OS4Future: an academic advocacy movement for our future

Delmestri, Giuseppe; Etchanchu, Helen; Bothello, Joel; Habersang, Stefanie; O, Gabriela Gutierrez Huerter; Schüßler, Elke

doi:10.4337/9781800375130.00032

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“…The movement has since embraced traveling by public transport or no-emission traveling (e.g., cycling) as a symbolic act (Delmestri, 2019). Moreover, OS4Future is connected to the international movement of scholars "Scientists for Future" that came into being in 2019 (Delmestri et al, 2021).…”

Section: Organization Scientists For Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

Academic activism: learning and self-transformation through collective action taking

Zourou,

Potolia,

Oikonomou

2024

Front. Educ.

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Activism, as a manifestation of citizen engagement for social purposes, can be practiced by individuals and communities alike, such as communities of professionals and, in this case, professionals in academia. Academic activism is a novel form of socio-political engagement in scholarly communities. Recently, communities engaged in academic activism have multiplied, mostly due to the climate emergency and increased awareness on human-induced climate change. This paper focuses on the learning elements and self-transformative potential of becoming an academic activist. This is done by analyzing three key areas: (a) the perceptions of self, (b) the learning component, and (c) the educational component, namely teaching the very activities that activists carry out at their universities. To serve these objectives, we conducted eight semi-directive interviews during the summer of 2022 in which participants drew upon their personal experience and life trajectories in their journey to becoming academic activists. Using a Discourse Analytical framework, we scrutinized the semantic fields summoned and the discursive spaces mobilized by the interviewees. The findings of this study highlight the participants' determination for activism, depicting it as a conscious act, a duty. Moreover, three types of learning have been depicted, demonstrating the wealth of learning trajectories experienced. The potential impact of academic activism on teaching practices (societal role of education) has also been depicted.

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Section: Organization Scientists For Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

Academic activism: learning and self-transformation through collective action taking

Zourou,

Potolia,

Oikonomou

2024

Front. Educ.

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“…Harney and Thomas, 2020; Spicer et al, 2021), or through using disciplined imagination to research desirable futures (Gümüsay and Reinecke, 2022). There are also movements we can consider role models for what this business school could be, for example, Organization Scientists for Future’s (OS4Future) collective framework for personal actions for sustainability (Delmestri et al, 2021).…”

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(De)humanization in the business school: Critical reflection on doctoral experiences

Cooper,

Majumdar

2023

Management Learning

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Recently in academia, and particularly in management and organization studies, there is more attention being paid to unpacking our own oppressive systems and practices. In this article, we join the conversation examining the pressures of academia by exploring how reflexivity can be elicited through engaging with theory. We draw on the theories and concepts of Paulo Freire to (re-)interpret how PhD students experience the material practices and symbolic systems of the business school. We use autoethnographic vignettes to engage with our personal experiences and stories as field-based researchers and PhD scholars in UK business schools. Through critical reflection and cooperation-based dialogue, we analyzed these experiences using Freire’s concepts of banking education and (de)humanization. This can be considered conscientização (conscientization), raising critical consciousness of our own experiences. We find that doctoral students suffer from processes of dehumanization in the business school, but they also reinforce these processes through social reproduction. We reflect on the need for solidarity and how an awareness of the role we play within the system can shift our thinking toward constructive social change.

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Thinking and acting creatively for greater sustainability in academic conference tourism

Bertella,

Castriotta

2023

Journal of Convention & Event Tourism

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OS4Future: an academic advocacy movement for our future

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Academic activism: learning and self-transformation through collective action taking

Academic activism: learning and self-transformation through collective action taking

(De)humanization in the business school: Critical reflection on doctoral experiences

Thinking and acting creatively for greater sustainability in academic conference tourism

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