Learning to Learn Differently: Studio-Based Education for Responsible Management

Annmarie Ryan, Catherine Morel (), Jennifer Goodman (), Jan Hermes, Mohsin Abdur Rehman, Céline Louche (), Anne Keranen and Mari Juntunen
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Annmarie Ryan: UL - University of Limerick
Catherine Morel: Audencia Business School
Jennifer Goodman: Audencia Business School
Mohsin Abdur Rehman: University of Oulu [Finland] = Oulun yliopisto [Suomi] = Université d'Oulu [Finlande]
Céline Louche: University of Waikato [Hamilton]

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Abstract: The pressing need to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in business education demands a shift from traditional teaching methods toward design-inspired pedagogical models. This paper introduces a specific pedagogical innovation, that is, a Design for Iteration (DFI) strategy embedded within a studio-based learning environment, developed through a cross-institutional partnership to educate future business leaders. The studio model emphasizes experiential, visual, and iterative learning processes such as the ‘crit', prototyping, and peer-led feedback. Anchored in a heutagogical (self-determined) approach, this innovation moves beyond isolated creative exercises toward sustained engagement with complex, real-world sustainability challenges. Drawing on qualitative data from the implementation of the EULab Nantes studio, the paper explores how iterative, practice-based learning develops critical skills in adaptive thinking, problem-framing, collaboration, and system-level inquiry. The findings underscore the role of socio-materiality and peer-led sense-making in shaping meaningful learning and identifies the studio as a space for cultivating the mindsets and capabilities central to responsible management and sustainability education. By foregrounding the studio as a site for prototyping sustainable market futures, the paper contributes to reimagining business schools as platforms for transformative sustainability learning.

Keywords: Sustainability Education; Studio-Based Learning; Iterative Thinking; Heutagogy; Problem Setting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-12
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Published in International Journal of Management Education, 2025, 23 (3), pp.101177. ⟨10.1016/j.ijme.2025.101177⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2025.101177

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