Tom Kuppens is Assistant Professor (tenure track) in environmental economics at the Centre for Environmental Sciences (CMK) of Hasselt University (UHasselt), Belgium. He is also assistant professor of economics teaching methodology at the School for Educational Studies (SES) at UHasselt and the Multidisciplinary Institute for Teacher Education (MILO) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He holds a doctorate in business economics, in which he developed a methodological framework for societal techno-economic assessments to facilitate complex decision making in which economic, environmental, and societal impacts of technological innovations within a biobased, circular economy interact. Motivated by speeding up the necessary change for urgent sustainability problems, Tom started doing educational research as well with a focus on how to integrate transformative learning for sustainable development in the economics and business curriculum. Tom explored the green competences required for a transition to a biobased and circular economy, developed innovative educational materials (e.g., using virtual reality, art-based and collaborative learning). His research focuses now on the influence of teacher-student interactions in terms of the roles of a businessperson towards sustainability on the one hand, and teacher professional development on ESD for pre- and in-service teachers on the other hand.

Samuel Anosike is an award winning Educational Leadership Professional. He has outstanding contributions in School Leadership, School Business Management, Quality Assurance and Education Sustainable Development. He has acquired corporate education and professional development trainings and experience, with over 9years of field practices in Education Organization Management System, Quality Management System, Business Strategy and Management, Leadership and Productivity, Leadership Quality Standard and School Business Growth Strategy and Models. His business and management skills are complemented by an extensive career in the corporate environment and as an independent education, school business and quality assurance consultant.

 

He has a passion for school growth, corporate education development, as well as business sustain ability and success. These, he achieves through personnel training, quality assurance management, business policy management and consulting. Sam has worked and consulted widely on Business Development Strategies and Management, Quality Assurance, Human Resource Management, Personnel Effective, Policy formulation and Policy Implementation for Schools and Business Owners, in Lagos and out of Lagos State. He possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills that facilitate the development process and subsequent knowledge transfer. He has clear, concise, logical and critical reasoning with excellent analytical approach to problem solving. He is an accredited Educational Consultant, Business Strategist, Human Resource Professional, Author and Coach.

 

This passion have immensely enhanced his contributions to business development through human capital development and training, policy formulation and management, staffing, recruitment and employee retention, quality assurance, branding and business profiling, planning and strategic management for individuals and corporate organizations which includes schools, Institutions and faith based organizations.

His current and past professional activities, has given him the opportunity to working with Chartered Institute of Customer Relationship Management as a Lecturer, Teamgrace Healthcare Services, U.K as a Content Developer, Peace Land College of Education, Cross Rivers State as a Lecturer, SLS Business Academy as Project Manager, Kayesther Security Company Limited as Client Service Executive, Komfota Schools, Lagos as Principal and School Manager, Pegason, Primero and LAMATA, as Vendor Manager, BookWorKShop Schools, as Human Resource Manager, Quality Assurance Consultant, Head of School and Principal, Grace

Polytechnic as Content, Social Media Manager and Recruiter, Old Mutual Assurance Plc., as Recruiter, AIICO Insurance, as Recruiter, Custodian Assurance Plc., as Recruiter, Recruiter and Quality Assurance and School Business Growth Consultant to Over 30 private schools in Nigeria

Samuel Anosike is a registered consultant and professional member with Nigeria Institute of Training and Development, Graduate and professional member with Institute of Management Leadership and Productivity Nigeria, Graduate and professional member with Chartered Institute of Customer Relationship Management respectively. These platforms have broadened his scope of operations as a teacher and trainer par excellence with more than nine years of teaching and corporate training experience. He has trained more than two thousand teachers in divers teaching and learning contents that affects all levels of learners development. Trained over five thousand job seekers on developing capacity for workplace relevance.