70% of young people* want to change the world
Source : According to the National Careers Service (UK), 70% of young people want to find a career that changes the world for the better.
The United Nations is calling on young people to step into leadership in the face of global crises.
Traditional education is no longer enough.
We equip you for the future.
20 years serving global education
Drawing on 20 years of co-creating education, with and for young people, we help you develop the skills you need to take meaningful action on today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.
Through our Learning Planet Academy, we prepare learners to be the best IN the world and empower you to become a true planetary citizen.
The Learning Planet Academy
Empowering learners to build better futures
The Learning Planet Academy brings together our academic programmes and our youth engagement programmes.
We combine project-based learning, research-action and design thinking to learn through hands-on experience, collaboration and purposeful engagement.
Grounded in research, strengthened by AI and co-created with young people, our approach builds the capacity to act on the most critical challenges:
Environment & Climate training the actors of the ecological transition
Peace & Democracy building a fairer, more inclusive world
Mental Health & Wellbeing caring for all generations
A unique model built on 7 core pillars
- Accredited diplomas
- International co-design and co-governance with and for young people
- Research-based initiatives
- A global focus aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Impact-driven social entrepreneurship
- Personalised learning at scale through the ethical use of AI
- The support of two major UN organisations - UNESCO and the United Nations University - establishing our international legitimacy and visibility
Our academic programmes
EURIP Graduate School
The "École Universitaire de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Paris" (Paris School of Interdisciplinary Research - EURIP) Université Paris Cité / Learning Planet Institute) - brings together the Master of AIRE programme (Approaches to Interdisciplinary Research and Education) and the FIRE Doctoral School (Frontiers of Innovation in Research and Education). EURIP welcomes students and early-career researchers committed to tackling today’s major challenges in planetary health through innovative, interdisciplinary and unconventional approaches.
Inspiring journeys
Former Learning Planet Institute learners who are now driving the change they once wanted to see in the world.
The Institute allowed me to develop my personality, almost without realising it. The confidence that was instilled in me worked like silent magic. I was given opportunities, not just any opportunities: the best opportunities, to reveal what was inside me. I would like to thank all those who have accompanied me. What you do goes beyond the “simple” perimeter of teaching: you shape personalities, you reveal potential... Thank you so much for your trust...
My most vivid memory is of the group discussions (...). I realised how much our different educational backgrounds conditioned us to think about the world's problems (...) within a certain framework, and how much we all had to gain from sharing (...). I think that such exchanges were crucial in formulating my research questions
The Institut is a place that has transformed me. No other place has such a concentration of talent! (...) At the Learning Planet Institute, they give us an incredible amount of confidence (...) They really believe in our potential for action (...) My time at the Institute has really had a long-term impact on me.
The Learning Planet Institute breaks down the barriers to daring. There's an audacity, a latent madness in us, and it's coming out! It's a big RESET of the machine. They're trying to de-format us so that we can build ourselves in our own way.
The Learning Planet Institute has done a lot for me. I owe the success of my career to the Institute. (...) I didn't know how to do research. I was able to explore my own path (...) If you're really interested, you have everything you need to become who you want to be. (...) I'd love to go back there.
Our youth engagement programmes
Ready to change the world and develop the skills to make it happen? Join our international youth engagement programmes!
Tools and resources for learners
Explore our digital tools
By harnessing both artificial and collective intelligence — particularly in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — our digital tools enable global collaboration, access to high-quality learning resources, and the analysis of large-scale data to better understand today’s challenges.
Discover our introductory course on sustainability
MOOC - What paths for a sustainable World?
Available online and free of charge.
This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) introduces the key challenges of sustainability and the range of solutions — existing and emerging — designed to address them. It provides a clear synthesis of the latest scientific knowledge in the field.
