Heila Lotz-Sisitka is a Distinguished Professor of Education and holds a Tier 1 South African National Research Foundation/Department of Science and Technology Chair in Global Change and Social Learning Systems at Rhodes University, South Africa, and is Director of the Environmental Learning Research Centre. Her research focuses on environment and sustainability education in the global South, transformative, transgressive learning, education system change and skills for just transitioning to sustainability. She has served on numerous national and international scientific and policy forums to advance Education for Sustainable Development policy and practice globally, most recently as member of the expert group convened to revise the UNESCO 1974 Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights. She has won numerous awards, including the SAERA Research Honours Award, and is a Member of the South African Academy of Sciences.