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Happy New Year! We wish you all the best and success in bringing sustainability into the core of education and society!

Welcome to the January edition of our newsletter! Inside you can find out how oikos kicked off 2020 and take a look at what's happened in the community in the past month. You can also learn about the upcoming events and opportunities, so mark them in your calendar right away!

In the first newsletter issue of the year we bring you report from the board Strategy Meeting, reveal more details about this year's Spring Meeting in Baku, introduce the new Management Team members at oikos International and more.
oikos UPDATES

Board Strategy Meeting 2020
Just a few days into the New Year, the New Board got together in Switzerland for a yearly strategy meeting. Have a glimpse on how it went and get some insight into how the Board works. We encourage any chapter to consider organizing such meeting with its board to bond and make its work for the year coherent and even more impactful! READ MORE

LEAP Webinar: Discovering Leadership and Higher Purpose
On 15 January 2020, at 18:00 CET, Professor Robert E. Quinn will talk about Leadership and Higher Purpose. The webinar is meant to encourage participants to reconsider conventional ideas on leadership and take action to make a positive impact. This is an open LEAP Webinar and everyone is invited to join, so feel free to share with your network!  READ MORE

Apply now for Winter School 2020: WORK in progress
The 13th edition of the Winter School conference takes place in Witten from 16th to 22nd of March and is organized by the local oikos Witten/Herdecke. Come explore the future of work. Registration is now open. READ MORE

Get ready for Spring Meeting 2020: All eyes on Baku
oikos Baku chapter has been working hard in the past months on the planning of the event and can now officially reveal first information on this year's Spring Meeting to be hosted in the Azerbaijani capital from 9th to 12th of April. This year the main topic of the event is Inclusive Development, which reflects the diversity of the city and with an emphasis on social,  ecological and relational inclusivity. The event is open for both oikos members and Alumni - apply now! READ MORE
oikos Calendar
Keep an eye on upcoming  events and activities
15 January, 18:00CET - LEAP Webinar: Leadership and higher purpose - online
21 January, 19:00CET - Discussion Series: Getting Started with Curriculum Change III - Campaigning - online
16-22 March - oikos Winter School - Witten, Germany
13-16 February - oikos Residence - Basel, Switzerland
3-5 April - oikos Curriculum Academy - Lausanne, Switzerland
9-12 April - oikos Spring Meeting - Baku, Azerbaijan
oikos IMPACT around the globe

30 seconds with new members of oikos International Management Team
This month we introduce you to Giuliana, Marcelo and Stefan - the new members of the Management Team of oikos International.| READ MORE
 

Alumni Portrait: Tomasz Hajduk
I found oikos by a sheer coincidence while searching for a student organization to join as a freshman at the Warsaw School of Economics. The international reach and the focus on sustainability in economics and management, a topic I knew very little of, were appealing for me to show up to the introductory meeting. I certainly had not expected that it would lead to long and rewarding journey that lasts until now... | READ MORE
 





Interesting Reading
Measuring B-Schools for Social Impact: oikos INVOLVED IN NEW RATING SYSTEM AIMING TO HELP SCHOOLS GAUGE THEIR SERVICE TO SOCIETY
THE WORLD INCREASINGLY expects business schools to produce solutions to societal challenges, as well as graduates who give back to their communities. But whether because of resource constraints or competing stakeholder interests, many business schools still don't match their actions in the market to their aspirations to make a difference. They also face pressure from the rankings, which effectively measure a business program according to the salaries of its graduates but are less useful when it comes to gauging a school’s social impact... |READ MORE
Quote of the month

"If you don't stick to your values when they are being tested, they're not values, they're hobbies.
Jon Stewart

American Comedian and Writer
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Get Involved

Join our team: We are looking for oikos International Working Group members
Do you want to get involved at the international level of the oikos Community and and also influence what we do? On top of that, do you want to drive the change and get some international work experience? Then this is your chance! Both oikos Members and Alumni can apply! | APPLY 
Are you an oikos Chapter wanting to showcase your initiatives? Reach out to us at newsteam@oikos-international.org
Do you want to join our team and contribute the oikos vision and mission? Take a look at all our openings. | READ MORE
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