I-WEEK ON SUSTAINABILITY 2025

The I-Week focuses on the topic of sustainability, which refers to the long-term survival chances of a system based on interactions with many other subsystems and a fair distribution of resources and opportunities. Sustainability can be approached and analysed in different contexts, such as the geographical context (per country, per continent, in EU, in ASEAN , etc.), the industrial context (sector/type of organisation) or the functional context (marketing, finance, production, strategy, etc.). In the different lectures/workshops these different contexts will be illustrated and discussed. In plenary sessions the global issues of sustainability will be presented by international academics as well as (business) managers. These sessions will illustrate how theory is put in practice. Specific themes or contexts can further be discussed in smaller groups. A group work helps students to learn how international organisations set up their sustainability strategy.

This International Week provides a great opportunity for students to acquire a global perspective and intercultural skills in a course specific context. Students will participate in interactive lectures delivered by international visiting professors or business managers with international experience. Moreover, students will have the opportunity to closely and intensely work in international student groups. During an interdisciplinary day, students listen to an interdisciplinary debate and learn how to tackle a “wicked” problem together with students from other faculties. For an optimal learning experience, students should be very fluent in English.

If students want to participate in I-Week, they need to:

• Be very fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Participation must be approved by the respective study program before registration
• Register via via email to: Martina.Schwab@mci.edu

Deadlines:

• 1 December 2024 (on-campus participation)
• 1 February 2025 (online participation)

Students participating on campus need to check the required documents such as passport and visa with their home university/country.

When students are officially admitted to the I-Week, it is important that they regularly check their emails from the beginning of February onwards via the email address they provide.