About IMR

Mission and vision

Our mission is: Responsible Governance for Sustainable Societies. Based on our broad vision of management, our research and teaching focus on social trends from governance and policy, in close alignment with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We acknowledge that each SDG raises management issues and we study how society, public and private organisations, and individuals solve these issues.

We attach great importance to curiosity-driven, fundamental research, and we contribute to theorising the mechanisms that enable above-mentioned actors to contribute responsibly to citizens' well-being at regional, national, and international level.

Research and teaching at Nijmegen School of Management contribute to:

• developing sustainable economies that are co-created and given meaning in the development of corporate responsibility by inclusive organisations with a shared mission, focused on justice and sustainability (Social Economy);
• developing and safeguarding resilient societies, meaning sustainable democracies, inclusive and equitable institutions, and safe societies (Resilient Society);
• developing a sustainable living environment through climate change mitigation and adaptation, restoring biodiversity, and preventing pollution (Sustainable Environment).

Nijmegen School of Management studies these societal challenges from a fundamental analytical and an intervention perspective, based on three interconnected dimensions:

• Politics/Democracy: Activities through which citizens shape society and relate to underlying power relations;
• Governance/Administration: Rule-based activities and power relations through which a society is governed;
• Management/Organisation: Focused and structured activities (planning, decision-making, coordinating, motivating, and monitoring) aimed at realising objectives as efficiently and effectively as possible.