The 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) is taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 25–29 July 2025. The PRME Secretariat is pleased to announce that we will once again be hosting a booth and participating in several engaging sessions throughout the conference. See below for our schedule of events and plan to connect with us in person. All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST).

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Visit us at Booth #101/103!

25 July

17938: Teaching with Technology: Experimenting and Innovating with AI in the Classroom

1:00–3:00 PM at Bella Center Hall C-C3-m13

AI in academia is a topic that management educators cannot afford to ignore as it impacts on how we as educators teach and how students learn (Barros et al., 2024; Larson, Mose, Caza, Muehlfeld, and Colombo, 2024). GenAI arrival in management education should be causing us all to reconsider what we do in the classroom and how we assess our students. Its fluency in creating content that reads well challenges many of our teaching and assessment structures, forcing us to investigate what we do, and what we should do. This PDW will provide examples of how innovators and early adopters have investigated and experimented with AI usage, sharing their insights and challenges as well as the opportunities. These early-stage experiments with generative AI and other AIs explore responsible management education and provide in-depth sharing and next steps for educators who are interested in adopting these technologies or wish to explore and learn from each other. Commencing with a useful overview of the current state of play in AI in management education the PDW then provides opportunities to engage with 6 early interventions in a bootcamp format. Delegates will gain a range of insights as they move from table to table for 15-minute slots. These interventions focus on personalized learning, bot support and feedback provision, prompt engineering and administrative support examples. Each contribution provides examples of a transformation pedagogic process in the teaching learning relationship, addressing what was done, how they used it and how others can adopt this themselves.

Attendee:

• Meredith Storey, PRME

11283: Harnessing the Case Method for Sustainable Development Success

3:00–4:30 PM at Bella Center Hall A-A1-m2

The case method has become more relevant than ever in today’s educational landscape. It provides a dynamic, participant-centered approach to learning that encourages active engagement, critical thinking, and problem-solving. By presenting real-world scenarios, it helps students bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application, making it especially valuable in tackling complex issues such as sustainability. As business schools worldwide increasingly prioritise the integration of sustainability into their curricula, the case method is as an essential tool for developing the skills needed to navigate today’s rapidly changing global landscape.

Attendee:

• Meredith Storey, PRME

PRME Booth

4:30-6:30 PM at Exhibitor Hall

Stop by the PRME booth in the Exhibitor Hall to connect with the PRME Secretariat and learn more about our mission to transform management education through the Principles for Responsible Management Education. Explore our educational offerings, including professional development opportunities, resources to integrate sustainability and responsible leadership into the classroom, and our global network of signatory business schools.

Attendees:

• Cheyenne Metz, PRME

• Samantha Thompson, PRME

26 July

14527: Innovating Pedagogies for Responsible Leadership Through Holistic Skills Set Development

9:00–10:30 AM at Bella Center Hall A-A1-m4

The challenges that face our world today have become increasingly complex and dynamic leading to a stronger need for the development of holistic skill sets. According to the MPG (2024), global talent shortages have reached a 16-year high, as 75% of employers can’t find the talent they need with the right blend of technical and soft skills. The current education system is not keeping up with the needs of students nor is it providing them with the skills required to join the workforce. Furthermore, Capranos, D. & Magda, A. J. (2023) found that 55% of human resources professionals and hiring managers said their organizations had a skills gap in 2021. By 2023, that number has risen to 69%. The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative of the UN Global Compact recognizes the need for business schools to provide educational experiences and classroom content which matches the creativity and urgency needed to train the leaders and managers of tomorrow. The PRME Pedagogy Programme encourages the development of innovative and playful interventions to transform pedagogy and teachings of business schools. In this PDW, participants will have the opportunity to engage with the PRME Pedagogy programme and incorporate values and skills of creativity in their pedagogy and teachings while understanding it through the lens of positive student impact. Participants will also be able to engage in our community of practice, sharing best practices, targeted towards furthering responsible management education through innovative pedagogies.

Attendees:

• Garrett Jaeger, winded.vertigo

• Maria Altamirano, winded.vertigo

• Meredith Storey, PRME

• Zein Ibrahim, PRME

• Kevin Radigan, Reacht Education

14510: Shift in Accreditation Standards: Societal Impact and Holistic Skills

1:00–2:30 PM at Bella Center Hall A-A3-m2

Each year the issues of our planet become more pressing. There has become a need for a change in higher education based on the rapid and dynamic changes of the world. Accreditation institutions are starting to notice this change leading to a shift of focus in their standards. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA), and the European Foundation for Management Development’s (EFMD) are the three leading international accreditation bodies for many business and management schools. Since the global pandemic in 2020 the need for a stronger and more positive societal impact has been evident in our world, and is now being reflected in accreditation standards. Each of these institutions highlight the importance of societal impact or social responsibility, and the holistic skills needed to achieve them as a requirement for accreditation. The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is an initiative of the UN Global Compact. PRME’s mission is to transform management education and develop the responsible decision-makers of tomorrow to advance sustainable development. In this PDW, PRME will share a unique lens on how to achieve societal impact through the usage of the SDGs as a framework in reporting while also emphasizing the importance of holistic skillset development in students. Furthermore, participants will be engaging and discussing how PRME resources can be used as a tool to aid business schools with reporting as well as acquiring and maintaining accreditation.

Attendees:

• Meredith Storey, PRME

• Zein Ibrahim, PRME

In an era where sustainability challenges are increasingly pressing, this Professional Development Workshop (PDW) is designed to equip management educators with diverse and practical teaching strategies that address these challenges through sustainability and responsible leadership. By showcasing a variety of interdisciplinary approaches and tools, from interactive climate modeling and team charters to engaging games, sustainability mindset indicator and foundational courses on innovation, this workshop aims to empower educators to cultivate a deeper understanding and commitment to sustainable practices among students in organizational setting. With a focus on practical applications, experienced educators will demonstrate interactive methodologies that participants can immediately implement in their classrooms, enhancing their teaching of management, sustainability, and organizational responsibility. This session is proposed and moderated by the Organizations and the Natural Environment Division’s teaching team to encourage effective teaching on sustainability.

Attendee:

• Divya Singhal, Professor- Goa Institute of Management

• Georg Reischauer - Vienna University of Economics and Business

• MARIA-JOSE IBANEZ; Hinrich Voss, Professor, University of Bristol

• Ekaterina A. Ivanova HSE University

• Trevor Zink - Loyola Marymount University

• Kira Brinkmann, LMU Munich School of Management;

• Viktoria Luise Unger - LMU Munich School of Management

• Isabel Rimanoczy -Sustainability Mindset

27 July

11859: Playing with Uncertainty and Innovation: Pedagogical Transformation in Today’s Management Education

10:15–11:45 AM at Bella Center Hall B-B2-m6

There has been a movement to address a notable skills gap that developed over the past decade (MPG, 2024; Capranos & Magda, 2023). Management school students are under-prepared with the breadth of skills that are urgently needed to address the grand challenges of the 21st century. Management education is in dire need to broaden its focus on content to include skills development and invest in how content is being learned and skills are being effectively developed. The panelists plan to discuss four major themes: opportunities in uncertainty, lifelong learning, leaping through the skills gap, and impact of technological support in shifting management education. There has been an increasing amount of uncertainty regarding many aspects of the future of society, including the role of higher education. While this might seem intimidating at first, it opens opportunities for innovation. PRME is preparing the next generation of managers to develop innovative mindsets and to overcome the ubiquitous obstacles from an everchanging and dynamic industry. We will share play experiences that aid in embracing uncertainty while sharing literature on well-being related to coping with different degrees of uncertainty.

Attendees:

• Garrett Jaeger, winded.vertigo

• Maria Altamirano, winded.vertigo

• Meredith Storey, PRME

• Zein Ibrahim, PRME

• Kevin Radigan, Reacht Education

• Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim, The American University in Cairo

13752: Responsible Management Competencies and the Role of Higher Education

12:00–1:30 PM at Bella Center Hall B-B5-m3

This symposium explores how higher education institutions (HEIs) are equipping future business leaders with the competencies necessary to navigate complex global challenges such as climate change, inequality, and shifting stakeholder expectations. Drawing on a diverse panel of educators, scholars, and practitioners, the session interrogates how ethics, responsibility, and sustainability (ERS) are being embedded into management education through curriculum innovation, pedagogical experimentation, and institutional reform. With contributions spanning theory and practice, the symposium engages with frameworks like the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and emerging models such as whole-person learning and virtue-based education. Attendees will benefit from concrete examples, tools, and reflections on curricular integration, student engagement, assessment strategies, and the use of digital platforms. The session also surfaces tensions and trade-offs, inviting critical dialogue around political resistance, institutional inertia, and questions of student buy-in. Moderated to encourage interactivity, the session includes structured discussion time and practical takeaways for educators across disciplines. This timely and relevant symposium offers a rich space for participants to exchange ideas and co-develop strategies that advance responsible management education in business schools and beyond.

Attendee:

• Meredith Storey, PRME

13872: Resources to develop a mindset for sustainability

Time and Location: TBD

Higher education has adopted goals of shaping a generation of responsible individuals who can contribute to society. In view of the difficult times ahead, this may mean working to solve the multiple social and environmental challenges. But we cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that created it, said Einstein. Our cognitive process is influenced by what we know, what we experienced, our values, beliefs, and emotions. Together they shape thinking habits that become automatic ways of making sense of information. Scholars have for decades pointed at the influence our thinking had on our actions, warning of the hidden obstacle they represented when more pro-social or pro-environmental behaviors were required. How can we assess if our pedagogical interventions are having any transformational impact, or at least prompting a revision of the un-sustainable paradigms we carry? Tests assess knowledge and mastery; projects assess skills and execution. How do we assess mindset-shift, transformational learning or increasing self-awareness? The Sustainability Mindset Indicator (SMI®️), a tool to map where students are in the development of their mindset for sustainability, provides educators with resources to further develop it. Aggregated results are used for research, comparing pre and post of a course, measuring impact and effectiveness.

Participants in this session will learn the key features of the SMI®️. Twelve professors from nine different countries will share about their use of the SMI®️, and what they are learning. The session is designed as rotating roundtables to stimulate dialogue and exchange.

Attendee:

• Isabel Rimanoczy , Convener LEAP, PRME Working Group and Founder Sustainability Mindset