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Welcome to the June edition of our newsletter!

As summer approaches and the semester is slowly coming to an end the oikos Community keeps rolling full steam ahead. The Team is growing, welcoming new members, oikos is coming to the homes of students world wide with the upcoming oikos In (your) Residence allowing them to work together on improving education from the comfort of their bedrooms.

We also take a look back at previous events and collaborations like the VR Webinar jointly organized by oikos and swissnex Brazil and dwell into the cross-chapter projects of oikos Vienna and Graz chapters. The oikos Calendar keeps expanding so don't forget to mark yours with new oikos events coming up!
oikos UPDATES
Join us for the oikos in (your) Residence! 
This summer the oikos in Residence will be taking place in YOUR residence, with a series of 5 events held online between July 9th and July 23rd. The oikos in Residence is a new event that promotes research related to economics and business education. The sessions focus on topics like building arguments for curriculum change, working towards local curriculum change, doing curriculum reviews or student surveys, and designing options for alternative curricula. | READ MORE
Bridging the distance virtually – The Power of Cross-Chapter Cooperation
oikos Vienna and oikos Graz have been working together on a handful of projects this year and their fruitful collaboriation in recent months has provided the community with some of the most interesting webinars. Get a look behind the webinars from a chapter's perspective, find out more about the two chapters' history of working together and see what their future holds. | READ MORE
The oikos International Team is getting bigger - welcoming two new members
We're delighted to introduce Autumn and John, the new members of the oikos International Positive Impact Rating Team, to the Community! Get to know them better in the latest '30 seconds with' segment. | READ MORE
VR4Sustainability: How Virtual Reality can change our behaviors
oikos International in collaboration with swissnex Brazil, enabled by Movetia, recently hosted a webinar focusing on Virtual Reality and how it could be used in pushing the change towards sustainability. Take a look at the highlights from the event and read about VR and its influence on human behaviour. | READ MORE
Integrating Sustainability into Business Education
In February 2020 oikos International took part in the 'Integrating Sustainability into Business Education' panel represented by Clementine Robert, the President of oikos International. The event jointly hosted by Asociation of MBA's and Business Graduates Association at the Imperial College in London addressed the topic of sustainability from a strategic perspective and is now available to watch online. | READ MORE
oikos Calendar
Keep an eye on upcoming events and activities
24 June - Transition to renewable energy by 2050 – is it possible? - oikos Cologne - online
26 June - Curriculum Action Call - online
16 July - Kneipendialog – Corona & Sustainability - oikos Hamburg - online
09-23 July - oikos In (your) Residence - online
21 August - oikos Winter School postponement - oikos Witten/Herdecke - online
31 October - 20 November - Global Virtual Conference - online
27-28 - November Chapter Days Fall - online
 
oikos Community
Transition to renewable energy by 2050 - is it possible?
Join the oikos Cologne online session, focusing on the possibility of transformation to renewable energy by 2050 with IRENA, the “International Renewable Energy Agency” - an organisation supporting countries to a sustainable energy future. | READ HERE
 

Global virtual conference:  call for partner professors and team members
We are looking for professors interested in promoting the program in their class and providing us feedback regarding our pedagogy approach, along with students who want to become a part of the GVC team. | READ MORE
 

Time to question
Take part in a global Refedd survey for youth on sustainability. Share your thoughts on today’s society. Choose the one you hope for tomorrow. | READ HERE


 

Rethinking Economics Survey
The COVID-19 pandemic is set to bring about one of the worst economic crises in modern times. But how well have economists done to give the public explanations and solutions about what is happening and how the economy can recover? | HAVE YOUR SAY
 
 








Remaining active in self-isolation





 

Check out some of the best free online courses on sustainability!
Whether you're slowly going out of self-islotaion or still remain in it - if you feel the need to stimulate your brain and stay active indoors, you might want to check out some of the many interesting free courses from various platforms bundled into an oikos MOOC collection. | READ MORE



 

oikos International is taking part in the Good After COVID19 Initiative
The Good After COVID19 initiative is for people who feel the need and urgency to talk about the good that can emerge post COVID-19, but at the same time not overwhelming or upsetting all those who are focused on the present and perhaps struggling more with it. | READ MORE
 
 
Quote of the month

"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." 
Robert Swan

Author
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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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