RME in the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogy and Impactful Practice

History

The PRME Working Group on Responsible Management Education in the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogy and Impactful Practice emerged from a growing coalition of PRME educators committed to strengthening responsible management education through innovative pedagogies and transformative classroom practice. Building on the momentum of the i5 Learning in Leadership initiative and wider collaborations among PRME Signatory universities, the group formalizes an expanding community focused on teaching, pedagogic research, and shared resource development. It brings together faculty advancing classroom-based experimentation, certification pathways, and professional development opportunities. Anchored in SDG 4, the Working Group creates space for collaboration, reflection, and global exchange to equip educators with the confidence, skills, and practical tools to embed responsible leadership meaningfully in their teaching.

Purpose

The Working Group exists to strengthen how responsible management education is enacted in day-to-day teaching practice. Through the Pedagogy Working Group and its three Labs, Impactful Five (i5), Innovative Pedagogies for RME, and Industry-centric ESD, we build on PRME’s global reach and community spirit to connect educators who are redesigning curricula, experimenting with classroom methods, and embedding sustainability across disciplines.

Key challenges include translating values into concrete classroom practice, supporting faculty who may feel isolated in pedagogic innovation, and creating shared spaces where teaching, research, and industry engagement reinforce one another. We address these through online and in-person professional development workshops, sessions focused on doing pedagogic research, collaborative resource development, and coordinated publication pathways. By aligning classroom experimentation with scholarly inquiry and community exchange, the Working Group aims to deepen educator confidence, strengthen institutional uptake, and ensure responsible leadership is experienced, not only discussed, in the classroom.

Goals

The PRME Working Group Pedagogy: Teaching for Impactful RME is organised under 3 Labs. The focus of each of the 3 Labs is outlined below:

Lab 1: PRME Impactful Five (i5) Innovative Pedagogies for Responsible Leadership

The i5 Lab builds on the work of the PRME i5 Expert Pedagogy Group and focuses on:

• The creation, curation and dissemination of i5 resources

• A global roll out of the 5-stage i5 Certification scheme piloted in Europe

• Community-building through regular sharing sessions

• The identification and development of publication opportunities: blogs, opinion pieces, chapters, conference papers and journal articles

Lab 2: Innovative Pedagogies in Responsible Management Education (RME)

The Innovative Pedagogies in RME Lab builds on calls from the academic community for transformative, creative, future- and impact‑oriented learning approaches to RME and focuses on:

• Providing an international platform for academics to share best practices, case studies, and research on innovative pedagogies in RME

• Supporting each other and co-creating innovative pedagogical approaches for RME

• Promoting research activity within the field of innovative Pedagogies in RME

Lab 3: Industry-Centric Education for Sustainable Development

The Industry-Centric ESD Lab builds on the work initiated through the proposed PRME Working Group on Curriculum Transformation for SDG-Aligned, Outcome-Based, and Industry-Centric Education and focuses on:

• Addressing the critical gap in operationalizing RME by embedding SDG-aligned learning outcomes, industry relevance, and measurable impact within curricula

• Creating an actionable bridge between academic instruction and real-world sustainability and business challenges through structured industry engagement, applied projects, and outcome-based assessment frameworks

• Supporting faculty and institutions in curriculum transformation by developing practical toolkits, mapping guides, and capacity-building workshops to redesign programmes in alignment with SDG 4 (Quality Education) and responsible leadership competencies

• Facilitating regional and international training initiatives, particularly in developing contexts, to strengthen institutional capability for outcome-based, SDG-integrated curriculum redesign

• Establishing collaborative partnerships with industry stakeholders, academic experts, and PRME Signatories to review curricula and ensure alignment with sustainability challenges, labour market needs, and professional competencies

• Producing research outputs and case studies that evaluate the implementation and impact of industry-centric, SDG-aligned curriculum transformation within RME

Research

One of the key areas of activity is promoting research activity within the field of innovative pedagogies in RME. Each of the three Labs drives focused research initiatives:

• i5 Lab: Investigates the effectiveness and impact of the 5-stage i5 Certification scheme and related teaching resources.
• Innovative Pedagogies Lab: Promoting collaborative research projects that examine creative, transformative, and future-oriented pedagogical methods in RME.
• Industry-Centric ESD Lab: Focuses on embedding SDG-aligned outcomes, industry relevance, and measurable impact in curricula. Research includes evaluation of applied projects, outcome-based assessment frameworks, and curriculum transformation initiatives.

Engagement Opportunities

The Working Group brings together researchers, educators and practitioners to share context-specific experiences and practices, and exchange about what it means for RME locally and globally. Engagement opportunities across the Labs include:

• Regular Meetings and Sharing Sessions: Each Lab hosts recurring sessions for discussion, reflection, and exchange of practices.
• Professional Development Workshops: Online and in-person workshops support faculty in applying innovative pedagogical methods, curriculum transformation, and industry-aligned learning.
• "Doing Pedagogic Research” Sessions: Collaborative workshops where members co-create research approaches and explore evidence-based practices.
• Networking and Collaboration: Members can participate in cross-Lab initiatives, co-author publications, and engage in international partnerships to advance RME practice globally.
• Global Community Building: The Labs provide ongoing support and connection across disciplines, regions, and sectors to facilitate peer-to-peer learning and innovation.

Resource Development

One of the key areas of activity is the co-creation of resources and toolkits under each of the 3 Labs:

i5 Lab: Teaching guides, i5 Certification framework materials, and curated resources for responsible leadership pedagogy. This also may include blogs, opinion pieces, chapters, and conference papers.

Innovative Pedagogies Lab: Case studies, lesson plans, and co-created frameworks for creative and transformative teaching methods in RME.

Industry-Centric ESD Lab: Curriculum mapping guides, outcome-based assessment tools, industry engagement frameworks, and practical toolkits to embed SDG-aligned learning in programs.

Stay tuned for additional resources to be uploaded in the resources tab!

Co-Chairs

Lab 1 Co-Leads: PRME Impactful Five (i5) Innovative Pedagogies for Responsible Leadership

Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, Ravensbourne University London, UK

n.radclyffe-thomas@rave.ac.uk

k.skritsovali@ljmu.ac.uk

Lab 3 Lead: Industry-Centric Education for Sustainable Development

Bilal Sarwar, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Pakistan

bilal.sarwar@buitms.edu.pk

Steering Committee Members

Craig Anderson, University of Stirling, UK

David Anderson, Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, UK

Tim Breitbarth, DACH chapter, Germany

Claire May, University of Lincoln, UK

Toloue Miandar, University of Bologna, Italy

Dirk Moosmayer, Kedge Business School, France

Samuel Petros Sebhatu, Karlstad University, Sweden

Please fill out the form here to join the Working Group.