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Dear Reader
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Welcome to our newsletter!
We are delighted to announce that applications for the oikos FutureLab 2018, as well as for the oikos leadership program - LEAP are now open. We encourage our members and alumni to apply until September 9th, 2018. We are also proud to reveal the winners of the 2018 oikos Case writing competition and would like to invite you to review inspection copies of our winning and runner-up cases here.
In the June edition of our newsletter, you can read about our webinars on Cross Cultural Management and on Creating Behavior that Lasts. We also share with you oikos Guide to Pluralist Economics and insights from the Knowledge Exchange Expedition.
In the alumni part of the newsletter, meet Alexis Angot, a former oikos Paris member, and Carlijn van Dam, our Alumni Ambassador to the Netherlands. In the “30 seconds with…” segment meet Alexandra Horvath, our new oikos Project Coordinator.
Enjoy this June edition of our newsletter and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter to stay updated!
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oikos Students
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FutureLab 2018
We are glad to announce that the FutureLab 2018 applications are now open. You can apply to the event until September 9th. We will begin accepting people on a rolling basis on July 14th - it is a recommended deadline for participants who require a visa to come to Switzerland. Join us in Geneva on October 26-27 by filling out this form.
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LEAP Program 2018/19
Applications for the LEAP program 2018/19 are open until September 9th. As usual, we will kick off the program with the first on-sight meeting in Switzerland. This year, the meeting will take place before the FutureLab in Leysin, a village in the Vaud Alps. For the first time, oikos alumni are encouraged to apply as well. Fill in the application here.
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oikos Guide to Pluralist Economics
If you want to learn more about economics but don’t want to crack open a dusty old textbook, check out the insightful oikos Guide to Pluralist Economics! This handy meme-filled booklet will introduce you to nine different ways of doing economics and bring you into the exciting world of ‘pluralist economics’.
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Knowledge Exchange Expedition
oikos Outreach Manager, Clémentine Robert, continues her Knowledge Exchange Expedition. In her latest report learn about leading players in the field of social innovation in India. Furthermore, read her interview with Loïc Krähenbühl, Project Manager at swissnex India about the importance of research on sustainability in the emerging states.
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oikos Webinars
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oikos Alumni
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Alumni Portrait
This month oikos Alumni Portrait features Alexis Angot, our alumnus from oikos Paris. He shared a story of his sustainability journey from a curious child to a bold entrepreneur with a first-of-its-kind insect farm running in eastern France. Alexis reminisced his time with oikos and explained how alumni network keeps the oikos spirit alive.
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New Dutch Alumni Ambassador
Carlijn van Dam, former oikos Paris member, joined our network of alumni ambassadors. Carlijn will engage with the oikos alumni in the Netherlands, as she will be working to strengthen ties and facilitate new connections between Dutch chapters, their members, and alumni. Carlijn shared her oikos journey and plans for the network here
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oikos Academic
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Case Writing Competition 2018
We are proud to announce the winners of the 2018 oikos Case Writing Competition. We would like to thank all the participants for their outstanding case submissions and congratulate to the winners of the competition. A list of all the prizes and runners-up, as well as inspection copies of the winning and runner-up cases are available here.
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oikos PRME-Research Hub
The oikos-PRME Research Hub is a unique platform for students in economics and management at all levels (Bachelor, Master and PhD) to share research on sustainability related topics. The goal is clear: to encourage more and more students worldwide to write theses that address the sustainability challenges of our time.
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30 Seconds with...
Alexandra Horvath, Project Coordinator at oikos
I joined oikos Graz as a requirement for a class I took, but it turned to be a great decision. Later I became president, and soon joined LEAP not knowing how this journey would develop me. I’ve always had an interest in psychology and self-development and this program gave me the opportunity to learn so much about myself. After the first year, I could feel that I grew personally, even if I had the feeling that I should have dedicated more time to do the reflections thoroughly. When I then had the opportunity to stay engaged in the program as a coach I was very happy since I felt that the first year just kicked off my development and there was so much more I wanted to learn.
Being a coach helped me not only understand myself better but also taught me how to bring people that barely know each other together, create a safe space so they are willing to open up and support each other. I also learned a lot from all the participants and created strong bonds that, I hope, will last a lifetime. This is something special about LEAP – in a very short time you learn so much about these “strangers”, that you feel very connected and close to them. During my time as a coach, I also discovered that I would like to become a professional coach. By being a project coordinator for oikos and especially for the LEAP program I now get the opportunity to do that.
Over the last three years, we constantly improved the program and tried to make the experience for the participants even better. This year, for the first time, we also encourage Alumni to participate, because we think that they can contribute a lot to the program with their experience. We want to teach the participants how to replicate those exercises we do and for that reason, we plan to create a library where exercises are described in detail along with all the necessary tools. One of our goals for the program is also to grow so that more people can benefit from it and improve their leadership abilities. My vision for LEAP is that one day it is a worldwide known Leadership Development Program for young people, that facilitates young leader’s development, teaches them skills to solve global problems and lead their companies into a sustainable future.
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Outlook
15 June: oikos Alumni Get Togther in Bangalore, India
6 - 9 September: oikos CEE Meeting 2018
Warsaw, Poland
October: LEAP Meeting, Leysin, Switzerland
26 - 27 October: FutureLab 2018
Geneva, Swirzerland
For more events check our website here.
oikos-PRME Research Hub - Latest Entries:
CSR 65.0 – Corporate Social Responsibility in an Aging Society by Liad Ortar from University of Haifa
Climate Extremes, Space and Time: A comparative explo-ration of techniques to estimate the influence of climate on economic growth by Moritz Schwarz, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School
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