Maik Adomssent is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany and in the managmenet team of the COPERNICUS Alliance. He is a member of the Round Table for the implementation of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in Germany. His activities in teaching and research are centred on (higher) education for sustainable development, biodiversity and nature conservation, and sustainability communication.