Victoria W. Thoresen

As an educator and researcher, Victoria W. Thoresen has specialized in curriculum development, global education, peace education, value-based education and education for sustainable development for over 30 years. She has written articles and textbooks for teacher training and has functioned as an international educational consultant around the world. As leader of PERL, The Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living, (a network of 140 universities in 50 countries) and as founder and director of the The Collaborative Learning Centre for Sustainable Development, Thoresen has worked closely with UNEP, UNESCO and other international agencies concerned with sustainable development particularly in connection with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes (now known as the One Planet Program) about Sustainable Consumption and Production’s program on Sustainable Lifestyles and Education; as well as having been a key partner with the U.N. Decade on Education for Sustainable Development and the Global Action Plan for Education for Sustainable Development. Thoresen was appointed UNESCO Chair for Education for Sustainable Lifestyles in 2014 and has been an invited speaker at numerous international conferences speaking on issues related to education for sustainable development.