oikos Project Development Fund will support student projects
From now on, oikos students from all over the world can apply four times a year for being supported by the Project Development Fund (PDF).
oikos Dhaka joines forces with North South University
After successful a year at Brac University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, oikos Dhaka includes North South University (NSU), the first and the largest private university of Bangladesh.
So, what happened at oikos Winter School 2007?
After one intensive week, 20 participants presented their project ideas in front of oikos alumni and young professionals.
University administration supports oikos sustainability reporting project
oikos Bayreuth got the support of the university administration for its sustainability reporting project. The objective of the project is a sustainability report for the University of Bayreuth that is in accordance with the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
In a meeting today the Chancellor of the university Dr. Ekkehard Beck expressed the general support of the university admin ...
Model WTO 2008 - Application for Chairs now open!
The application process for Committee Chairs at the oikos Model WTO 2008 is now open!
Students currently pursuing a Master Degree at the University of St.Gallen are eligible for application.
Interested? Please send in your CV and a Motivation Letter at guillaume.darier@student.unisg.ch.
Deadline: December 8th, 2007.
Do check out our HSG Flyer.
oikos Winter School: Stakeholder Dialogue simulated
Witten/Herdecke - On the second day of the oikos Winter School 2007, participants simulated a stakeholder dialogue for the realization of an Institute for Business Education for Sustainable Development.
The scetched Institute could do research on how sustainability can be integrated into the curricula of universities. This implies designing teaching methods and scetching best cases on how s ...
University of British Columbia Students win oikos Award
Paul Dickinson, CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project and Award Committee member Claude Siegenthaler (Hosei University Tokyo) handed over the oikos Award for Student Entrepreneurship in Higher Education to Alice Miro, a UBC student. The prize giving ceremony took place at the oikos Winter School 2007 in Witten/Herdecke, Germany.
oikos Winter School 2007 takes off
oikos Witten/Herdecke is hosting the oikos Winter School 2007, which started on November 18 with 20 participating students from 12 countries.
Speakers of the Winter School include alternative Nobel Prize Laureate Ibrahim Abouleish, Founder of Sekem Group (Egypt); Paul Dickinson, Founder and CEO, Carbon Disclosure Project (UK); Hans Michael Hoelz, Global Head of Sustainable Devel ...
oikos PhD Summer Academy 2008: Preannouncement
Dr. Johanna Mair (IESE Barcelona), Dr. Michael V. Russo (University of Oregon) and Dr. Rolf Wüstenhagen (University of St.Gallen) will form the invited faculty of the oikos PhD Summer Academy 2008, August 25-29.
The call for papers for the 2008 Academy will be launched by end of November. PhD candidates are invited to submit papers dealing with Entrepreneurial Strategies for Susta ...
Expedition World
Bringing sustainable development topics into the classroom - this has been the objective of the Expedition World. Matti Spiecker, one of the three students from University of Witten/Herdecke that visited Social Entrepreneurs during an eight month expedition will speak about his experiences on November 16th at 3 pm in the Pony Bar (Allende-Platz 1, Hamburg). Join the session, learn about the entrep ...