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Research
Research Outputs
This Working Group focuses on researching the development, application, and impact of the Sustainability Mindset. The Sustainability Mindset is best described through its 12 Principles, grouped into four content areas: ecological worldview, systemic perspective, emotional and spiritual intelligence. The mindset is an internal dimension that is seen in actions and behaviors. Multiple research projects are underway to assess the impact of developing the mindset shift using the Sustainability Mindset Indicator (more details below).
Research Conferences
The Working Group has been presenting sessions about the Sustainability Mindset at the Academy of Management since 2014. It has organized several international retreat meetings before the Academy of Management, and two International Conferences: Italy (2018) and Denmark Copenhagen DK (2025).
Members have presented at various academic conferences and participated as guest lecturers in other members’ institutions.
Engagement Opportunities
Monthly Virtual Meetings:
LEAP Café: A monthly informal space to meet and connect with colleagues from around the
world. Every first Monday of the month at 8 am NY Time.
Storytelling Circle: The monthly Storytelling Circle, 3rd Monday of the month, features
members who share about their work, passion or projects related to developing the Sustainability Mindset.
Please see the event calender tab for upcoming events.
Open Call for Collaboration:
The Working Group invites collaboration with other organizations and encourage members to make suggestions and start projects within the scope of the Sustainability Mindset.
Ongoing and past collaboration examples include:
A Systems Influencer group was launched with 14 members from Africa, Europe, North and Latin America to explore ways to bring the sustainability mindset into their organization. New members are welcome. The group meets twice a year.
The Working Group participated in the Humanistic Management Working Group in New York in 2024.
The WG recognizes members spontaneously promoting the Sustainability Mindset and invite new members. We honor them with the title of Ambassadors. We currently have five in Russia, UK, Germany, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Host or attend Regional F2F meetings (Philadelphia, Vancouver, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Copenhagen, Paris, Miami, New York, Atlanta, Portland, Anaheim, Barcelona, Curitiba, Sao Paulo, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston)
LEAP is a Founding Member of AIM2Flourish and in 2015 twenty three members of LEAP! became part of the pilot of AIM2Flourish.
Higher School of Economics, Moscow, launched the Sustainability Mindset Award in 2023
In 2022, the Working Group collaborated with Exelia University in La Rochelle, France, developing their faculty.
In 2018, Kennesaw State University and the Working Group partnered in organizing a Seminar and a Conference on the Sustainability Mindset in Tuscany, Italy
The Center of Sustainability Mindset and Social Responsibility (CSMSR) of IPMI International Business School in Jakarta opened in 2017. It designs collaboration with other researchers and experts to make sure that future leaders are equipped with the new paradigm of Business as an Agent for World Benefit
Resource Development
The Working Group collaborates to publish books with resources for educators to build a sustainability mindset amongst their students.
Stay tuned for resources to be uploaded in the resources tab!
Other Activities
Sustainability Mindset Indicator:
The Working Group assesses the sustainability mindset through the Sustainability Mindset Indicator, developed by Dr. Isabel Rimanoczy and Professor Dr. Beate Klingenberg as both a personal development and a research tool. It is based on the conceptual framework of the 12 Sustainability Mindset Principles, and includes elements of positive psychology, human development stages, transformative learning, humanistic psychology and polarity thinking. Launched in 2021, it is being used by educators around the world including Australia, Austria, Mexico, Spain, Indonesia, UK, Germany, Italy, US, Austria, and Russia. For example, universities are using the SMI for research projects for pre-post assessment and for their teaching at universities such as Politecnico de Milano, TEC Monterrey, Guelph University, U. Navarra, and IPMI Indonesia.
Awards and Recognitions:
- AIM2Flourish Awards- WG professors participating have received awards every year since 2018.
- Reimagine Education Awards- The Sustainability Mindset Indicator Project was presented by Isabel Rimanoczy at the event Reimagine Education, a global competition rewarding innovative approaches aimed at enhancing student learning outcomes and employability organized by Wharton University and QS UK. The Sustainability Mindset Indicator project received the First Prize-Gold Award in Social Sciences, and Second Prize - Silver Award in the Sustainability category, and Bronze in 2021.
- Finalist Prize from the Humanistic Management Association- In 2018 Publication of ‘Developing a Sustainability Mindset in Management Education’ with contributions of 23 members from 11 countries. Kassel & Rimanoczy (Eds.) Routledge Taylor.
- Gianluca Spina Award- Beate Klingenberg, Albachiara Boffelli and Alice Madonna (professors at University of Bergamo) submitted a winning project to the Gianluca Spina Award for teaching excellence and innovation, funded by the Gianluca Spina Foundation and awarded by the Italian Association of Management Engineering.
- Best Paper Award by Junior Faculty- At AOM in 2016, the paper, The Sustainable Mindset: Connecting Being, Thinking, and Doing in Management Education by Kerul Kassel, Isabel Rimanoczy, and Shelley Mitchell won this award.