The Anthropocene Curriculum was initiated in 2013 by Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG).

The pathway and key contribution that appear in the AC Course On Curricula were co-authored by Andreas Doepke, Nick Houde, Katrin Klingan, Lorna McDowell, Christoph Rosol, Carlina Rossée, Georg Schaefer, and Fiona Shipwright.