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PRME Global Forum to Return this June!
The 2023 PRME Global Forum is all set to return this June!
This year, PRME's flagship event focuses on #ConnectingforImpact in pursuit of the SDGs and Responsible Management Education.
In addition to providing programming centered on climate, leadership, digital, and pedagogy innovations, we're teaming up with purpose-driven partners like Network for Business Sustainability (NBS), MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, The Wharton School, INSEAD's Hoffman Global Institute for Business and Society, United Nations Global Compact, Fordham Gabelli School of Business, Plymouth Business School, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, AACSB, Cesim Business Simulations and the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing to further transform the management education landscape to develop and grow more locally
and globally responsible managers.
Join us & our partners in New York!
Also, stay tuned for the PGS Annual Summit later this term!!
Regional Leader Spotlight:
Alex Hsu
(ESSEC Business School, Paris)
The PGS Regional Leader Asia and southeast Asia, Alex Hsu is a master’s student in Management at ESSEC Business School in Paris. He founded a non-profit organization called Choix, which means “choice” in French, to empower every individual to make positive impacts in their daily life by designing a wide range of advocacy projects, Choix has influenced more than 40,000 people on social media.
Sustainability should not merely be a theoretical concept, instead it should be turned into an action. Every citizen should be informed that sustainability can be taken into practice easily. Sustainability is a way of living, which is in harmony with the environment, the nature, and all the other creatures on the planet.
Are you interested in Alex Hsu's sustainability vision and global students' role in this intergenerational mission?
Read the entire interview with Alex Hsu here!
Internship Opportunities:
Here is a list of opportunities you can apply for!
- Collected by PGS Careers
1. UNDP - Green Energy Support Intern - Copenhagen, Denmark
2. UNICEF - Information & Communication Technology Section Intern - Panama City, Panama
3. Human Rights Watch - Europe & Central Asia Division Intern - Berlin, Germany
4. Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Initiative Intern
5. IOM - Intern - New York, USA
Student Spotlight:
Pouya Hosseini
Max Planck Institute
Pouya Hosseini is an electrochemist working at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research in Dusseldorf. His primary focus is on developing electrocatalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction, with a strong commitment to finding sustainable solutions for energy generation and storage. In addition to research, he also plays oriental musical instruments. He is also a podcaster introducing science and technology to youth.
Working in the field of sustainability has been a transformative experience for me, he said. He believes it has made him more conscious of his actions and their impact on the environment and has given him a greater appreciation for the interconnectedness of our society and the environment. He said it has also challenged me to think more critically about the systems and structures that shape our world and how we can work together to create a more sustainable and equitable future.
Are you interested in Pouya Hosseini’s thoughts on Sustainability and knowing more about his experiences? Read the complete interview with Pouya here!
Reach out to us at 'pgs_newsletter@unprme.org' if you want to be featured in our student spotlight.
Take a Reading Break:
Responsible Management, Incentive Systems, and Productivity
Article’s author: Ivan Hilliard
In recent years, we have witnessed an explosion of interest in the field of CSR, driven by a range of social, cultural, technological, economic, political, and environmental motives.
From the appearance of the ethical, informed consumer to the rise of the global supply chain.
A disconnect remains between theories about responsible management and application in real-life organizations. Part of the reason is due to the complexity and holistic nature of the field and the fact that many benefits of aligning business objectives with changing societal conditions are intangible.
Human resource management is an increasingly important part of the field, with benefits including talent retention, higher levels of motivation, and improvements in organizational cohesion. Based on the Corporate Social Performance model, we examine the issue from the point of view of responsibilities, responsiveness, and outcomes and consider the cost/benefit effect of incorporating a social responsibility variable into the wage structure to measure the impact on productivity.
Read the article here.
Responsible Management-as-Practice: Mobilizing a Post-humanist Approach
Article's authors: Silvia Gherardi and Oliver Laasch
The emerging field of responsible management (RM) studies integrating sustainability, responsibility, and ethics in managerial practices. Therefore, turning to practice theories for studying RM appears to hold great promise for conceptual and methodological contribution.
The authors propose a post humanist practice approach for studying RM-as-practice. Managerial practices are conceived as the advancement of heterogeneous elements (humans, nonhumans, more-than-humans, materials, and discourses) that achieve agency in their being interconnected.
Thus, RM is understood as processual, relational, emergent, and socio-material. We contribute a framework for the empirical study of RM-as-practice based on three sensitizing concepts: situatedness, socio-materiality, and textures.
They further discuss the implications of understanding responsibility as response-ability, an engaged practice for relating to the other and the RM researcher’s role as internal to the practice under study, thus, opening the debate on our response-ability.
Read the article here.
From United Nation's Desk:
ECOSON Youth Forum 2023!
ECOSOC Youth Forum is all set to happen on April 25-27, 2023!
ECOSOC Forum is an annual event that provides young people from around the globe the chance to engage in dialogue with UN Member States and other international actors. The ECOSOC Youth Forum will focus on the evaluation of the advancements made toward achieving various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) this year.
Would you like to participate in the ECOSOC Youth Forum of 2023? You can collaborate with youth advocates, Member States, and other stakeholders from April 25-27 to exchange groundbreaking ideas, increase efforts to tackle urgent global issues and promote social, economic, and environmental changes.
IOM Blog Series on Youth, Migration, and Climate Action!
International Organization of Migration extends invitations to young changemakers!
IOM (International Organization of Migration) invites young individuals to share their expertise, insights, and suggestions on the connections between youth, migration, the environment, climate change, and disaster risk reduction. Speaking up, you can contribute to formulating policies and research related to this intersection.
The purpose of this call is to provide a platform for young people to express their opinions and share their experiences, strategies, and suggestions regarding the interconnectivity of youth, migration, environment, climate change, disaster risk reduction, and their intersection with present and future crises.
European Youth Event 2023, Strasbourg!
European Youth Event 2023, Strasbourg!
The fifth edition of EYE2023! An event that will have in-person and hybrid activities in Strasbourg, is scheduled for the 9th and 10th of June. Individuals and groups of young people aged between 16 and 30 can participate in the event for free, but they are required to arrange and pay for their travel and accommodation. Registration for the event will be on a first-come, first-served basis, and the organizers will consider geographical, gender, and age balance while allocating spaces.
In addition to the in-person activities, EYE2023 will also have engaging hybrid activities. You can participate in these activities from your home and connect with other participants online from all across Europe. Details on how to participate in the online activities will be provided in the spring.
Student Organization Spotlight:
Earthguards, USLS
Here with and through Earthguards USLS, an environmental club in our institution, we save our home through advocacy works, aiding and serving not only the school but also the province of Negros Occidental in the past two decades.
It has the purpose of protecting our environment with the help of our programs and initiatives that has been implemented and will be implementing as we move forward this academic year. We have also the mission to educate those people who lacks knowledge about the right ways in defending our Earth. Thus, as a responsible environmentalists- as a club as one- we are more than ready to cater the needs of our environment in every way we can for we believe that a micro effort could have a macro effect, indeed.
For more information about Earthguards' activities follow them on Facebook.
PGS on Stage:
PGS Talks hosts the first ever Town Hall meeting!
For the first time since the inception of PRME Global Students (PGS), the team of PGS Talks organized the first ever town hall meet inviting all taskforce members across different projects. The meeting started with a brief introduction of the teams and their ongoing work.
Following introductions, the teams participated in multiple team building exercises to promote interaction, camaraderie and engagement between the different verticals of PGS and taskforce members. The event witnessed participation of students from across the world sharing their experiences and passions for the mission of PGS to drive sustainability!
PGS hosts the 3rd General Meeting for 2023!
PRME holds a 3rd Global Students General Meeting!
On Saturday, the 1st of April, PRME Global Students conducted their 3rd general meeting with the regional leaders and taskforce coordinators! The meeting started with a quick discussion of the day's agenda followed by a presentation of key updates on taskforce activities by the coordinators. The coordinators elaborated on improving communication efforts, the next PGS ambassador program and the Annual PGS Summit to be held later this term!
The team , under the guidance of Mr. Paulo Speroni, discussed the co-leadership model and its implementation starting from the next cycle of PRME Global Students and an in-depth discussion on opening applications for the selection of taskforce members for a next cohort of PGS. The team also discussed various initiatives on PGS engagement through regional leaders across different parts of the world!
PGS Talks calls for Women Entrepreneurs!
PGS Talks is inviting Women Entrepreneurs to act as Speakers on our next Panel!
PRME Global Students (PGS) Talks is inviting speakers for an upcoming panel discussion that focuses on women entrepreneurs, the impact of their work on women empowerment and gender equality as a whole on our society!
What we are looking for?
- Seasoned entrepreneurs
- Professors adept in the conversation surrounding the topics of women in the workforce and gender equality
- Student entrepreneurs (women who are still studying yet are currently running their own businesses)
Know someone who is perfect for the role? Apply now clicking the link below and our team will reach out to you:
More Reading Suggestions:
The Effectiveness of Education for Sustainable Development Revisited
Article’s authors: Daniel Olsson, N. Gericke & J. Boeve-de Pauw
Scholarly attention in the past decade has been increasingly directed towards the concept of action competence for sustainability. However, little is still known about the effects of education for sustainable development (ESD) as a teaching approach to help develop students’ action competence for sustainability. This study, therefore, adopts a three-wave longitudinal design, tapping into the development of 760 Swedish upper secondary students’ self-perceived action competence for sustainability as related to their experience of ESD teaching at their school.
Find more about the research here.
Climate Change, Sustainability and the Environment: the Continued Importance of Biological Education
Article’s author: Elizabeth A.C. Rushton & Nicola Walshe
In a time of the global pandemic, and climate and ecological emergencies, an editorial which seeks to reiterate the importance of biological education may seem redundant, especially one written by two geography educators.
Nevertheless, although biology educators clearly articulate the detrimental impact of human life on planet Earth and national and international attention continues to be paid to climate change and sustainability education, we wish to underline the value and importance of biological education in the context of climate change and sustainability education in three ways.
Read more about this here.
The green economy transition: the challenges of technological change for sustainability
Author: Söderholm Patrick
The Green Economy is an alternative vision for growth and development that can generate economic development and improve people’s lives in ways consistent with advancing environmental and social well-being. One significant component of a green economy strategy is promoting sustainable technologies' development and adoption.
The overall objective of this article is to discuss several challenges encountered when pursuing sustainable technological change, which need to be adequately understood by policymakers and professionals at different levels in society.
Read more about this article here.
Responsible Leadership Fuels Innovative Behavior: The Mediating Roles of Socially Responsible Human Resource Management and Organizational Pride
Authors: Wenlin Dong and Lifeng Zhong
Leaders are under increasing pressure to inspire innovative endeavours in responsible ways. However, whether and how responsible leadership can fuel employee creative behaviour remains unknown.
Therefore, drawing on social identity and exchange theories, this study investigates the psychological mechanisms underlying the responsible leadership-innovative behaviour relationship.
Click here to read further.
