Artificial Intelligence in Sustainability Teaching and Research

Professor Walter Leal is Professor, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Professor Walter Leal is Distinguished "Euro-Professor," holding professorial posts at universities in Germany (Chair of Climate Change Management at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences), United Kingdom (Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University), Sweden (University of Uppsala), and Poland (Merito University). He has two main research interests. The first is in the field of sustainable development, where he holds a world record of publications.

Professor Tony Wall, Ph.D. EdD, is Full Professor and Faculty Associate Dean at Liverpool John Moores University and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Phu Xuan University, Vietnam. He is National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow at AdvanceHE and leads the British Council funded Digi:Doi Consortium. His research is ranked #1 on Google Scholar for "management development" and "management learning" (non-retired).

Professor Hendrik Müller is Professor of Business Ethics and Designated Vice-Dean at Fresenius Hochschule of Applied Sciences. He has an established research record in the field of classical literature as well as cultural history and ethics and has recently co-authored a book on sustainable AI (Springer 2025).

Professor Peter Yang is Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University. His current research focuses on climate change and climate action, and more specifically, the fossil fuel-based economic causes of climate change in the major economies and their actions to mitigate CO2 emissions, including the deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. He is Author and Editor of four books, with the most recent one "Renewable Energy: Challenges and Solution" (Springer Nature, 2024) and numerous journal papers and book chapters in this research area. He also works actively with international organizations such as UNESCO Green Education Partnership and renewable energy Policy Network for the 21st Century.

Dr. Andrzej Klimczuk is Sociologist and Public Policy Expert. He is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Policy of the Collegium of Socio-Economics at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. He is External Expert of institutions such as the European Commission, URBACT Programme, Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, Fondazione Cariplo, and International Federation on Ageing. He is Author of many scientific publications in the field of gerontology, labor economics, public management, and social policy. He is Sections Editor in the “Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging” (Springer Nature, Cham 2021).