oikos Newsletter
March '16
be informed - get involved - make a difference
Dear Reader,
February was a win a for many of us. A universal plea was heard and Leonardo DiCaprio finally won his Oscar to give a talk on Climate Change. Moving on to the world of oikees, we got together and questioned how to feed the world at the oikos Winter School. There also was the LEAP webinar on fundraising and partnerships by Michèle Joanisse who works as Head of External Relations at DNDi in Geneva. As March approaches, we gear up for the oikos Spring Meeting in Lille, France which will be followed in April by the oikos Asia Meet in Vellore, India. There are also some very final reminders in this newsletter, such as the opportunity to apply to become the next oikos President, participating in the oikos PhD Finance Academy and more.
Happy reading!
 Call for applications! oikos and the Henley Centre for Governance, Accountability, and Responsible Investment (GARI) will convene the sixth oikos Young Scholars Finance Academy from September 11 to 15, 2016, in Reading, United Kingdom. Apply now!
Share your Thesis on the oikos Theses Hub and Inspire
 Welcome to the oikos Theses Hub – our online platform to share research on sustainability in economics, finance, and management among bachelor, master and PhD students worldwide. With tens of thousands of students writing a thesis every year, and with a growing number among them focusing on aspects of sustainability, we are delighted to welcome you here to share your own work and explore the research of others on these topics. Explore it and upload your thesis or thesis proposal!
30 seconds with...
Tiia Villman and Mush'ab Santio, Participants, oikos Winter School 2016, Witten, Germany
 "“How to feed the world?” is a question that we do not give enough attention to the global issues that our generation will bear on our shoulders. After one week participated in 12th oikos Winter School I’ve learnt a lot about the problem through “eye-opening” lectures, interesting workshops, and intensive discussions. It went more exciting with all the speakers so passionate telling their works and problems they are trying to solved. The conference bring people around the world with various backgrounds make me understand the problem in different perspectives.
- Mush'ab Satio
"I found oikos Winter School 2016 by chance. I had never even heard of oikos before and didn't really know what to expect from the experience. The main reason I decided to take part is because the topic of food security is something I find very interesting and what I want to focus on in my studies. I study geography in the University of Turku in Finland and I'm currently planning the topic for my master's thesis, something to do with agriculture and food production. In the Winter School I hoped to spend a week immersing myself in this topic, learning more about it and getting new ideas.
-Tiia Villman
Read more about their testimonials here.
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Outlook
14 - 16 March: oikos LEAP Advanced Track Meeting, Lille, France
16 March: oikos LEAP Intermediate Track Meeting, Lille, France
17 - 20 March: oikos Spring Meeting 2016, Lille, France
3 - 8 April: oikos Model WTO 2016, St Gallen and Geneva, Switzerland
7 April: LEAP webinar with Mehdi Majidi on The Importance of Responsible Education
14 - 17 April: oikos Asia Meet, Vellore, India
20 April: Un-Dress, St Gallen, Switerland
4 - 6 November: LEAP Intermediate Track Meeting, Switerland
6 - 9 November: oikos FutureLab 2016, St Gallen, Switerland
Meet Us
21 April: Swiss Sustainable University Day, Lausanne, Switzerland
Contribute
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