Transforming Education

How do we learn together?

What do we learn, how do we learn it? How and by whom are these decisions made, and how often are they revised? Our students are important drivers in their university ecosystems and have direct influence on their campus and beyond. And: they write stories about how they co-create change on the ground. In order to support the local efforts, oikos International creates several platforms to exchange, learn from cultural differences & success stories, and opens spaces where students and their allies can craft future pathways together.

Transforming Education Squad - The TE Squad is a monthly online gathering of chapter members and other students working on curriculum change at the local level. They share experiences, ideas, and resources. They alternate between theoretical (Doughnut Economics, Degrowth, etc) and methodological/strategic topics (how to do a student survey, how to encourage participation online, etc).

oikos Academy Open Evenings - The oikos Academy is a format for students and early career researchers developed and facilitated by oikos student members. Together, we reflect and learn about the current developments in business and economics education, and the status quo of sustainability integration.

oikos Camp - the camp is an on-site gathering for teams working on projects related to sustainability in economics and business education. At Camp, teams have a chance to develop their skills and focus on their projects, while getting inspired by their peers and making use of the cross-pollination of ideas.

oiCases (In review) - Our plan is to connect the heritage of a case competition run for over 20 years with our future-oriented work and the stories that students write on the ground. In one direction, the old cases invite users to study sustainable development in real time, in the other, we will rewrite the meaning of cases within oikos & the world of business education by establishing a practice of collective storytelling.

Positive Impact Rating - The Positive Impact Rating (PIR) is a business school rating conducted by students and for students. Students coordinate a rating survey that asks students 20 questions in seven relevant impact dimensions. oikos was part of the design of the PIR and continues to closely support the initiative. The most recent edition involved several oikos Chapters - see the report here.