Professor (ret.) Werner Wintersteiner, Ph.D., was the founding director of the 'Centre for Peace Research and Peace Education' at Klagenfurt University, Austria. He is the founder of the Master’s program GCED at Klagenfurt University and a member of the core team. His research includes fields such as peace education and global citizenship education, culture and peace, the Alps-Adriatic region, literature and peace, literature education. His latest publication is “Die Welt neu denken lernen – Plädoyer für eine planetare Politik“ (transcript 2021). [Learning to rethink the world – a plea for planetary politics.]