The UK & Ireland Chapter of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is delighted to announce our 2025 Doctoral Colloquium (DC), aimed at supporting doctoral researchers working to inform the knowledge base on the impact of the Seven Principles of PRME and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We invite contributions from doctoral students involved in all areas of research around responsible management and advancement of the UN SDGs.

 

The Doctoral Colloquium (DC) is a single-day event (invitation-only and limited places, following successful submission of an abstract). It takes place on Tuesday 17th June 2025, the day before the two-day PRME Chapter UK & Ireland Conference, hosted by Queen's Business School, Belfast, on 18th & 19th June 2025.

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For more information, including details of the submission requirements, please download the Call for Abstracts here. 

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Funding

 

Both the PRME UK & Ireland Doctoral Colloquium and the Chapter Conference are free to students working within a UK & Ireland PRME Higher Education institution. You will need to register on the main conference website, once you have had your abstract accepted.

 

Submissions

 

The deadline for abstract submissions is Monday 24th March 2025 at 5pm. Please submit via email to Rachel Welton at prmedc@ntu.ac.uk

 

You will be informed if you are allocated a place at the Doctorial Colloquium by the end of Friday 24th April 2025.

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Organising Panel

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Doctoral Colloquium Chair

Dr Rachel Welton, please direct any questions to rachel.welton@ntu.ac.uk

 

Fellow Colloquium Conveners

Dr Laura Steele and Dr Denise Currie, Queen’s Business School

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About Queen's Business School

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Queen's Business School (QBS) at Queen’s University Belfast offers world-class undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive education. The School has six core academic departments and one institute: the Departments of Accounting; Economics; Finance; International Business, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing (IBEM); Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations (ITAO); Organisation, Work, and Leadership (OWL); and the William J. Clinton Leadership Institute.

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QBS is accredited by EQUIS, AMBA, and the Small Business Charter, holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award, and has served as a PRME Champion institution since 2020. In addition, as a member of the Global Business School Network (GBSN), the School is connected through strategic partnerships across the world. Our MBA programme was recently ranked in the top 40 globally by Corporate Knights as part of its 2023 Better World MBA ranking which assesses the extent to which business schools integrate sustainability-related content within their curriculum.

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Queen’s Business School is delighted to host the 2025 PRME Chapter UK & Ireland Conference and looks forward to bringing delegates together to explore how partnerships can help us navigate challenges, foster meaningful collaborations, and create lasting communities in our journey toward Agenda 2030.

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For more information about our work related to PRME, please see our 2024 PRME Sharing Information on Progress Report.​