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Opportunity 2024 PRME Global Forum Call for Disciplinary Track Chairs
13 November, 2023 Separator of date and location New York, United States

2024 PRME Global Forum Call for Disciplinary Track Chairs

Call deadline: 10 December 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET

The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) will be hosting the 2024 PRME Global Forum on 18 June 2023 virtually.

The PRME Global Forum is PRME’s annual flagship event that brings together PRME’s stakeholders (i.e. students, faculty members, Deans/Heads of Schools and board members) to exchange knowledge and practices. Stakeholders share not only the latest pedagogical innovations that advance sustainable development, but also challenges encountered in developing responsible decision makers. The theme of this year’s event is Accelerating our Common Agenda.

In preparation for the 2024 PRME Global Forum, the Organizing Committee is seeking volunteers from the PRME community who are willing to lead the programming for the disciplinary tracks as well as advising and supporting the PRME Secretariat with the disciplinary-based PRME Faculty Awards. These Disciplinary Track Chairs will have an opportunity to help shape disciplinary knowledge and build faculty capabilities, by drawing in the best knowledge and experiences from around the world. The selected Chairs should demonstrate strong disciplinary knowledge and a commitment to high-quality teaching. The commitment is for one year, with the primary effort from January to June 2024.


Discipline-Specific Breakout Session: Overall Themes

  • Accounting & Finance

  • Marketing

  • Economics & Public Policy

  • Analytics

  • Management (includes Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Strategy, and International Business)


Chair of Discipline-Specific Breakout Session Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Design, organize, and lead the breakout session

  • Recruit and manage speakers for the breakout session

  • Attend monthly meetings with the Organizing Committee (from late January 2024 to June 2024) to report on the progress of the breakout session

  • Promote the PRME Global Forum and PRME Faculty Awards as well as PRME’s vision and mission

  • Contribute to the development and execution of the PRME Faculty Awards

  • Advising and supporting the Organizing Committee with the overall programme of the Global Forum as well as the PRME Faculty Awards


Chair of Discipline Specific Breakout Sessions: Application Requirements

  • Chair’s full name, position, area(a) or expertise and contact details

  • Chair’s affiliated PRME Signatory School

  • Overall theme of the breakout session (see above)

  • Provisional title of the breakout session

  • Format of the breakout session

  • Potential agenda of the breakout session

  • Potential contributors to the breakout session and a brief explanation of why you think they would be good

  • Brief explanation as to how the breakout session will contribute to the 2024 Global Forum and PRME’s vision/mission

  • A description of the Chair’s contributions to pedagogy and curriculum in the discipline


Important Dates:

  • Application deadline: 10 December at 11:59 p.m. ET

  • Notification: Week commencing 9 January 2024

  • First meeting: Week commencing 23 January 2024


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