Our academic programs
Paris School of Interdisciplinary Research (EURIP)
Driving change towards a sustainable futureEURIP welcomes students and young researchers keen to tackle the major contemporary challenges of sustainability and global health, using innovative, interdisciplinary and unconventional approaches.
EURIP hosts a Master's program and a Doctoral School.
Meaningful Open Opportunities for Discovery (MOOD)
For 15-35 year-olds who want to change the world and get involvedMOODs are immersive, certifying learning paths created by the Institute. 18-35 year-olds explore their raison d'être by tackling global challenges through concrete projects.
They testify
Our alumni
The Learning Planet Institute breaks down the barriers to daring. There's an audacity, a latent madness in us, and it comes 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 Institute opens up the field of possibilities, and I've made the most of it.
We used to be told, “Make your own path, you're on your own!” The Master's program, which is devoid of lectures, emphasizes critical and entrepreneurial thinking. (...) Generally speaking, there's a real generosity towards young people within the Master's program. It's not a case of “you young people don't know anything”, but quite the opposite!
FIRE offers a truly international, interdisciplinary and creative outlook. All thesis topics are focused on ecological and social issues. I finally feel like I belong.
The Institute transformed me. No other place houses such a concentration of talent! We are given an incredible space to trust and truly believe in our potential. The impact on me has been lasting.
“My most vivid memory is of the group discussions (...). I realized the extent to which our different backgrounds conditioned us to think about the world's problems (...) within a certain framework, and the richness we all had to gain from sharing (...). I believe that such exchanges were crucial in the formulation of my research questions.
I said when I was 20 that the only job I didn't want to do was to be a researcher... We all change our minds! (...) You don't have to follow a straight path to become a researcher these days.
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.
MOOD participants
This program has helped me to move beyond simple awareness to a real understanding of how to act. It provides concrete tools for turning ideas into climate solutions. In a world where the challenge seems immense, this MOOD reminds us that action starts small, but grows stronger together.
AmbroseThe program was transformative: it helped me connect my personal purpose (Ikigai) to real-world challenges. I leave not only with knowledge, but with confidence and total clarity about my goals for the future and the kind of change I want to contribute to.
MariaI've never taken a course like this: it's so much more fun and interesting than traditional school-based learning! Facilitators create a safe space to collaborate with young people from all over the world. It's the best way to meet like-minded people.
Sakshi
International commitment
The Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge
A call for innovative educational projects worldwide, by and for young peopleAn international challenge for 15-26 year-olds, focusing on 3 themes (environment/climate, peace/democracy, mental health/well-being).
Selected young people receive online training and mentoring; the 12 winners receive a scholarship.
Peaceful Futures
Training young leaders for peaceThe “Peaceful Futures” program, a joint initiative of Global Education Futures and the Learning Planet Institute, aligned with UNESCO's priorities, aims to train and empower hundreds of young leaders around the world, transforming them into artisans of Peace.
The LearningPlanet Festival
A collective space for dialogue and action to rethink educationThe LearningPlanet Festival takes place on a decentralized, global scale, with online, on-site and hybrid events aimed at shaping the future of learning. Every January, on International Education Day, it brings together hundreds of thousands of participants from 193 countries.
ReModelUN
Reinventing United Nations ModelsReModelUN transforms the Model United Nations (MUN) experience. Participants propose their own innovative ideas, synthesized by AI and transmitted to UN agencies for real impact.
Seasonal Schools
Learning by doing for the SDGsA short course offering project-based learning in response to ecological and social issues.
The MakerLab
Innovate frugally260m² for this innovation center, where frugal solutions to environmental and societal problems are imagined, prototyped and manufactured.
They testify
Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge participants
Incubation enabled me to transform a simple idea into a structured, well-thought-out project. I learned to think in terms of scale (scalability) and to refine my communication. I came away with the conviction that small ideas, properly supported, can become sustainable, impactful initiatives.
Arpita BhansaliI discovered much more than a program: a caring space filled with people who truly believe in the power of youth. I learned that leadership isn't about doing everything yourself, but about creating something that others want to nurture with you.
Monserrat Galeana CruzToo often, adults ignore young people or pretend to listen to them. Here, we're seeing a real change: we're moving towards dialogue and co-construction. We don't just talk to young people, we work with them, giving them a real decision-making role.
Daniel Persky
Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge participants
It's a community of “changemakers” that's hugely motivating. Seeing other young people taking action for their community (...) is a source of inspiration. You find mentors, you share your passions and, above all, you realize that you're not alone in wanting to make a difference.
Matthew Persky, 14, USA; Andrei Bylinin, 17, Russia; and Akira Ohyabu, 16, JapanThe LearningPlanet Festival is a rewarding space that connects us to the real world. We go from the field to meeting policy-makers and social entrepreneurs. By dialoguing with previous generations, we make our projects more concrete and speak out to multiply our impact.
Raven Frias (Alumna) and Jerry Chan (Youth Fellow)
ReModelUN participants
This format allowed us to debate not as rivals, but as startup founders. By embracing total creative freedom, we moved beyond existing structures to propose alternative models. This collective energy reminded me why ReModelUN is essential: it's one of the few spaces where you really have the right to imagine the future.
ReModelUN is a transformative experience that pushes us out of our comfort zone. Here, no one is out to win: we learn to suspend our egos to co-create. It's a rare space that offers the freedom to dream and collaborate across boundaries, revealing the true essence of diplomacy: respect, active listening and building a shared goal.
Seasonal School participants
At Learning Planet Institute, there's an open-mindedness that I haven't found anywhere else. You're accepted as you are, and you can live life to the full.
Roua MazouzIt's a very rich and multicultural environment (...) When they told us that we were going to be able to develop our projects and our dreams, I said to myself that there was really room to deploy our potential (...) The environment is very pleasant, the people are kind, encouraging and curious (...) For me, the Summer School was the beginning of a dream.
Yuxuan Li
Getting involved, in and out of school, in France
Grigny: a laboratory for educational success
Meeting local challenges through educational innovationThe aim of the project is to combat school and social dropout in Grigny by experimenting with and modeling new educational engineering methods throughout the educational career of children aged 2 to 18, in and out of school, in order to secure learning and facilitate educational transitions.
The Schools Challenge
Urban and eco-responsible challenges for schoolchildrenIn partnership with JPMorganChase, this educational mentoring program aims to develop the interest of secondary school students in Seine-Saint-Denis in sustainable development and STEM, and to encourage them to take ownership of urban and local issues through project management.
The “Builders of Possibilities” method”
An interdisciplinary, citizen-centred, turnkey approachA turnkey pedagogy for interdisciplinary and civic-minded projects, designed for education professionals and students.
