{"id":200690,"date":"2023-02-27T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/?page_id=200690"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:38:36","slug":"institute-heritage-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-200690\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-200690-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-200690-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<style>h1.entry-title {display: none;}<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-200690-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-200690-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-200690-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-201351 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/07\/mesh-in_logo_farbig-300x95.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/07\/mesh-in_logo_farbig-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/07\/mesh-in_logo_farbig-1024x325.png 1024w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/07\/mesh-in_logo_farbig-1536x488.png 1536w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/07\/mesh-in_logo_farbig.png 1688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>MESH-In: A New Network for Heritage Synergies<\/h3>\n<p>The Institute Heritage Studies is building MESH-In (Merging Engagements with Synergies in Heritage \u2013 Initiative), a long-term, partnership-based undertaking that brings practice-based heritage synergies together with UNESCO's policy-driven efforts toward coherence. Building on 25 years of work in heritage policy, research, education and practice, MESH-In unites partners from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe. A side event at the World Heritage Committee Session takes place on <strong>22 July 2026<\/strong>, followed by a call for participation in <strong>autumn 2026<\/strong> and the <strong>launch of MESH-In in spring 2027<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/mesh-in\/\">more ...<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/mesh-in\/\">https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/mesh-in\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-200690-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-200690-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-200690-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-200690-2-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>Perspectives: The Series Heritage Studies<\/h2>\n<p>The academic book series \u201cHeritage Studies\u201d seeks to paradigmatically comprehend and enhance our understanding of the heritage of humanity. The series explores diverse constructions of heritage\u2014ranging from material to immaterial to documentary, from static to dynamic, from individual to social\u2014and presents these explorations in a way that makes heritage and its associated meaning more accessible. One of the series\u2019 most important goals is promoting global awareness about the thematic, content-related and culturally diverse approaches to heritage protection and utilization, as outlined in the UNESCO Conventions and Declarations. The series achieves this by featuring authors and editors from different regions of the world and thus also contributes to the process of decolonizing knowledge in the field of heritage. We have taken significant steps towards this goal with our previous co-edited volumes, all of which display perspectives from across the world. The book, \u201c50 Years World Heritage Convention: Shared Responsibility \u2013 Conflict and Reconciliation\u201d, was written by 61 authors from 28 countries and published in open access. In only one year, the book has achieved 195 K downloads, highlighting the success of our inclusive approach. We invite you to publish your visions on the topic of the \"Heritage of Humanity\" in our series. <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/category\/publications\/books\/heritage-studies-series\/\">more ...<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-200690-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-200690-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-200690-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-200690-3-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3><strong>Publications: Diversity of our Heritage<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Heritage in its significance for human identity and development is a constituent part of the approach of the <em>Institute Heritage Studies<\/em> and it\u2019s book series. As such, the protection of heritage and its sustainable utilisation is understood and disseminated as a potential for creating identity and peace. This implies a concept of heritage that, in contrast to classical concepts of heritage protection and utilisation, represents the diversity of our world and thus reflects the coexistence of people in diverse trans-social, trans-cultural or trans-political communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recently published:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-200690-3-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-blog panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"heritage-books panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-200690-3-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-blog so-widget-sow-blog-standard-c94a62217939-200690\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"sow-blog sow-blog-layout-standard\"\n\t\tdata-template=\"standard\"\n\t\tdata-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:2,&quot;featured_image&quot;:true,&quot;featured_image_empty&quot;:true,&quot;featured_image_fallback&quot;:true,&quot;featured_image_size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;featured_image_size_width&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;featured_image_size_height&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;excerpt&quot;,&quot;trim_manual_excerpt&quot;:true,&quot;read_more&quot;:true,&quot;excerpt_length&quot;:55,&quot;excerpt_trim&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;read_more_text&quot;:&quot;more&quot;,&quot;date_output_format&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;infinite&quot;,&quot;pagination_reload&quot;:&quot;standard&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;filter_categories&quot;:false,&quot;categories&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;template&quot;:&quot;standard&quot;}\"\n\t\tdata-paged=\"1\"\n\t\tdata-paging-id=\"c94a62217939\"\n\t\tdata-total-pages=\"1\"\n\t\tdata-hash=\"81d33d0b\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-blog-ajax-loader\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-blog-ajax-loader-icon\"><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-blog-posts\">\n\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-201272\" class=\"post-201272 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-heritage-studies-series category-recently-published\" style=\"margin: 0 0 40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/cultural-heritage-re-imagined-a-systemic-approach-to-theory-practice-and-management\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Reimagined400x600-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Reimagined400x600-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Reimagined400x600-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-blog-content-wrapper\"\n\t\t style=\"padding: 25px 30px 38px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"sow-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-entry-title\" style=\"margin: 0 0 5px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/cultural-heritage-re-imagined-a-systemic-approach-to-theory-practice-and-management\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cultural Heritage Re-Imagined. A Systemic Approach to Theory, Practice, and Management.<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-entry-content\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin-top: 20px;\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<p>2026 \u00b7 Editors: Matthias Ripp, Sushobhan Majumdar, Claire Cave \u00b7 This book offers an innovative perspective on cultural heritage, blending theory, practice, and management through a comprehensive, interdisciplinary lens. It proposes a systemic approach to understanding heritage as a dynamic and evolving entity, emphasizing its interconnectedness with social, cultural, environmental, and technological systems. more ...<a class=\"sow-more-link more-link excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/cultural-heritage-re-imagined-a-systemic-approach-to-theory-practice-and-management\/\">more<span class=\"sow-more-link-arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-201218\" class=\"post-201218 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-heritage-studies-series category-recently-published\" style=\"margin: 0 0 40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/living-heritage-and-sustainable-tourism-management-policies-principles-and-propositions\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Living-Heritage600x400-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Living-Heritage600x400-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Living-Heritage600x400-2-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-blog-content-wrapper\"\n\t\t style=\"padding: 25px 30px 38px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"sow-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-entry-title\" style=\"margin: 0 0 5px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/living-heritage-and-sustainable-tourism-management-policies-principles-and-propositions\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Living Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Management. Policies, Principles, and Propositions.<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-entry-content\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin-top: 20px;\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<p>2026 \u00b7 Editors: Surabhi Srivastava, Isabel Vaz de Freitas, Eduarda Raba\u00e7al \u00b7 This book presents emerging research on methods and approaches for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, with a particular focus on its relevance to design and the arts. Drawing on case studies from countries such as India, Portugal, Brazil, Australia, Thailand and other regions, the...<a class=\"sow-more-link more-link excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/living-heritage-and-sustainable-tourism-management-policies-principles-and-propositions\/\">more<span class=\"sow-more-link-arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-201225\" class=\"post-201225 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-heritage-studies-series category-recently-published\" style=\"margin: 0 0 40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/heritage-narratives-and-experiences-exploring-conservation-tourism-and-city-identity-in-historical-urban-contexts\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Heritage_Narratives600x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Heritage_Narratives600x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Heritage_Narratives600x400-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-blog-content-wrapper\"\n\t\t style=\"padding: 25px 30px 38px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"sow-entry-header\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-entry-title\" style=\"margin: 0 0 5px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/heritage-narratives-and-experiences-exploring-conservation-tourism-and-city-identity-in-historical-urban-contexts\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Heritage Narratives and Experiences. Exploring Conservation, Tourism, and City Identity in Historical Urban Contexts.<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-entry-content\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin-top: 20px;\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<p>2025 \u00b7 Author: Tianchen Dai \u00b7 This book examines how visitors, researchers, and authorities perceive the value, authenticity, and atmosphere of heritage in historical cityscapes. It analyzes the narratives created by corresponding stakeholders and sheds light on how such perceptions influence decision-making regarding heritage management, heritage consumption, and the formation of the city's image. more...<a class=\"sow-more-link more-link excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/heritage-narratives-and-experiences-exploring-conservation-tourism-and-city-identity-in-historical-urban-contexts\/\">more<span class=\"sow-more-link-arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sow-post-navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pagination<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-nav-links sow-post-pagination-infinite\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-200690-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-200690-8\" ><div id=\"pgc-200690-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"19\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-200690-8-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>Perspectives: Heritage and Sustainable Development<\/h2>\n<p>At the IHS, Heritage Studies is positioned as a critical discipline that derives interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research questions and topics, explicitly from the constantly changing realities of daily life for the people of the world. This includes positioning the epistemological interest in the context of the world\u2019s diversity, reflecting the cultural diversity in the approaches and methods of heritage studies worldwide without becoming arbitrary as well as developing strategies for the future, for example, for a sustainable approach to heritage. In other words, about the goal is not to gain abstract knowledge but to explicitly conceive heritage studies paradigmatically for human development and to work on this theoretically and practically through projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-200690-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-200690-9\" ><div id=\"pgc-200690-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"20\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2><strong>Project: Education for Sustainable Development<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-200690-9-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget_siteorigin-panels-builder panel-last-child\" data-index=\"21\" ><div id=\"pl-w6a56039c1a26c\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6a56039c1a26c-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6a56039c1a26c-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6a56039c1a26c-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/sustainable-heritage-education-from-conceptual-development-to-practical-implementation\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Projektbild-KI_1.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Projektbild-KI_1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Projektbild-KI_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Projektbild-KI_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Projektbild-KI_1-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Projektbild-KI_1-720x480.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" title=\"Sustainable Heritage Education: From Conceptual Development to Practical Implementation\" alt=\"Sustainable Heritage Education: From Conceptual Development to Practical Implementation\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-w6a56039c1a26c-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6a56039c1a26c-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6a56039c1a26c-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/sustainable-heritage-education-from-conceptual-development-to-practical-implementation\/\"><strong>Sustainable Heritage Education: From Conceptual Development to Practical Implementation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heritage education holds significant potential for fostering sustainable development and societal transformation by highlighting the relevance of heritage to contemporary sustainability challenges. We frame sustainable heritage education as a holistic approach that considers both the individual and societal significance of heritage while providing impulses for shaping a sustainable future.<\/p>\n<p>The project develops both a conceptual framework as well as practice-oriented guidelines that systematically link heritage education with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and transformative learning. The project explores heritage as an agent for transformative learning and sustainable development, emphasizing its role as a space for reflection on sustainable action, climate adaptation and broader processes of societal transformation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-200690-9-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-9-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"22\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-200690-9-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"23\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-201225\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/youngclimateaction\/en\/ressources\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/Deckblatt-YCAWH-Promoting-Climate-Action-and-Sustainability-in-World-Heritage-Education-2025.jpg\" width=\"1190\" height=\"1683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/Deckblatt-YCAWH-Promoting-Climate-Action-and-Sustainability-in-World-Heritage-Education-2025.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/Deckblatt-YCAWH-Promoting-Climate-Action-and-Sustainability-in-World-Heritage-Education-2025-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/Deckblatt-YCAWH-Promoting-Climate-Action-and-Sustainability-in-World-Heritage-Education-2025-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/Deckblatt-YCAWH-Promoting-Climate-Action-and-Sustainability-in-World-Heritage-Education-2025-1086x1536.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1190px) 100vw, 1190px\" title=\"\u201eYoung Climate Action for World Heritage. Promoting Climate Action and Sustainability in World Heritage Education\u201d\" alt=\"\u201eYoung Climate Action for World Heritage. Promoting Climate Action and Sustainability in World Heritage Education\u201d\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-200690-9-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"24\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-200690-9-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>\u201eYoung Climate Action for World Heritage. Promoting Climate Action and Sustainability in World Heritage Education\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/youngclimateaction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/YCA_Abschlusspublikation_EN_Web_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project publication<\/a> celebrates the commitment of students to World Heritage and climate action. It highlights project outcomes, offers guidance on student-centred, action-oriented and transformative education as well as a practical toolkit for exploring World Heritage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-200690-10\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-200690-10\" ><div id=\"pgc-200690-10-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-10-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"25\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-200690-10-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>Perspectives: Memory of the World<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-200690-11\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-200690-11\" ><div id=\"pgc-200690-11-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-11-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"26\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-201225\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.achs2026.nz\/\"\n\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/ACHS-2026-Social-Media-tile_1000-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/ACHS-2026-Social-Media-tile_1000-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/ACHS-2026-Social-Media-tile_1000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/ACHS-2026-Social-Media-tile_1000-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/heritagestudies.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/ACHS-2026-Social-Media-tile_1000.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS)\" alt=\"Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS)\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-200690-11-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-200690-11-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"27\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The Documentary Heritage Network (DHN), established within the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) in March 2026, brings together scholars and practitioners of diverse disciplines, regions and levels of experience working with or interested in documents as heritage. Its purpose is to create an international, interdisciplinary community committed to advancing critical engagement with documentary heritage and the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. These have been underrepresented in heritage research and practice.<\/p>\n<p>With its establishment in 2012, the Institute Heritage Studies (IHS) has identified them as key areas of research. It now consolidates and extends this process through its co-director, Anca Claudia Prodan, who initiated the establishment of the DHN, and jointly developed it further with Dominique van de Klundert, Junsu Seo, Tamara \u0110oki\u0107, and Dagnija Baltina. The DHN will be officially inaugurated in a dedicated panel at the biennial ACHS conference, from 29 November to 2 December 2026, in New Zealand<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achs2026.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACHS Conference 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criticalheritagestudies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of Critical Heritage Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MESH-In: A New Network for Heritage Synergies The Institute Heritage Studies is building MESH-In (Merging Engagements with Synergies in Heritage \u2013 Initiative), a long-term, partnership-based undertaking that brings practice-based heritage synergies together with UNESCO&#8217;s policy-driven efforts toward coherence. 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