Climate Curriculum Award

Climate Curriculum Award Faculty

As Pictured Left to Right:听Dejun 'Tony' Kong听(Finalist '24), Sarah听Cowan (Finalist '24),听Andrea Pawliczek (Winner '24),听Austin Moss (Winner '24), Catherine听Ruth听Lau (Finalist '24),听Sabrina Volpone (Finalist '24),听Asaf听Bernstein (Finalist '24)

CESR is excited to announce that we will once again be accepting nominations for the Climate Curriculum Award in spring of 2026. This opportunity exists to encourage professors to听integrate climate and sustainability topics into business classes.听It is made possible by a generous gift from the听Leeds听Family Educational Legacy Fund.

2025 Climate Curriculum Award Winners:

  • Winner: Dejun 鈥淭ony鈥 Kong - MBAX 6530/6531: Negotiating and Conflict Management, which incorporated sustainability and environmental justice throughout multiple simulations.
  • Finalist: Meghan Van Portfliet - BADM 1260: First-Year Global Experience in UK/Ireland, which made sustainability a core topic. Likewise, all of the business visits on the trip were sustainability themed.

2024 Climate Curriculum Award Winners:听

  • Winners: Austin Moss, Andrea Pawliczek
  • Finalists: Asaf Bernstein, Sarah Cowan, Dejun 'Tony' Kong, Catherine Ruth Lau, Sabrina Volpone

Award听Details:

  • The winner of this award will receive a $5,000 prize and up to five runners-up will receive $1,000 prizes.
  • The听purpose听of this award is to encourage and reward Leeds faculty听who听have made a contribution to the integration of听climate and sustainability topics into business courses. 听
    • Examples of integration might include new case studies, guest speakers, homework assignments, or in-class discussions听about the implications of climate change for business, climate tech innovation, sustainability and AI, environmental justice, consumer trends related to environmental sustainability and equity, etc.

Below are some resources that may help you to integrate climate topics into your classes:

  • , reflecting contributions from faculty and staff at accredited institutions.
  • 听of sustainability and climate research publications and cases.
  • 听of business and sustainability case studies.

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