CESR Curriculum Innovation Award

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

The purpose of the CESR Curriculum Innovation Award is to encourage and reward Leeds faculty who have contributed to the integration of environmental sustainability, social impact, and/or ethical leadership topics into business courses. The recipient will receive up to a $3,000 FDA transfer.

2026 CESR Curriculum Innovation Award Winner:

• Amit Bhattacharjee  - MBAX 6330/6331 Market Intelligence, which incorporated themes of ethical leadership and transparency 

2025 Climate Curriculum Award Winners: 

• Winner: Dejun “Tony” 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.

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

• Open Climate Curriculum, reflecting contributions from faculty and staff at accredited institutions.
• Harvard Business Publishing’s collection of sustainability and climate research publications and cases.
• Erb Institute’s recommended list of business and sustainability case studies.