Sawaros Thanapornsangsuth is a researcher at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). Dr Thanapornsangsuth’s research interests explore how education can be a foundational tool for sustainable development. Her goal is to study and promote a lifelong and innovative learning process that enables people to develop the knowledge, values, and skills—individually and collectively, locally and globally—that will improve their quality of life now without damaging the planet.