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New oikos Chapter Turns Water Pollutants into Compost
We are thrilled to announce the inclusion of oikos Pune in India to our global network of students for sustainable economics and management. oikos Pune has already kick-started first ambitious project that aims to clean rivers in the region. Read all about them.
Student Clubs Shape Universities into a Proper Place for Personal Development
How could students improve learning environment at their universities? Why is it still difficult for them to get involved in university governance? What should Georgian universities do in order to implement sustainability in their structure? These were crucial questions discussed during the Youth Forum organised by oikos Tbilisi.
Energysavers 2012
We want you… to become an Energysaver! – that was the message addressed to students of four greatest Warsaw universities in November and December 2012 that expressed the main idea behind the Energysavers project. The fourth edition of oikos Warsaw initiative devoted to promoting sustainable energy consumption was fully supported by oikos International Project Development Fund.
oikos in Azerbaijan!
We are delighted to officially welcome oikos Baku, our new ally who is going shape the economics and management in Azerbaijan towards sustainability. Read more about the team members and their activities.
Reutlingen and Lausanne, welcome in oikos!
There is no better way of enterning the year 2013 than having more fanthastic people in the oikos community. We are happy to introduce two new oikos Chapters in accession represented by students of HEC Lausanne and Reutlingen University. Read more about their plans and advisors.
oikos measures carbon footprint
The student initiative Carbon Neutral Campus has measured the University of St.Gallen's carbon footprint. The report serves as a basis for the improvement of the climate balance sheet.
Highlights of the first oikos CEE meeting in Tbilisi
On September 7-9 oikos Tbilisi, together with Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University organized the CEE Regional Meeting. The topic “Sustainable Agritourism” appeared to be a good choice. Participants got to know agritourism in Georgia, discussed its development and perspectives and compared it with a situation in their countries. Read more about this event.
oikos enters Canada
Thanks to intensive efforts of the team of sustainability enthusiasts at the University of British Columbia, it’s Sauder School of Business will be from now on regularly shaken by the projects of oikos Vancouver. Read more about their plans, Advisors and the oV founding fathers.
International
Apply to be a Student Reporter at World Resources Forum 2013, Davos-Switzerland
Join a global reporting team in October in Davos- Switzerland. You will receive training from professional journalists writing for the New York Times, The New Yorker or Die Zeit and contribute to our growing media outlet. We are excited to get to know you.
Spring Meeting in Maastricht Accomplished
One of the oikos’ biggest projects has just come to an end. The organising team in Maastricht hopes to have left a touch of sustainable investors in all the participants. Read all about it!
Apply: Transforming Management Education – the Role of Humanities and Social Sciences, Copenhagen Business School, 4th-9th June 2013
It has been for a long time a fashion to refer to the state of business and the financial economy as being in crisis. The metaphor of crisis triggers the cues for emergent action. But few people (can and do) take action to slow down, reflect and initiate thoughts for iterative transformation. A partnership between the University of St Gallen Contextual Studies program, the Copenhagen Business Scho ...
Apply: Become a Project Manager or Editor for a Reporter Team at The World Resources Forum 2013, Davos-Switzerland
Come become part of a fast moving global organizational environment! Student Reporter seeks for two project managers to lead an international team of students covering the World Resources Forum 2013 (WRF 2013) held in Davos-Switzerland, 6-9th October 2013. We are looking for managers to lead in both managerial and editorial capacities – ideally, our teams comprise of one experienced project manag ...
oikos Case Quarterly 9 (Winter 2013): Energy
Searching for cases to teach in class to make students reflect on energy and its impacts to sustainability? Take a look and get inspired by the cases of Shell, Hocol and Nuru Energy featured in our latest oikos Case Quarterly. Enjoy the read!
Apply: Academic Reporting on Hybrid Ventures & Social Entrepreneurship Research
Have you ever dreamed about going to bed and waking up in the morning with an international group of the most dedicated researchers in the field of social entrepreneurship? If so, here is your opportunity: The oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy
Lessons From the Best How to Scale Up - Student Reporter Curated on The Huffington Post
Fellow Student Reporter Tim Lehmann and I sat down with The Huffington Post's founder, Ms. Arianna Huffington, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. What can we learn from The Huffington Post in terms of scaling up our model?
Call for Papers oikos Academy - Creating Hybrid Ventures: Legitimacy and Sustainability Challenges in Social Entrepreneurship
The fourth oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy provides a unique platform to develop scholars in the early stages of their careers. Exceptional PhD candidates, post docs and young faculty are at the center of the program. The academy aims at advancing academic research, at building networks and at preparing the ground for research relevant for theory and practice. The event includes pape ...
Become the President!
Rise to the challenge of leading a network of 45 chapters to the next stage of their development! If you're looking for a unique life and work experience as member of oikos management team, then don't waste time and apply! The elections will take place during oikos Spring Meeting in Maastricht.
Strategy Meeting of oikos International Executive Board
Frosty Warsaw, on officially its coldest weekend of the winter, provided the venue for the oikos International Strategy Meet 2013. During more than two days the oikos Executive Board members together with oikos International President worked on further oikos development. Read more about the main meeting moments captured by Arush Chandna.
