There is never a dull moment at oikos! While we are still recovering from the Spring Meeting, we are ready to announce that oikos FutureLab will take place from 11-12 November in St. Gallen. Besides the meetings, there are plenty of other ways to engage with oikos. Join the Student Reporter as a Project Manager for a Reporter Team at the World Resources Forum 2013 in Davos, Switzerland. If you want to bring out your journalistic side, you can apply to become a reporter at the Copenhagen Business School or the oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy in Switzerland. And finally, we present to you Anita Negri, the Chief Organizer of the oikos Spring Meeting 2013 and the current President of oikos Maastricht.
oikos Students
Spring Meeting Accomplished The Spring Meeting 2013 in Maastricht has just concluded. The chosen theme of “sustainable investment” attracted around 100 participants from 26 oikos chapters. Participants were offered different insights into the theme of sustainable investment through lectures, a sustainable-shop city tour, a self-reliance workshop and others.
Mark your calendars: oikos FutureLab 2013 The oikos FutureLab 2013 will be held from 11 – 12 November at the Lokremise, St. Gallen. “Save the Date” now until the online registration process is launched in mid-July. The FutureLab is the biggest event in the annual oikos calendar which gathers representatives from the entire community. The conference will focus on "Transforming Education" and on opportunities to drive change at faculties for economics and management.
Join Student Reporter Whether you have a passionate interest or radical opinion on rethinking management education or want to lead a team of writers as a project manager or want to engage in academic reporting in the field of social entrepreneurship, Student Reporter has something in store for you. Below you will find four exciting opportunities to join the Student Reporter team:
Apply until 15 April: Transforming Management Education – the Role of Humanities and Social Sciences, Copenhagen Business School, 4th-9th June 2013
Apply until 10 April: Become a Project Manager or Editor for a Reporter Team at the World Resources Forum (WRF) 2013, Davos-Switzerland
Apply until 30 April: Become a Student Reporter at World Resources Forum 2013, Davos-Switzerland
Apply until 30 April: Academic Reporting on Hybrid Ventures & Social Entrepreneurship Research
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oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy 2013
The oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy 2013 on “Creating Hybrid Ventures: Legitimacy and Sustainability Challenges in Social Entrepreneurship” will run from 25-30 August in Switzerland – submit your application by 15 April.
oikos Young Scholars Economics Academy 2013 We are pleased to announce that the oikos Young Scholars Economics Academy on "Global Financial Inclusion" will take place from 15-19 September 2013. Submit your application by 15 May.
oikos Case Quarterly, Issue 9, Winter 2013 The Winter 2013 edition of the oikos Case Quarterly is out! Looking for cases to be brought to the classroom reflecting on energy? This is the publication you need. We are featuring four exciting teaching cases by Debapratim Purkayastha (IBS Hyderabad, India); Esther Hennchen and Josep Maria Lozano (ESADE Business School, Spain); Roberto Gutiérrez (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia), Elsa Margarita (Universidad Javeriana, Colombia) and Andrés Barragán (MBA Universidad de los Andes, Colombia); and Anne-Marie Carrick and Filipe Santos (INSEAD, France).
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Anita Negri
Chief Organiser oikos Spring Meeting 2013 and current President oikos Maastricht
"My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests" – Rita Levi Montalcini (Nobel Prize Winner in 1986).
When I embarked on the 2013 Spring Meeting project, I did not expect to develop so many new skills or to meet and work with so many interesting people. I believe in learning from experiences and Montalcini, one of my heroes, has expressed exactly how I have been enriched through this project. I have learned that embarking on ventures is not a waste of time and that positivity is a powerful driver at work and in life. Positivity appears to increase intelligence and even efficiency. I, moreover, perceived an overall need in our society to launch creativity and be (pro)active. oikos proved to be an excellent platform to exercise this and turn our ideas into actions. Team work was an essential component of this journey. I learned to trust my team members and value each one of them. I always stressed to my team that opinions must be expressed and sharing ideas is one of the most precious opportunities we have. Thanks to an open minded environment, everyone brought something unique to the table. This resulted in a united team, able to act efficiently and solve obstacles. Therefore, do not be afraid to be unconventional, we are privileged to have a voice, let’s use it!
Various experts and students have made it possible to concretize this Spring Meeting. I hope some sentiment of the importance of responsible and sustainable decision-making stays with the participants. I thank everyone who has collaborated, sponsored, given us advice, participated, been patient, responded promptly and given us challenges.
Lastly, I would like to encourage you to choose constructive challenges and potentially satisfying experiences in your lives. Include the young generation into your initiatives (I included United World College students in the organization of the Spring Meeting) and live with a sense of appreciation towards this world - that is also why sustainability matters.
Next step? I will be guest-speaking at the inauguration of a Master’s course I helped to develop.
Outlook
25 – 30 August: oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy
On “Creating Hybrid Ventures: Legitimacy and Sustainability Challenges in Social Entrepreneurship”
15 – 19 September: oikos Young Scholars Economics Academy
On “GLobal Financial Inclusion”
08 - 10 November: Chapter Presidents Meeting in St. Gallen, Switzerland & 11 - 12 November: oikos FutureLab 2013 in St. Gallen, Switzerland Save the date!
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Whether you have a passionate interest or radical opinion on rethinking management education or want to lead a team of writers as a project manager or want to engage in academic reporting in the field of social entrepreneurship, Student Reporter has something in store for you. Below you will find four exciting opportunities to join the Student Reporter team:
The Winter 2013 edition of the oikos Case Quarterly is out! Looking for cases to be brought to the classroom reflecting on energy? This is the publication you need. We are featuring four exciting teaching cases by Debapratim Purkayastha (IBS Hyderabad, India); Esther Hennchen and Josep Maria Lozano (ESADE Business School, Spain); Roberto Gutiérrez (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia), Elsa Margarita (Universidad Javeriana, Colombia) and Andrés Barragán (MBA Universidad de los Andes, Colombia); and Anne-Marie Carrick and Filipe Santos (INSEAD, France). 
