“From Millennium Development, to Sustainable Development Goals”
- A Vision for Responsible Management Post 2015
Call for Contributions: Deadline May 11th 2015
This year’s conference in Glasgow comes straight after the PRME Global Forum in New York and just months before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly announces its plans for post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York in September (25-27
th). Those plans aim to build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with even greater ambition, and an emphasis to address the structural drivers of poverty, inequality and unsustainable development by 2030.
The potential of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to make significant contributions to this UN agenda is widely acknowledged, be that through research, community engagement, and education to produce the responsible citizens and leaders of tomorrow. This commitment manifests itself in an expanding community of PRME signatories across the world, and the emergence of several regional chapters, amongst which is the UK and Ireland Regional Chapter, formed in 2013.
This 2nd UK and Ireland conference aims to bring together advocates of responsible citizenship, management and leadership from universities and institutions across the UK and Ireland. The conference is open to academic and non-academic audiences, and not limited to members of the UK and Ireland PRME chapter or UN PRME signatories. Representatives of business and third sector organisations, and students of all disciplines, are particularly welcome.
The conference offers an opportunity to discuss the post 2015 development agenda and consider the implications for implementation of the PRME agenda.
The Organising Committee is inviting proposals for ten-minute presentations on any aspect of education for sustainable development, responsible leadership and management across three themes:
• Track 1: How to organize and support research on sustainable development and responsible management practice and education;
• Track 2: How to design the curriculum, and learning, teaching & assessment strategies to engage students of all disciplines with the PRME agenda;
• Track 3: How to institutionalise PRME, and use PRME Sharing Information of Progress (SIP) reporting as a means of engaging, and communicating our work to, stakeholders.
Contributors are encouraged to submit proposals for one or more tracks. Please e-mail a title and track number, along with an abstract of some 300 words, and a brief biographical statement, including any affiliation, to David Clemson at London South Bank University, d.clemson@lsbu.ac.uk
Deadline for Submission of Proposals: Monday May 11th 2015
Registration Deadline: Friday May 29th 2015
To register: www.gcu.ac.uk/prmeconference Questions to Alec Wersun: a.wersun@gcu.ac.uk