Knowledge co-creation for transforming education for sustainable futures: Call to Action

There is an urgent need to transform education in line with the needs and interests of groups that have been historically disadvantaged through processes of unsustainable development. Transforming education for more sustainable futures is a complex problem that needs to be approached from the perspectives, interests and lived experience of those directly experiencing and facing those challenges. It requires drawing not only on knowledge from the academic disciplines but from Indigenous and local knowledge held in communities as well as professional knowledge and practical know-how held by practitioners, policymakers and other relevant stakeholders. Bringing together these different forms of expertise requires transgressing traditional top-down, university-led approaches to research, which often involve knowledge hierarchies that overlook and undervalue Indigenous, local, professional and practical knowledge. This is our Call to Action with evidence informed recommendations for transformative research. It was presented at TESF's online Legacy Event, July 17th 2023. This Call to Action is one of six: Climate and Environmental Justice Education Education for Sustainable Livelihoods Education for Sustainable Cities and Communities Tackling Intersecting Inequalities Knowledge co-creation for transforming education for sustainable futures Ethical partnerships for collaborative action and learnin