Tom Kuppens

I have a MSc in business engineering and a PhD in environmental economics. It strikes me how growth and profit centric business and economics education always has been and still is. Although societies' needs have changed throughout time, and hence decision making needs to evolve as well, we see that many policy and business decisions still follow old paradigms. Therefore, I am passionate about integrating education for sustainable development within business and economics education. I am exploring ways to achieve transformative learning for sustainable development within economics, using doughnut economics as a compass both in my work as a teacher trainer at Hasselt University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and in my work as assistant professor guiding businesses towards this transition.