The Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario convened the fourth annual PhD Sustainability Academy in London, Ontario November 17-22, 2011. Co-sponsored by ARCS, the event included paper development workshops, seminars, guest speakers, fireside chats, and local trips. Details on the 2008-2010 PhD Sustainability Academies are available here.

This year’s theme was Passion and Compassion for Sustainability, which explored: theorizing, researching and teaching sustainability with passion and compassion; new constructs and processes that can bring about positive change in business and society; and new methods for studying sustainability in positively deviant organizations and/or under extreme adversity.