Empowering learners to be the best IN / FOR the world
20 years serving global education
With over 20 years of expertise in educational innovation and pedagogical research, we are transforming learning and training at every stage of life — so they can meet today’s and tomorrow’s planetary challenges.
We are deeply convinced that we must act now to empower young people to co-design the future of learning — so they can “learn to be the change they want to see in the world”(Gandhi).
Why now?
AI is revolutionizing the way we learn and work.
Interconnected global crises are accelerating and demand urgent responses.
Traditional education remains rooted in 20th century methods.
It's time to reinvent learning for the 21st century.
Manifesto for a planetary mission for the University
This manifesto proposes a planetary mission for universities, an evolution from guardians of knowledge to weavers of links, so that they can implement transdisciplinary solutions to conserve commons and cultivate inclusive models of learning and governance.
Training students, equipping educators, inspiring leaders.
Learners, education professionals, leaders — we offer education and training designed for today’s challenges:
A clear vision
A unique model built on 7 core pillars
Learning to care for ourselves, others and the planet through: learning that works, the skills you truly need, and a focus on the planetary challenges that matter
Co-founder of CRI / LPI Director of Engaged Life Science (ELiS)
See his biography
2006: In response to global crises, researchers François Taddei and Ariel Lindner founded the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CRI) Their conviction? A new and distinctive approach to research-based education was both necessary and possible.
2021: To address the planetary challenges identified by the SDGs, CRI evolves into the Learning Planet Institute (LPI). A renewed ambition: to co-create a learning society capable of tackling the complex challenges of today and tomorrow.
* Including 61% of women, 39% of men, 50% of international profiles and 17 nationalities; Gender Equality Index: 82/100
Our alumni
The Learning Planet Institute counts 2,000+ alumni. The diversity of their profiles, backgrounds and nationalities is the foundation of our richness, creativity, energy, legitimacy and recognition.
We would like to thank the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, our founding patron, for its generosity and trust, and for the decisive support it has given us since our creation in 2006, through to 2024.
Our historical partners
The City of Paris and UNESCO support the development and ambitions of the Learning Planet Institute from local to global scale.
Our academic and research partners
The Learning Planet Institute hosts and develops its teaching and research programs with
Over 500 international partners
We are an an open coalition of more than 500 global partners — including schools, youth initiatives, NGOs, research centres, governments and international organisations — connecting local communities with global institutions to act at every level of education and governance.
Supporting innovation. Raising awareness. Preparing the future.
The Friends of the Learning Planet Institute network brings together international figures who believe that education is the cornerstone of all transitions.
Join them and help give the Learning Planet Institute the means to pursue its global ambitions.
Located in the heart of Paris, the Learning Planet Institute is a place like no other.
Before talking about skills, the association recruits people who are caring, curious and open to the world. Atypical“ profiles and multidisciplinary backgrounds are common at the Institute.
