Final Conference

International Conference Call for papers

Innovating Business Education for Responsible Global Mind

IBE-ReGloMi’s final conference

June 11th – 12th, 2025, Maastricht

Submission Abstract

Registration:

Abstract Submission Form

Conference Registration Form

Vision and mission

The Erasmus+ project ‘Innovating Business Education for Responsible Global Minds’ (IBE-ReGloMi) addresses the critical need for a new generation of business graduates equipped to drive sustainable and equitable transformation in business development, especially in today’s increasingly volatile and uncertain world. The project aimed to provide insights and tools to innovate higher business curricula, and support the students’ development as young professionals, who are able to take responsible business decisions that are based on economic, societal and ecological grounds. We achieved this by collaborating intensely with companies, students and academics connected to the partner institutions and with our four global partners.

Conference objectives

The main purpose of the final conference is to bring together researchers, educators, companies, and students, who work on embedding ethics-sustainability-responsibility (ERS dimensions), international intercultural and global (IIG dimensions) and social innovation and entrepreneurship (SIE dimensions) in the curriculum not as separate silos but in an integrated approach. The conference includes three strands. Participants are invited to:

• share their own research or teaching practice for embedding the UNSDGs in their curricula by submitting an abstract and paper.
• engage with the outcomes of the IBE-ReGloMi project, its model for future oriented graduate attributes, its innovative student-centred pedagogies and examples, and its continuing professional development programme.
• engage with student presentations on the business challenges they have been working on pertaining to ERS, IGG and SIE dimensions and perspectives.

The conference acts as an international learning community about Innovating Business Education for Responsible Global Mind to provide networking opportunities, knowledge exchange, share research results, enhance experiences, and inspire stakeholders to resonate and engage with our IBE-ReGloMi goals.

Conference venue

Zuyd, International Business School Maastricht, The Netherlands

Limited online attendance possible for keynote addresses only.

Attendance to the two-day conference is free as this is an Erasmus+ conference

The fee for the optional gala dinner on Wednesday the 11^th of June is 75 Euro. This will be invoiced after registration

Submitting your abstract

Participants interested in presenting a paper are invited to submit their abstract here:

Abstract Submission Form

The Extended Abstract – (in English, via the Abstract Submission Form here) that includes:

• the Paper Title, 5 keywords
• JEL classification (http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/jel_class_system.html),
• the Full Name of the author/authors, the Institutional Affiliation, and the • E-mail address
• Extended Abstract (of 600 to 800 words) must cover the following aspects:
• A brief Introduction of the approached subject highlighting the added value of the research (100-300 words);
• Research Purpose and the Methodological Approach (70-100 words);
• Key Results of the research and brief Discussions (270-320 words);
• Main Conclusions (70-100 words);
• References (5-12 references).

Conference topics

• Ethics-sustainability-responsibility in business education
• International, intercultural and global in business education
• Social innovation in business education
• Social entrepreneurship in business education
• Sustainable Development Goals in the curriculum
• Curricular innovation
• Competency-based learning and assessment in business education
• Student-centered learning approaches in business education
• Accreditation, quality, and assessment in business education
• Innovative materials and new tools for teaching
• Teaching and learning experiences in business education
• Evaluation and assessment of student learning
• Experiences outside the classroom (e.g., practicums, mobility) in business education
• New teaching/learning theories and models
• Globalization in education and education reforms
• Education economics
• Continuing professional development of academics for green and social transformation

Important Deadlines

January 30^th, 2025 – extended abstract submission

February 26th, 2025 – extended abstract acceptance notification

Registration open on November to March 30^th, 2025 – deadline for registrations

July 20th, 2025 – full paper submission for Conference Proceedings

September 15^th, 2025 – notification of final papers’ acceptance for Conference Proceedings

For all other supporting journals, the authors and papers will follow the journals’ specific requirements.

Conference Proceedings “Innovating Business Education for Responsible Global Minds/ Sustainable Development in Business Teaching and Education Programmes” (provisional title). The hosts of the event will also be co-editors of the book, to be published as part of Springer Nature´s World Sustainability Series: https://www.springer.com/series/13384, the leading peer-reviewed book series on sustainability issues. Each author will be given a free PDF of their chapters and of the book.

Organizing Committee

International Business School Maastricht, Zuyd UAS (NL)

Babeș-Bolyai University (RO)

EFMD (BE)

Kedge Business School (FR)

Kozminski University (PL)

TH Koln (GE)

 Supporters

IBE-ReGloMi is a collaborative partnership, co-funded by the ERASMUS+ programme.

Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” (Hamburg)

Advisory Board   

European Association of International Education (EAIE)

Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)

The World Council for Intercultural and Global Competence (WCICG)

La Sabana University (Colombia)

Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” (Hamburg)

International Scientific committee

Dr. Jeanine Gregersen-Hermans

Principal Investigator and Project Lead

International Business School Maastricht, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Smaranda Adina Cosma

Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Business, Romania

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marc Faget

Kedge Business School, France

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristina Fleșeriu

Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Business, Romania

Prof. Dr. Nikos Kalogeras

International Business School Maastricht, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Ioan Cristian Chifu

Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Business, Romania

Prof. Dr. Dominika Wojtowicz

Kozminski University, Poland

Prof. Dr. Susann Kowalski

Technische Hochschule Köln, Germany

PhD student Stefanie Halwas

Technische Hochschule Köln, Germany