13865: The Social Impact of Academia – Contributing to the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)

As this Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) unfolds, this workshop provides an occasion for reflecting on our collective contribution as scholars: new ways, new ideas, new inspirations, looking for meaningful connections among our research, our pedagogy and our citizenship. This workshop is the natural continuation of a fruitful conversation began at Boston (2023), then at Chicago (2024), in two PDWs about the “Social Impact of Academia”, organized by the same group of colleagues. We aim to create an inspiring conversation about what we should do to contribute to society, from our current roles of scholars, and in some cases concomitantly, of business school leaders. All participants are affiliated to schools in the Council on Business & Society (CoBS), a global alliance of eleven business schools in five continents, dedicated to increase the social impact of academia both in research and in pedagogy. This workshop intends to expand this ongoing conversation to the larger community of scholars at the AoM. Session attendees will briefly present their reflections about the social impact of their research, their pedagogy, and their different engagements in their respective business schools. Then, in roundtable discussions, session participants will discuss their experiences of impact. Organizers will strive to gently challenge, propose, and motivate participants to think out of the box, and provide follow up for further discussions.

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