3° Intensive Study Program
Linz city of ISP 2026
Welcome to the 3rd ISP
This ISP proposes new education packages and tools aimed to:
- encourage the inclusion of sustainability issues in accounting curricula
- stimulate accounting students ‘awareness about the need for sustainability in organisations
- stimulate students’ ability to address sustainability challenges with a global and international perspective
- prepare students for what they will encounter in their workplaces
- foster students’ ability to reflect on their learning process and gain awareness of lessons learned and knowledge acquired.
During the ISP, students will interact within international groups and participate in educational activities, conducted in English, on various areas of accounting that include the topic of sustainability.
Four main teaching modules make up the ISPs program:
- Disclosing Business Value Through Sustainability and ESG Reporting
- Providing assurance on sustainability reports
- Sustainability management accounting
- Sustainability, Taxation, and Strategic Decision Making
Teaching activities performed during the ISP combine experiential and interactive pedagogical modalities (e.g. case studies, flipped classroom, debate, role-playing) and adopt a problem-based approach.
Program Details
- Dates: 13–19 September 2026
- Location: Johannes Kepler University of Linz
- Format: Interactive seminars, case study analysis, role playing, cooperative learning lessons, strategy game simulations, group discussions.
Teaching Modules
Teaching module 1
Disclosing business value through sustainability and ESG Reporting.
Teaching module 2
Providing assurance on sustainability reports.
Teaching module 3
Sustainability management accounting
Teaching module 4
Sustainability, taxation and strategic decision making.
ISP – Events
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