainability. In the autumn of 2005, this institute was awarded the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development. The Chair's goal is to integrate the principle of sustainability into teaching activities and strengthen the institute's international orientation by establishing new cooperative ventures.

The institute of educational science deals with apprenticeship, research and publication among other things about global learning.

The Human Rights Center (MRZ) mainly focuses on the collection, editing and archiving of legal materials in order to make them available to legal professionals. The MRZ is the first institution of its kind in the Federal Republic of Germany. It works in close cooperation with the European Council and the departments of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Justice that are responsible for human rights. It also collaborates with other institutions focusing on human rights in Germany and in other countries represented in the European Council.

Another major objective of the Center is to establish a specialized library for the use of Center's researchers and students from Berlin and Potsdam, as well as outside researchers and government representatives. In addition, the MRZ publishes scientific papers treating human rights issues from the perspectives of international law, European Community Law and national law.

Department of Educational Futures Studies