Community Life
On Chapters, Regions, Squads and how the community communicates
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On Chapters, Regions, Squads and how the community communicates
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Our international community of oikos chapters and oikees worldwide is what makes oikos as an organisation unique. Currently, the community is composed of 50 different chapters in over 27 countries, encompassing around 1000 active members. The impact and development of our local chapters can be traced in the chapter impact dashboards. Our chapters find themselves in different stages, which we quickly describe here:
We frequently welcome new chapters to the oikos community. There is an elaborate process candidates go through which is accompanied by a member of the chapter development team. Working on an international level, we frequently witness that we need to adapt the process and invite generosity to certain elements (eg. who starts the chapter, how is the relationship to the university, what if there are 2 applications in 1 city etc.). Fit to context and culture are critical for long-term evolution and success. Our rule of thumb: generosity over perfection, and growing together as we move. When chapters join, they first become chapters in accession, until they get accepted by the legislative assembly.
We want to understand and learn more about other region’s approaches and development regarding sustainability in higher education. With , we wish to facilitate academic exchanges, generate new cross regional insights, and learn of new ways of making education more sustainable. In the future, there is the goal to connect our community to other student change agents and offer them a diverse approach to enhance their impact.
