oikos International is opening a discussion group on Responsible Leadership (RL) from April to August 2021.

When: First meeting on Thursday 15th April, 6pm CEsT (Central European Summer Timer), for 1h30. Then once  a month.
Where: zoom, link to be sent on Tuesday 13th April

Please register here.

We are all facing highly uncertain times that challenge the status quo and require new ideas & alliances for a more just and sustainable tomorrow. As students, leading towards this future lies in our hands & we are invited to step together to explore what this future leadership looks like. The Responsible Leadership meetings will offer us the time and space to explore together different views on leadership and the competences that can help us to become better leaders.

This group will gather once a month for 1h30 and discuss the following topics:
1. Self-awareness
2. Ethics & Values
3. Systems Thinking
4. Stakeholders relations
5. Change & Innovation

During the meeting, you will have the floor to discuss with your peers about the aforementioned competencies and their link to Responsible Leadership, their definition, to exchange your experiences and perspectives, share questions and find a group to grow together as Responsible Leaders.

A fundamental underlying question will be how to integrate & foster Responsible Leadership in Education, particularly in universities.

Motivated participants can also take leadership in organizing a workshop or event to share some of the outcomes of this squad and to broaden the RL student community.

This squad is open for eveyone, both – members of the oikos community and students that are not oikos members can attend. We highly value the diversity of perspectives on this topic, particpants from different backgrounds, countries, cultures, and visions can bring.

The first session will take place on Thursday 15^th April at 6pm CEsT (Central European Time, UTC+1), for 1h30. Punctuality is important for this session, participants more than 5 minutes late will not be able to join it. This session will be facilitated/led by Marcelo Veloso of oikos International who oversaw the NexGenLead program last year. Next sessions can be led by squad members.

Before each session, you will have access to readings and videos related to the topics. Here you can find those related to Self-Awareness, in order to further your reflection on the topic and develop ideas that might be discussed during the meeting.

Any questions? Please contact marcelo.veloso@oikos-international.org

The April meeting of the Curriculum Change Squad will take place on Friday 30th of April at 5 pm CET.

During the first hour, Clara Dallaire-Fortier will introduce us to Degrowth and then we will have a nice discussion on the concept. On the second hour, we will have our curriculum change coaching sessions.

Over the next 3 months (until June), you and your chapter have an opportunity to be coached in curriculum change!  

Our oikos LEAP Researchers’ Track participants, in a 30-60 min coaching session, will ask you questions to help you find the best strategy for curriculum change in your university.

You can schedule one session with them in the next months! Just fill out this form: https://forms.gle/1Mn1Psou1TKbChT9A

Our partners from the Macroeconomic Policy Institute of Hans Böckler Foundation are calling for applications for their 8^th Summer School on Keynesian Economics and European Economic Policies. The event is open for graduate students.

The summer school aims at providing an introduction to Keynesian macroeconomics and to the problems of European economic policies to interested graduate students (MA and PhD) and junior researchers. It will consist of overview lectures, a panel discussion, student study groups, an SFC lab, and a poster session. The summer school will feature leading international researchers like Robert Blecker (US), Yannis Dafermos (UK), Sebastian Dullien (Germany), Sebastian Gechert (Germany), Eckhard Hein (Germany), Heike Joebges (Germany), Annina Kaltenbrunner (UK), Marc Lavoie (France/Canada), Maria Nikolaidi (UK), Miriam Rehm (Austria) and Mark Setterfield (US), covering the following areas:

• History and Fundamentals of Post-Keynesian Macroeconomics
• Money and Macroeconomics
• Financial Markets and Instabili
• Distribution and Growth
• Income and Wealth Inequality
• International and Development Economics
• Money and Development
• Stock-Flow Consistent Modelling (SFC) (with emphasize on ecological macroeconomics)
• Economic Policy

The summer school language is English. There is a fee of EUR 100 for each participant for accommodation and meals, payable after acceptance.

A selected number of students will receive a partial travel stipend from INET’s Young Scholar Initiative (YSI) based on their application and travel requirements. Interested students should fill the form available HERE, in order to state their motivation for funding. Please note that we will share your application information with YSI for the purpose of selection of travel grants. By sending your application, you agree to these conditions. Given international travel restrictions, grants can only be paid if students can provide the necessary documentation that they are allowed to travel to the event. More information is available on YSI’s application form.

Application:
Please apply through the web-form available on the summer school website.
Deadline for applications is 31 March, 2021.
The application form will ask for a short CV (as a list) and a short letter of motivation (max. 400 words) to participate, in particular on how the Summer School relates to your study and research interests, and the name and e-mail address of one academic adviser who may be contacted for reference.
Applicants will be informed by mid-May and participants will be provided with a reading package.

PROGRAMM (PDF)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (PDF)

Learn more and apply for FMM Summer School here.

Webinar with Otto Scharmer on the Theory U
Date: 19th of March 17:00 – 18:00 CET (new time)

Don’t miss the opportunity to listen to the inspirational Otto Scharmer, founder of the Presencing Institute, when he presents his famous Theory U. This theory shows how individuals, teams, organizations and large systems can build the essential leadership capacities needed to address the root causes of today’s social, environmental, and spiritual challenges. In essence, it shows how to update the operating code in our societal systems through a shift in consciousness from ego-system to eco-system awareness. The new structure of the LEAP Advanced Program is based on this Theory, so we highly recommend all LEAP Advanced Applicants to attend.

You can find more information here: https://www.presencing.org/aboutus/theory-u

Otto ScharmerBiography

Otto ScharmerBiography

Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer in the MIT Management Sloan School and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. He chairs the MIT IDEAS program for cross-sector innovation and introduced the concept of “presencing”—learning from the emerging future—in his bestselling books Theory U and Presence (the latter co-authored with P. Senge et al). He is co-author of Leading from the Emerging Future, which outlines eight acupuncture points for transforming capitalism. His most recent book, The Essentials of Theory U, summarizes the core principles and applications of awareness-based systems change.

In 2015, Otto co-founded the MITx u.lab, a massive open online course (MOOC) for leading profound change, which has since activated a global eco-system of transformational change involving more than 160,000 users from 185 countries. In March 2020, Otto and his colleagues at the Presencing Institute launched GAIA (Global Activation of Intention and Action), a free, online, deep learning journey, geared toward
profound personal, societal, and planetary renewal.

Otto earned his diploma and PhD in economics from Witten/Herdecke University in Germany. He received the Jamieson Prize for Teaching Excellence at MIT, the European Leonardo Corporate Learning Award and is a member of the World Future Council. The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General appointed him to the UN Learning Advisory
Council for the 2030 Agenda.
For more information visit www.ottoscharmer.com and www.presencing.org

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Dear Community,

We are glad to invite you to join our DACH regional meeting that takes place, next Sunday, 7 March, 5-7pm.

Members from oikos chapters from the DACH-region will take part. We will meet on Zoom and will exchange about our chapters before we will play some games and have time to chat with each other.

This is an opportunity to engage and exchange with other oikees. We look forward to this evening and hope to see many of you.

Join us at the oikos Virtual Office!