Two years in the making: co-learning insights from the CSEAR’s Education Community of Practice

Michelle Rodrigue*, Shona Russell

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Abstract

As the imperative to address unsustainability grows, higher education institutions, individual academics, scholarly networks, and professional bodies are calling for sustainability to be (more prominently) embedded in curricula. Over the past 30 years, a strong body of work has been published related to social and environmental accounting education such as textbooks, academic articles, and teaching cases. Yet, the individual and collective endeavours scholars undertake to develop and embed social and environmental accounting education within their respective institutional contexts often remain invisible. Insights may be gleaned thanks to corridor conversations, informal networks, one-off workshops, or panel discussions. To further strengthen capacity to undertake such education, a community of practice approach might help connecting individuals and sharing experiences. This commentary outlines the aims of the CSEAR Education of Community of Practice, the process of establishing and running this community, and offers preliminary reflections following the first two years of its existence. Finally, we consider the next steps in the development of this initiative as means to enhance collective efforts to mobilize social and environmental accounting education to enable a more sustainable society.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)217-236
Number of pages20
JournalSocial and Environmental Accountability Journal
Volume44
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Oct 2024

Keywords

  • Accounting
  • Community of practice
  • Education

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