Climate Curriculum Award

Climate Curriculum Award Faculty

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)

CESR is excited to announce that we will once again be accepting nominations for the Climate Curriculum Award in spring of 2025. This opportunity exists to encourage professors to integrate climate and sustainability topics into business classes. It is made possible by a generous gift from the Leeds Family Educational Legacy Fund.

2024 Climate Curriculum Award Winners: 

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

Award Details:

  • The winner of this award will receive a $5,000 prize and up to five runners-up will receive $1,000 prizes.
  • The purpose of this award is to encourage and reward Leeds faculty who have made a contribution to the integration of climate and sustainability topics into business courses.  
    • Examples of integration might include new case studies, guest speakers, homework assignments, or in-class discussions 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.
  •  of sustainability and climate research publications and cases.
  •  of business and sustainability case studies.