Applications for the oikos Winter School 2019 are open! oikos members and alumni, as well as undergraduate and graduate students from all over the world and all walks of life,  are welcome to join the Winter School on urban development. Discuss the issue of growing cities and accompanying responsibilities with like-minded people from 17th to 23rd March 2019.

The oikos Cases Program supports the development of high-quality cases on sustainability topics that stimulate innovative teaching and learning experiences. Students can visit our Case Collection, select cases for teaching and approach faculty with their suggestions. Interested faculty can contact us at cases@oikos-international.org

How can the law apply to climate change? oikos NYC hosted a talk featuring Professor Randall S. Abate, who spoke about the legal aspects of a warming world. His discussion focused on how the law can protect the most vulnerable - future generations, wildlife, and natural resources - under climate change. This presentation was based on Professor Abate’s forthcoming book by the same title, which will be published by in August 2019.

About a year ago, an oikos book about the alternative approaches to economic growth was published thanks to the efforts of the oikos Leipzig team. On 25th January they welcomed Katja Kipping, one of the authors of the book and the chairman of the party Die Linke (the Left), to a discussion in Leipzig, Germany. She talked about the book as well as about the topic of unconditional basic income. Learn more about the book here.

Stefano Ramelli joined oikos 3 years ago when he became a PhD fellow at the Department of Banking and Finance of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. As his fellowship came to an end in January 2019, Stefano looked back at his oikos journey in this thoughtful letter, where he reminisced his encounter with the organization and talked about his plans moving forward.

Every student who wants to pursue a degree in business and management will at least once consult university rankings to decide on where exactly to further their education? But what is the current state of the business school rankings and what could be done to improve them? Learn in this UN Global Compact Report on Business School Rankings for the 21st Century.

We are proud to let you know that oikos contributed to the report by sharing and representing the students' voice.

We are looking for a passionate group of oikos members and alumni to help us organize the next FutureLab conference in 2019. You will get a chance to work with an international team, gain new skills in project development and communications, as well as meet inspiring, renowned professionals both before and during the event. Remember: for us, motivation counts more than experience. The applications are open till 24th February 2019. For any lingering questions reach out to us at futurelab@oikos-international.org.