Entrenando a la próxima generación de gerentes del riesgo de desastres a través de la investigación y enseñanza en sostenibilidad
| Autor | Amr Addas/Stefanie D. Kibsey/Gary Ng/Thomas Walker |
| Cargo | David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (DOCSE), John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
| Páginas | 157-176 |
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Training the Next Generation of Disaster Risk
Managers through Sustainability Research
and Teaching
Entrenando a la próxima generación de gerentes del riesgo de desastres a través de
la investigación y enseñanza en sostenibilidad
1 David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (DOCSE), John Molson School of Business, Concor-
dia University, Montreal, Canada. Email : thomas.walker@concordia.ca http://www.concordia.ca/jmsb/
faculty/thomas-walker.html
AMR
ADDAS
STEFANIE
D. KIBSEY
GARY
NG
THOMAS
WALKER
JEL: M, H, Q
Received: 20/06/2016
Modified: 22/06/2016
Accepted: 25/06/2016
DOI: 10.17230/ad-minister.28.8
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ABSTRACT
Disaster risk management is an integral part of sustainability, and curricula that are focused on sustain-
ability can be broadened to include disaster risk management. The David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable
Enterprise at Concordia University researches and teaches disaster risk management through involve-
ment in a collaborative project with the United Nations’ Future Earth network to develop a Sustainable
Financial and Economic System Knowledge-to-Action Network (SFES-KAN). The definition of ‘sustain-
able’ in this context includes disaster risk management. The SFES-KAN aims to align the current finan-
cial system with the UN’s sustainable development goals by identifying research gaps and facilitating
interdisciplinary research between academics, practitioners, and policymakers to fill those gaps. Our
research on such topics as risk management and sustainable investing for the SFES-KAN project has
translated into research on disaster risk management and has led to curriculum development on these
topics. The goal of our paper is to provide other institutions with examples and strategic information on
how to translate such interdisciplinary and solution-oriented sustainability research into research and
curricula on disaster risk management.
KEYWORDS
Business Education; Disaster Risk Management; Sustainable Financial System; Knowledge Co-production.
RESUMEN
La gestión del riesgo de desastres es una parte integral de la sostenibilidad, y los currículos que se en-
focan en la sostenibilidad pueden ser ampliados para incluir la gestión del riesgo de desastres. El David
O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise de Concordia University investiga y enseña la gestión del riesgo
de desastres a través de la participación en proyectos colaborativos de la red Future Earth de la Orga-
nización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) para el desarrollo de una Red de “Conocimiento para la Acción”
para un Sistema Financiero y Económico Sostenible (SFES-KAN). SFES-KAN busca alinear el sistema
financiero actual con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la ONU por medio de la identificación de
vacíos en la investigación y la facilitación de una investigación interdisciplinaria entre los académicos,
profesionales y legisladores con el fin de llenar dichos vacíos. Nuestra investigación acerca de estos
temas de gestión del riesgo e inversiones sostenibles, al igual que para el proyecto SFES-KAN, se ha
convertido en investigación sobre gestión del riesgo de desastres y ha conducido al desarrollo curricular
de estos temas. El objetivo de este artículo es el de brindar a otras instituciones ejemplos e información
estratégica acerca de cómo traducir la investigación de sostenibilidad, interdisciplinaria y orientada a las
soluciones, a investigación y currículos sobre gestión del riesgo de desastres.
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Training the Next Generation of Disaster Risk Managers through Sustainability Research and Teaching
PALABRAS CLAVE
Educación de negocios; Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres; Sistema Financiero Sostenible; Coproducción de
Conocimiento.
INTRODUCTION
Disaster risk management is an integral part of sustainability. While some disasters
can be mitigated, others are unavoidable but must nonetheless be properly managed
to reduce damages, losses, fatalities, as well as threats to communal, regional, and
economic sustainability and long-term wellbeing.
The David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise is a research centre in
the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada which develops sustainable practices through academic research, student
education, training and professional development, programs, and community out-
reach. The John Molson School of Business is a globally-minded business school
that assumes a leadership role in making the world a more sustainable and ethical
place. It currently boasts 9,222 students (including 7,768 undergraduate and 1,454
graduate students) and has over 46,600 alumni worldwide. Its faculty is known for
award-winning and engaged professors, an innovative curriculum, cutting-edge re-
search, enthusiastic alumni mentors, a unique work-study program, and more than
twenty student-run community outreach initiatives.
Named after benefactor David O’Brien, Chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada
and Encana, the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (DOCSE) focuses
its eorts on guiding organizations toward holistic sustainable strategies that are
rooted in innovation and enterprise development. DOCSE explores issues related to
sustainable enterprise, shapes curriculum development, and trains the next genera-
tion of researchers and business leaders. Its mission is to be the leader in developing
business practices that support corporate social responsibility, environmental health
and safety, environmental management, community, and greening activities in a ho-
listic and systemic way.
The Centre’s main goals are to advance scholarly research and develop practical
solutions for creating sustainable enterprises; integrate sustainability into teaching,
learning, and student activities; and to support initiatives that embed sustainabili-
ty in organizations and communities. These goals are accomplished through three
over-arching programs: research on sustainable enterprise, curriculum and student
support, and outreach to organizations. Through these programs, DOCSE provides a
variety of ways for faculty and students to participate in building and strengthening
its eorts to promote sustainability at Concordia University, within the local commu-
nity, and around the world.
This paper outlines the experience of DOCSE in implementing research and
teaching on disaster risk management through its sustainability eorts, in particular
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