On the following pages, please find recent news from the oikos network and the most important upcoming international oikos events. I am happy looking back on an exciting year as oikos International president 2009. You will get the next newsletter from our new president Anna Ritschel, whom I wish all the best for her presidency in 2010. Together, we can make a difference!

1. oikos Newsletterjan 2010
Dear oikos friend, oikos International
students for sustainable
On the following pages, please find recent news from economics and management
the oikos network and the most important upcoming
oikos is the international
international oikos events. I am happy looking back on an student organisation for
exciting year as oikos International president 2009. You sustainable economics and
will get the next newsletter from our new president Anna management and a leading
Ritschel, whom I wish all the best for her presidency in 2010. new! reference point for the
Together, we can make a difference! oikos alumni promotion of sustainability
(page 7) change agents.
and
oikos academic
(page 8)
Learn more at
www.oikos-international.org
Kate Negacz, oikos International, President 2009
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www.oikos-international.org

2. oikos International
students for sustainable
local chapter news
economics and management Newsletter | jun-dec 2009 > jan-feb 2010
Student Reporters
at World Resources
Forum 2009
Members of oikos Monrovia
embarked on a project to Ten selected international
promote sustainable Liberian students were blogging live
cultural practices through music from the WRF 2009 to a global
and sustainable innovations audience, providing content
among students. A topic of summaries, background
this project was Sustainability stories, interviews and
through Music. impressions from the event.
sep
oikos Monrovia The
CHAPTE
LOCAL
Sustainable Liberian 5
Cultural Musical
CHAPTERS jul
jun LOCAL
15
CHAPT
jun
11
ERS oikos Dhaka World
LOCAL
Environment Day
APTERS
18 oikos Dhaka Save
jun On the occasion of the
C H Rivers Signature
LOCAL Bayreuth “Working for Mum,
World Environment
Campaign Day, oikos Dhaka, in
oikos Dhaka organised collaboration with the
oikos Global Affairs Forum,
the Summer 2009 Club
Dad, Grandma and Grandpa” Fair with a purpose of BRAC University,
collecting signatures organised a talk
Panel discussion from the Presidents of show and a poster
on sustainable more than 20 clubs at the competition. 80 students
financial policy - with university to facilitate were present during
representatives from the protection of rivers in the seminar, while 10
major German parties: Bangladesh. students had submitted
Will that be our future? posters.
Or is there a alternative?
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3. Doubtable credit transactions, the oikos Warsaw Responsibility for ownership
“greed” of investment bankers, weak oikos Warsaw organised a panel discussion on the topic of
regulations - we seem to have an responsible ownership.The main questions for the panel
unsustainable financial system. In discussion were as follows: Responsibility in business -
a lecture series at the University of meaningless talks or a great idea? What is the freedom in
Cologne, oikos Cologne asked: Can we business? Is it possible? Is an existing legislation an impediment
do it differently? for an enterprise and how is it related to the idea of CSR?
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LOCAL
oikos Cologne Responsible
nov
PTERS
Finance - Can we do it
oct AL CHA
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differently?
oct S LO
20
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CHAPTE
LOCAL
APTERS
CAL CH
Oslo Hamburg
14
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London Paderborn
oct Belfast
oikos is growing
Brussels
Clausthal
Warsaw
Bayreuth
Opole
Discuss Bratislava Zagreb
Zagreb, Sylhet, Kolkata,
Paris Reims NEW
Ahmedabad, Chennai and New
responsible Ashland Cologne
Prague New Delhi NEW
Delhi have joined the network
Graz
finance in Oxford! Witten/ St.Gallen
Sylhet NEW
as oikos chapters in accession.
Herdecke Dhaka
How can responsible Friedrichshafen For their new projects visit
finance provide solutions Kolkata NEW
Constance Local Chapters websites.
to the financial crisis? Chennai NEW
oikos and the University Monrovia Ahmedabad NEW In January 2010, oikos
of Oxford organised an comprises of 31 Local
event to engage students Chapters.
oikos Local Chapter
in a solution-driven Chapter in accession
Johannesburg
discussion. as of December 2009
on-
going
No chapter in your town? The oikos International Team is always ready to
Create a chapter! Interested in starting a new guide you through the process of founding an
oikos group? Founding an oikos group has a lot in oikos Local Chapter.
common with starting a company. You are just Please contact the International team at
about to become an entrepreneur! makeadifference@oikosinternational.org.
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4. oikos International
students for sustainable
international news
economics and management Newsletter | jun-dec 2009 > jan-feb 2010
The Student
Sustainability Initiative
from Michigan and
INEX from Vienna won
the oikos Student
Entrepreneurship Award
Cologne, Witten/Herdecke, Graz, Paris 2009.
and Sylhet chapters contributed to the
International Day of Climate Action. oikos Student
During one week five of Local Chapters Entrepreneurship
took a stand for a safe climate future, Award 2009
24 presidents and advisors
TIONAL
by organising inspiring events at their
met and discussed their
21S INTERNA
universities.
roles in Local Chapters and a
joint work in the future.
15-21 OIKO
Chapters take first Climate
Curricula Challenge
NAL nov
RN Onov
17-24
EoctATI
Presidents and
NEW
Advisors Retreat
15-18 OIKOS IN
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11-12 A IOoct L
NA oikos Winter School 2009
S IN ERTsepN T oikos Autumn Meeting 2009
A new generation of student project
OIKO
leaders was trained in sustainability
and project management skills by
in Belfast advancing their own projects at the
Fifty oikos members gathered University of Witten/Herdecke.
in Belfast to explore the issue
of Sustainability and Conflict
Resolution: Learning from the past,
looking to the future. Although the
“troubles” in Ireland had socio-
political roots, the decades of
conflict affected all parts of society,
particularly the economy.
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5. oikos International is currently seeking
to fill the position of its President and
Executive Board in 2011. Please send
APPLY!
Wings of excellence. your applications to anna.ritschel@
APPLY!
oikosinternational.org by 14th March.
Apply for St Gallen More information is on our homepage.
Symposium!
Do you want to discuss future Call for the President and
ATION-
issues with world leaders? Would Executive Board 2011!
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you like to share ideas on how 14
entrepreneurs can be agents
mar S NTE
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of change? Then write an essay
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and be part of the St. Gallen
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symposium on May 6-7, 2010!
1 L OIKO
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feb
TE R NATION Attend the oikos Spring
OS INProject Leadership
APPLY!
Meeting 2010!
L OIK The Spring Meeting will take
place in Reims on 25-28th March.
APPLY!
Programme deadline! This year the main topic will be
Get fit in sustainability and “sustainable marketing”. We
project leadership! Ten encourage all oikos members to
oikos Project Leaders will be register and participate in this
coached by oikos alumni and great event!
experts e.g fundraising and
communication to make the
best out of their ideas and
ressources. Organise Spring
Meeting 2011
APPLY!
The application for the Spring
Meeting 2011 is open now.
The oikos Project Development Fund (PDF) supports
on-
Please consider whether you
financially projects organised by oikos Local want to be the next hosting
Chapters. The purpose of this fund is to improve the
performance of oikos projects by providing detailed
going Local Chapter.
feedback and promoting oikos projects.
Apply for oikos project funding!
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6. oikos International
students for sustainable academic news going
on-
economics and management Newsletter | jun-dec 2009 > jan-feb 2010 Get involved
as an academic!
Are you as an academic
interested in oikos, but
not connected to the
oikos UNDP Young Scholars network yet? Write to
Development Academy Johannes Schwarzer at
2009 johannes.schwarzer@
oikosinternational.org.
The first oikos UNDP Young Scholars
oikos PhD Fellows lab Development Academy attracted
Visiting researchers are welcomed! applications from five continents.
With the support of the University of St. Fifteen selected scholars presented
Gallen and Swiss-based Mercator Foun- their research on inclusive business
dation we opened the ‘oikos PhD Fel- models, market development and
lowship Lab’ this summer - three cosy sustainability at the Base of the 1-5
office rooms providing workspace for Pyramid (BoP).
feb A
KOS AC
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the growing international team of oikos
6-11
CAD
PhD Fellows.
on- S Adec
going
30ADEM IC OIKO oikos PRI Young Scholars
IKOS AC
oct Finance Academy 2010
sepACAD
EMIC O oikos and the UN Principles for
OIKOS
Responsible Investment (PRI)
Deadline oikos Global Initiative invited the next gen-
Case Writing Competition 2010 eration of finance researchers
oikos and Ashoka joined forces to promote to Switzerland to the 2nd oikos
New PhD Fellows high quality teaching cases on Corporate PRI Young Scholars Academy on
in St.Gallen Sustainability and Social Entrepreneuship. Responsible Investment.
We welcomed two new PhD Fellows Winners will be announced in spring 2010.
in St Gallen: Liudmila Nazarkina and
Johannes Schwarzer. Liudmila will be
working on social entrepreneurship.
Johannes will conduct research
on the political economy of policy
reforms.
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7. Connect as an alumni via your
preferred social network:
Connecting in London!
Alumni in London are connecting
to other sustainability
The group of oikos alumni professionals! The alumni group in
in Vienna is expanding! London has now teamed up with
I OIKOS
During our second sustainability professionals. They
AL21MN
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meeting we talked how to have just had their first session in
OS nov
MNI OIK
become a sustainability The Hub, Islington.
professional.
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K OS ALU oikos Alumni Day and Shaping Change
MNI OI7
Vienna alumni get
jul
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KOS AL
together!
5 sep
jun UMNI OI
On 21 November, Local Chapters around the world
celebrated oikos Alumni Day 2009. It is the first time the
IKOS AL
oikos network brings together its alumni on the same
O Zurich meets again!
oikos alumni from mainly St. Gallen
day in different cities around the world (for example, in
Paris and Cologne). The oikos Alumni Day coincided with
got together again on 9 September Shaping Change. This events was the first in a series of
for an informal dinner. events focussed on developing tools for change makers.
Meet alumnus... Lukasz Makuch What I care most about in sustainability is
My name is Lukasz Makuch and I work as the possibility to make a difference. In my
a CSR coordinator at PGE Polska Grupa job, I try to balance the ecological, social
Energetyczna, Poland’s biggest energy and economical aspects of PGE to minimize
company. Before I joined this company, I its environmental and social impact and
was a corporate sustainability consultant create added social value. For me, the
at PwC. I was part of oikos between 2004- biggest hurdle to overcome within my
2006 when I served as the president of company is a mental hurdle: it is a former
oikos Warsaw. Since 2006, I am a member state owned company and currently 85% is
of the Advisory Board of this chapter. The still state owned. In 2010, I hope that we
can continue networking amongst oikos
on-
oikos motto — ‘Be informed, get involved,
alumni and develop some joint projects,
going
make a difference’ — was and still is Get involved
my reason for being active within oikos in collaboration with oikos chapters. One
because I truly believe in this philosophy. hint I can give to current oikos students is as alumni!
‘Never stop being an oikee!’ Are you oikos alumnus?
Not connected to the
alumni news
network yet? Write to Kim
oikos International Poldner at kim.poldner@
oikosinternational.org.
students for sustainable
economics and management Newsletter | jun-dec 2009 > jan-feb 2010
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8. get involved
? ?
whom
…on oikos in 2010? to contact …on PhD and faculty projects?
…on the Local Chapters? on what …on potential involvement as a donor?
…0n the international projects? Dr. Jost Hamschmidt
Anna Ritschel oikos Foundation, Managing Director
oikos International, President 2010 jost.hamschmidt@oikosinternational.org
anna.ritschel@oikosinternational.org phone +41 (0)71 224 2595
skype ‘anna-ritschel’
…on the oikos academic network?
…on oikos in 2009? Johannes Schwarzer| oikos PhD Fellow 2009-2012
Kate Negacz johannes.schwarzer@oikosinternational.org
oikos International, President 2009
kate.negacz@oikosinternational.org
skype ‘katenegacz’ …on how to stay in touch as alumni?
Kim Poldner | oikos PhD Fellow 2008-2011
…on curricula change projects? kim.poldner@oikosinternational.org
Connect via your preferred Patricia Mesquita | oikos PhD Fellow 2009-2012
social network: patricia.mesquita@oikosinternational.org
…on the oikos public relations?
…on member coaching and training programmes? Martin Herrndorf | oikos PhD Fellow 2008-2011
martin.herrndorf@oikosinternational.org
Nina Hug | oikos PhD Fellow 2008-2011
nina.hug@oikosinternational.org
…on oikos publications?
Or find us on twitter: Liudmila Nazarkina | oikos PhD Fellow 2009-2012
@oikos_internat liudmila.nazarkina@oikosinternational.org
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