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    the

    oikosyear

    2008

    beinformedgetinvolvedmakeadifference

    www.o

    ikos-inte

    rnation

    al.org

    oikos Internationalstudents for sustainableeconomics and management

    plus an outlook on 2009

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    Therefore, we

    1 increase awareness about sustainability opportunities andchallenges, focusing on students of management and economics,

    2 foster their ability not only to analyse long-term economic,environmental and social trends, but also implement sustainability-driven innovation,

    3 create institutional support for these learning processes through theintegration of sustainability issues in research and teaching at the

    worlds faculties for management and economics.

    oikos strengthens

    action competence

    for sustainabledevelopment

    among

    tomorrows

    decision makers.

    vision & mission

    Student Dialogueoikos Conference 2008

    St.Gallen, Switzerland

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    at a glance

    welcome

    Our highlights in 2008,

    and a glimpse of the future.

    future of nanceoikos and the

    0

    How do we promote curricula change

    and advance academic research for a

    sustainable future of nance?

    you&usHow do we work with our

    alumni, project partners,

    students and donators?

    2008

    2009

    get involvedHow can you get involved

    and work together with us for

    sustainable economics and management? 2

    8-9

    6-74-5

    How do we empower student leaders,

    advance the oikos network and

    strengthen sustainability research?

    How do our Local Chapters

    make a difference at their local

    universities and faculties?

    How do we

    make a difference

    in 2009?

    Inter-

    nationalLocalChapter

    topic spotlight

    2008 was a thrilling year for this

    world - and also for oikos. We wouldlike to share some of our mostexciting moments with you and showyou our plans for 2009.

    It was extremely motivating to be100% involved with oikos in 2008.Thanks to our great team, members,advisors, sponsors and supporters!

    Lets keep in touch, Katha

    Katharina Beck, President 2008

    kathasays...

    Welcome to oikos in 2009!

    Be informed about our recent

    activities, get involved in futureoikos projects and make a differenceby organising projects at yourUniversity or whereever you canmake a positive impact. Yes, you can!

    Yours, Kate

    Kate Negacz, President 2009

    katesays...

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    international

    Advisors Retreat

    Advisors from Local Chapters andoikos International develop and

    improve their coaching skills inIttingen, Switzerland.

    Martin Herrndorf and NinaHug become oikos PhD

    Fellows. Nina studies the

    communication of publicvalue and kicks off new

    oikos personal developmentprojects. Martin joins to

    study Base of the Pyramidstrategies. At oikos, he

    develops public relations

    and impact tools.

    Two new oikosPhD Fellows

    feb

    oikos providesthe Local

    Chapters withtools to build

    their websites in

    a common oikosformat.

    Launch ofLocal Chapterwebsites 7-8

    mar

    NEW

    oikos Spring Meeting CologneMore than 80 students exchange their

    oikos project ideas and experience,learn about sustainable consumption

    and production and participate in case

    studies on bio-plastic (with BASF) andwater scarcity (with Henkel).

    24-27apr

    12-16may

    Katharina Beck inspiresstudents at the World

    Student Summit onSustainability in

    Regina, Canada, in the

    newly launched oikos

    Pathnder Session.

    Pathfnder Session

    jun

    Case on the social

    enterprise Scojo

    Foundation by TedLondon and Mary

    Christiansen, Universityof Michigan, wins

    oikos Case WritingCompetition.

    oikos Case WritingCompetition

    NEW

    25-29aug

    6 PhD studentsfrom 2 countries

    discuss their researchdesigns and results

    on entrepreneurialstrategies for

    sustainability with

    international faculty.

    oikos PhD SummerAcademy

    on-going

    Project Development Fund

    oikos supports eight Local Chapter

    projects with coaching and (seed)funding, based on alumni donations

    matched by the GLS bank.

    jan

    Project LeadershipProgramme

    Ten project leaders develop andrealise change projects in a seven

    months coaching and skill programme.

    NEW

    NEW

    N

    EW

    video onthe oikoswebsite

    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    oikos Internationalstudents for sustainableeconomics and management

    oikosStudent Award

    UniDiesel fromGreece wins the

    best Sustainable Campus

    project. Campus ClimateSolutions from Florida

    is awarded as the most

    innovative student projecton Curricula Change.

    NEW

    sep

    Kim Poldner starts herPhD Fellowship to

    study eco-fashion andinitiate oikos alumni

    activities.

    New oikosPhD Fellow

    dec

    oct

    25-29sep

    oikos AutumnMeeting Graz

    Students develop their

    sustainability skills anddiscuss future strategies for

    higher education on appliedcorporate social responsibility

    with Mostafa Tolba, former

    director of the UN EnvironmentProgramme and other experts.

    Call for cases launched

    in two tracks: on SocialEntrepreneurship (with

    Ashoka) and on CorporateSustainability.

    oikos Global CaseWritingCompetition

    16-22nov

    oikos Winter School

    28 students from 8 countriesdevelop their sustainability

    projects with experts and

    professional coaches at theUniversity of Witten/Herdecke,

    Germany.

    sep

    oikos launches a call for papers

    for a new academy invitingPhD students and young faculty

    that focus on sustainablenance.

    See topic page on

    sustainable fnance

    oikos PRI Young ScholarFinance Academy

    NEW

    videos onthe oikoswebsite

    http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/fellowship/current-fellows.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/fellowship/current-fellows.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/fellowship/current-fellows.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/fellowship/current-fellows.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/fellowship/current-fellows.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/fellowship/current-fellows.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/fellowship/current-fellows.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc/call-2009.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc/call-2009.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc/call-2009.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc/call-2009.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc/call-2009.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc/call-2009.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc/call-2009.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc/call-2009.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/ws/ws2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/ws/ws2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/ws/ws2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/ws/ws2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/ws/ws2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/ws/ws2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/ws/ws2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008/sustainable-campus.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008/sustainable-campus.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008/sustainable-campus.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008/sustainable-campus.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/ws/ws2008.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/cwc/call-2009.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/autumnmeeting08.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/en/projects/fellowship/current-fellows.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/projects/award/student-award-2008.html
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    Local Chapters

    oikos Spring Meeting 2008, Cologne, Germany

    In 2008, oikos Local Chapters organised 126events, including conferences, panel discussions,simulation games, seminars, surveys, lectures,movie screenings and reading circles.

    They increased awareness about sustainability in

    around 22.000 students at their universities andbusiness schools. Some changed the curriculumof their eld of study, others focused on changingtheir university as an organisation.

    You will nd extensive information about LocalChapter projects on the website of our Chapters.On this page we picked some examples to illustratehow our Chapters make a difference.

    oikos Monterrey

    New Chapter starts its

    activities in Mexico with round

    tables on sustainability.

    Please visit the websites of the Local Chaptersor contact them personally by email:

    www.oikos-international.org/chapters/

    oikos Paris

    Student survey with 600+ participants reveals

    importance of sustainabilty for students at ESSEC

    business school, including for choosing an employer.

    oikos Reims

    Students at Reims Management School get

    involved in sustainability at the rst oikos

    Sustainable Development event, April -7.

    oikos London

    In the Perspectivity Game an interactive simulation game about

    the problems of collective action students of London School of

    Economics wear the hats of national leaders and discuss trade-offs

    between prosperity and environmental sustainability.

    oikos Cologne

    A lecture series on development cooperation and sustainability

    continuously attracts more than 100 students - the rst course organised

    by oikos Cologne integrated into the ofcial University curriculum.

    Having co-founded oikos Bayreuth in the 1990s I fullyendorse the ideas oikos stands for. Today, oikos is still

    one of my most valuable professional networks.

    Dr. Kai Hockerts, Associate ProfessorCopenhagen Business School, Denmark

    http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/sm08-cologne.htmlhttp://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/http://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/http://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/http://paris.oikos-international.org/http://paris.oikos-international.org/http://paris.oikos-international.org/http://reims.oikos-international.org/http://reims.oikos-international.org/http://reims.oikos-international.org/http://cologne.oikos-international.org/http://cologne.oikos-international.org/http://cologne.oikos-international.org/http://cologne.oikos-international.org/http://reims.oikos-international.org/http://paris.oikos-international.org/http://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/meetings/sm08-cologne.html
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    Our Local Chaptersin numbers

    Chapter

    Members

    Students

    reached

    Events

    Advisors

    Bayreuth 20 540 7 2

    Bratislava n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

    Brussels 0 50 6

    Clausthal 9 200 4 4

    Cologne 25 279 5 6

    Dhaka 70 800 6 2

    Friedrichshafen 0 2

    Graz 200 5

    Hamburg 7 00 2 2

    Johannesburg 6 85 2 2

    London 90 20 5

    Monterrey 6 0

    Oslo 2 500 22

    Paris 25 600 4

    Prague 5 6650 4 4

    Reims 26 400 5 2St.Gallen 85 250 5 9

    Warsaw 5 520 4 2

    Witten/Herdecke 70 8

    Total 2008 499 21614 126 59

    Total 2007 404 2467 2 7

    NEW

    Chapter Development

    Newly founded Monterrey 2008

    In accession Paderborn Dec 2008

    Belfast Jan 2009

    2oikos Dhaka

    0 students of BRAC University

    approach the model of Social and

    Ecological Market Economy in a

    seminar organised by oikos Dhaka

    in collaboration with the GTZ

    Bangladesh.oikos Johannesburg

    The African Development

    Partnership brings together

    African student leaders in

    sustainability with local

    and international experts,

    e.g. from the World Bank.

    oikos Graz

    oikos Graz raises awareness for sustainability

    with a newly designed oikos poster series.

    oikos Bayreuth

    German and Chinese students developed a deeper understanding of sustainability

    challenges in China during movie screenings, discussions and workshops with

    experts at the China Symposium at the University of Bayreuth on May 27-28.

    oikos Prague

    On April, 450 students discuss the implications of climate

    change with the Minister for Environment and other experts

    after the screening of An Inconvenient Truth.

    oikos Warsaw

    40 students explore ways to improve sustainability at the Warsaw

    School of Economics and in their daily life at the Change your

    thoughts. Change your world event on November 4-5.

    oikos St.Gallen

    80 participants design projects to deeper integrate

    sustainability into the curriculum of the University of St.

    Gallen at the oikos Conference on October 2-24.

    009

    http://dhaka.oikos-international.org/http://dhaka.oikos-international.org/http://dhaka.oikos-international.org/http://dhaka.oikos-international.org/http://dhaka.oikos-international.org/http://dhaka.oikos-international.org/http://johannesburg.oikos-international.org/http://johannesburg.oikos-international.org/http://johannesburg.oikos-international.org/http://johannesburg.oikos-international.org/http://johannesburg.oikos-international.org/http://johannesburg.oikos-international.org/http://www.oikos-conference.org/http://www.oikos-conference.org/http://www.oikos-conference.org/http://www.oikos-conference.org/http://www.oikos-conference.org/http://johannesburg.oikos-international.org/http://dhaka.oikos-international.org/
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    009

    oikos PRI YoungScholars FinanceAcademyYoung Scholarsadvance their research

    on responsibleinvestments.

    NEW

    9-13feb

    new PhD FellowPatricia Mesquita

    from Brazil joinsoikos to do research

    on organisationallearning modes

    and to support the

    intra-organisationalknowledge transfer.

    feb26-29

    mar

    oikos SpringMeeting OsloParticipants discuss

    and develop visionsfor a sustainable

    European future.

    oikos Global Case

    Writing Competitionoikos awards the bestteaching case withinthe newly established

    two tracks SocialEntrepreneurship (with

    Ashoka) and CorporateSustainability.

    jun

    NEW

    30 aug4 sep

    10th oikos PhDSummer AcademyFor the tenth time,

    PhD students gatherto advance theirresearch with leading

    sustainability faculty.

    Who knows what the future brings? What we already

    know regarding our events, you nd below.

    We will announce all new developments on ourwebsite and in our newsletter join and be surprised:

    www.oikos-international.org/get-involved/

    on-going

    Project Development FundWe continue our support for Local

    Chapter projects with ideas, feedbackand some money.

    Project Leadership Programme0 selected oikos members boost their

    projects and work on company casestudies (provided by GLS Bank).

    oikos Internationalstudents for sustainableeconomics and management

    See topic pageon sustainable

    fnance

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    outlook

    Presidents andAdvisors RetreatPresidents and

    advisors meet anddiscuss the best way

    to ll their respective

    roles and best worktogether.

    New oikos FellowsTwo new oikos Fellowsstart their studies

    at the University of

    St.Gallen and takea lead on new oikos

    projects.

    sepoikos WinterSchoolA new generation

    of student projectleaders is trained in

    sustainability and

    project managementskills by advancing

    their own projectsat the University of

    Witten/Herdecke.

    nov

    oikos Autumn

    Meetingoikos membersdiscuss sustainability

    and exchange their

    experiences indeveloping and running

    change projects attheir universities.

    oct

    oikosStudent AwardDeadline to apply

    for the 5th annualoikos Student

    Award.

    sep

    30

    sep

    http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/http://www.oikos-international.org/projects/ws/
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    nance

    oikos and thetopic spotlight

    oikos PRIYoung ScholarsFinance

    AcademyThis international PhD Academy incooperation with the UN Principlesfor Responsible Investment (PRI)provides a unique platform forthe encouragement of academicresearch on responsible investmentissues.

    The Academy gathers leadingacademics, practitioners andexceptional PhD students. Anoutstanding faculty (Gordon L.Clark, Oxford University; James

    P. Hawley, St. Marys College,United States; Nils Kok, MaastrichtUniversity) join this one week eventin February 8-13, 2009.

    Panel talks on thefnancial crisisoikos invited experts to discuss the nancialfuture on panel discussions at different oikos

    Universities:

    January 2008 and 2009:At the LondonSchool of Economics, speakers from Citigroup,Zouk Ventures, Five Talents, Planet Financeand Sustainable Finance Ltd. etc. discuss theemerging challenges in the nancial world.

    November 2008: During the WinterSchool at the University of Witten/Herdecke,Germany, Deutsche Bank meets the GLS Bankto compare different approaches to sustainablebanking.

    December 2008: oikos Cologne and oikosHamburg, in cooperation with the GLS Bank,

    each attract over 100 people with paneldiscussions on the nancial future, featuringspeakers from academia, media and praxis.

    Follow-up events are planned for 2009.

    It is obvious that todays teaching has not inspired people to act responsibly (...)The nancial crisis is a huge opportunity to pursue change at universities.Katharina Beck, oikos President 2008, in Die Zeit, 16 December 2008

    dialo

    gue

    research

    teaching

    Developing futurefnance curriculaOn February 13, oikos hosts theColloquium Finance Education 2020to develop an impulse for the future of

    nance education based on sustainbilityprinciples. Together with selectedthought leaders from the nanceindustry, the participants of the oikosPRI Young Scholars Finance Academymeet in Zurich to develop concrete stepsfor curriculum development. We alsointend to engage in follow-up projectswith the global PRI academic network.

    Curricula for the future of nance alsoare the topic of a case study sponsoredby the GLS Bank for the Project

    Leadership Programme 2009. Results ofthis project will be available in Autumn2009.

    future of

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    donors

    alumniprojectpartners students

    In 20 years of oikos,generations of studentshave entered and left the

    organisation to have an impactin the business, NGO or policyworld.

    In 2009 we are launching aninternational oikos AlumniInitiative in order to stay intouch with our Alumni andhelp them to continuouslymake an impact forsustainability.

    This project is being launched

    with decentralised AlumniMeetings in several Europeancities.

    To stay in touch, [email protected].

    To increase our outreach and impact,we work together with leadingorganisations in the sustainability eld.

    In our international projects in 2008,we teamed up with Ashoka, the UNPRI and the Swiss National Fund.We are grateful to the MercatorFoundation Switzerland, who enabledus to considerably extend the oikosPhD Fellowship Programme. We alsoreceived project-specic funding andcontent support from companies likeHenkel, IKEA, BASF, RWE and theGLS Bank.

    In 2009, we intend to strengthen ourexisting partnerships and activelydevelop new cooperations.

    [email protected].

    The oikos Local Chapterstarget students, and arerun by students. They put

    their free time, energyand creativity in designingand running projects thathave an impact at theiruniversities.

    If you are studying at auniversity where a LocalChapter exists, contact themto get active atwww.oikos-international.org/chapters/.

    If you are at a university

    without Chapter,contact [email protected] onopportunities to found one!

    Roberto Artavia

    INCAE BusinessSchool

    Costa Rica

    Key-Note Speaker

    oikos St.Gallen

    Conference 2008

    you us

    oikos Circle of Donors

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/http://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/http://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected].
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    get involved?

    whomto contacton what

    ?

    www.oikos-international.org

    Concept, Content and Design: Katharina Beck ([email protected]) and Martin Herrndorf ([email protected]), Photos:Robert Strmer, www.stuermer.com (2, 9, ), oikos International (, 6)

    on oikos in 2009?on the Local Chapters?on the international projects?

    Kate Negaczoikos International, President 2009

    [email protected]

    phone +4 (0)7 224 2698

    skype katenegacz

    on PhD and faculty projects?on potential involvement as a donor?

    Dr. Jost Hamschmidtoikos Foundation, Managing Director

    [email protected]

    phone +4 (0)7 224 2595

    on oikos in 2008?

    Katharina Beckoikos International, President 2008

    [email protected]

    on how to join existing oikos Local Chaptersor support their projects?

    Each oikos Chapter has a contact person for the

    communication with students and other people

    interested in oikos. You can contact them directly or

    rst visit the Local Chapter websites:

    www.oikos-international.org/chapters/

    on how to stay in touch as alumni?

    Kim Poldner | oikos PhD Fellow [email protected]

    on member coaching and training programmes?

    Nina Hug | oikos PhD Fellow 2008-20

    [email protected]

    on the oikos Student Award and public relations?

    Martin Herrndorf | oikos PhD Fellow [email protected]

    http://www.oikos-international.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.stuermer.com/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.oikos-international.org/chapters/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.stuermer.com/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.oikos-international.org/