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# Leerstoelen

![Nederlandse UNESCO Leerstoelhouders tijdens het UNESCO Symposium 2025](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/2025-06/chairs_hoofdafbeelding_5.jpg?h=3fd9b0f1&itok=I836VsOP)
**Bijschrift afbeelding:** Nederlandse UNESCO Leerstoelhouders tijdens het UNESCO Symposium 2025. (Foto: Philip Boakye en Priscilla Yeboah)
## UNESCO Leerstoelen in Nederland

### [Human Rights and Peace](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/human-rights-and-peace)
![Andrea Broderick](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/broderick.png?itok=oN30_OA7)
**Bijschrift afbeelding:** Andrea Broderick

### [Heritage and Values](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/heritage-and-values)
![Leerstoelhouder Ana Pereira Roders](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-06/chairs_ana_peirera_roders_0.jpeg?itok=6Ff1NQD-)

### [Issues-Based Arts Education, Intercultural Dialogue and Social Cohesion](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/issues-based-arts-education-intercultural-dialogue-and-social-cohesion)
![John Johnston](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/john_johnston.jpg?h=41cdb292&itok=cFLceMa3)

### [Comparative History of Slavery and the Transition to Citizenship](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/comparative-history-of-slavery-and-the-transition-citizenship)
![](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2026-04/k.fatah-black.jpg?h=ac52d6e0&itok=BoGn1nEW)
**Bijschrift afbeelding:** Karwan Fatah-Black (Foto: Ernst Coppejans)

### [Futures Literacy](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/futures-literacy)
![Loes Damhof](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/loes_damhof.jpg?h=f3c865e4&itok=8u0740BE)

### [Technology-enhanced Learning for Sustainable Development](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/technology-enhanced-learning-sustainable-development)
![Joop de Kraker](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/joop_de_kraker.png?h=de3f7faf&itok=g1yc4mcJ)

### [Global Heritage and Emerging Crime](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/global-heritage-and-emerging-crime)
![](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2026-03/donna_yates_by_antonia_waltermann.jpg?h=0e39e36e&itok=Rle1HJiD)
**Bijschrift afbeelding:** Donna Yates is benoemd tot UNESCO Leerstoelhouder Cultureel Erfgoed en Nieuwe Criminaliteit. (Foto: Antonia Waltermann)

### [Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/diversity-and-inclusion-global-science)
![](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-08/rodrigo.jpg?h=38d04c78&itok=Gj80sEMk)
**Bijschrift afbeelding:** Rodrigo Costas Comesaña

### [Human Rights in Higher Education](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/human-rights-higher-education)
![Felisa Tibbitts](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/felisa_tibbitts.jpg?h=1bb37e0f&itok=Nj2EsLhT)

### [Sustainable Landscape Governance, Education and Citizen Science](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/sustainable-landscape-governance-education-and-citizen-science)
![](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2026-05/frans_j_sijtsma_tijdens_grants_1.jpg?itok=0OGpQLvI)
**Bijschrift afbeelding:** Leerstoelhouder Frans Sijtsma

### [Cross-Cultural Sustainability](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/cross-cultural-sustainability)
![Sylvia van de Bunt](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/sylvia_van_de_bunt_2.jpg?itok=RGOoxfAK)

### [AI & Data Science for Society](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/ai-data-science-society)
![Lampros Stergioulas](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/lampros_stergioulas.jpg?itok=adQyvi4I)

### [Museum Collections, Repatriation and Interculturality](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/museum-collections-repatriation-and-interculturality)
![Mirjam Shatanawi](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/mirjam_shatanawi_nmvw.jpg?itok=vmw4xO5a)

### [Anthropology of Digital Diversity](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/anthropology-of-digital-diversity)
![Bart Barendregt](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/bart_barendregt.png?h=e80e79b4&itok=FwH6qRqa)

### [Water, Ports and Historic Cities](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/water-ports-and-historic-cities)
![Carola Hein](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/carola_hein.jpg?h=9e24928c&itok=0SgvAP7I)

### [Decentralized Information Society Engineering](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/decentralized-information-society-engineering)
![Jaap Gordijn, UNESCO Leerstoelhouder](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-11/jaap-2025-nov.jpg?itok=bHFVM6LA)
**Bijschrift afbeelding:** Jaap Gordijn, UNESCO Leerstoelhouder Decentralized Information Society Engineering

### [Science, Technology and Innovation for Sust. Dev. for Latin America](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/science-technology-and-innovation-sust-dev-latin-america)
![Carlo Pietrobelli](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-07/carlo_pietrobelli_2.jpg?itok=Bk63J_zV)

### [Social Learning and Sustainable Development](https://unesco.nl/leerstoelen/social-learning-and-sustainable-development)
![UNESCO Leerstoelhouder Arjen Wals (WUR)](https://unesco.nl/sites/default/files/styles/overview/public/2025-10/arjenleboklein.jpg?itok=4aiTULNC)
**Bijschrift afbeelding:** UNESCO Leerstoelhouder Arjen Wals (WUR)