13872: Resources to Develop a Mindset for Sustainability: The Sustainability Mindset Indicator

Saturday, July 26, 2025

13:00 - 14:30 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall D- D4-m1

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching,Practice,International,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/gangzE

Organizer(s)

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Isabel Rimanoczy

PRME Working Group on the Sustainability Mindset, United States

Presenter(s)

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Ekaterina A. Ivanova

Graduate School of Business, HSE U., Russia
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Ruben Burga

U. of Guelph, Canada
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Isabel Rodriguez Tejedo

U. de Navarra, Spain
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Amelia N. Indrajaya

Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen IPMI (IPMI International Business School), Indonesia
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Simon Okwir

Uppsala University, Sweden
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Orla Kelleher

University of Derby
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Emmanuelle Reuter

U. of Neuchatel, Switzerland
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Ngoc Quynh Dao

U. of Neuchatel, Switzerland
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Minelle Silva

University of Manitoba
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Giselle Rentería Núñez

Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
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Louis W. Fry

Texas A&M U. Central Texas, United States
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Deirdre Garvey

Atlantic Technological University, Ireland

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.