About oikos International.

Laia is a student of Law and Global Governance in ESADE university in Barcelona. She has been a member of oikos Barcelona since 2019 and joined oikos international in 2021. During her journey in oikos she has been involved in several project such as the release of the “Redefine” documentary on Fast Fashion, or “Legal Talks” a set of interviews focused on raising awareness on legal initiatives regarding the sustainability field. Currently, is in charge of the Student Engagement in Curricular Change, consisting in empowering students to introduce curricular review in their universities in order to include a sustainable perspective. When not involved in projects, Laia considers herself an energetic, open-minded person, music lover and yoga fan.

My name is Jonas Charrois and I grew up in a small, countryside village in Germany. At oikos International, I am in charge of IT infrastructure, security and daily IT operations. I'm working to give oikos members the tools they need to work effectively and securely, especially in a remote setting. I have a strong passion for modern media and think that with the right tools, information, and the right mindset, we can give people a reason to work together and create change on a local and international level. Furthermore, I am planning to study computer science with a focus on media starting in autumn 2020. Solving problems is something that is very fun to me, be it in a casual or professional environment - this is why you will often find me programming, even in my free time. Collaborating with people all over the world has taught me a lot and I can't wait to see what my time at oikos will bring.

Sophie is an open-minded change agent and courageous leader with a passion for human development and community involvement. She joined oikos 2014 in Reutlingen, Germany and has been active on the international level since 2017. Taking part in the LEAP program has been a fundamental, transformational moment in her life and she has been supporting the community in working groups or as a board member ever since. After 6 years of journeying through the different roles at oikos and graduating from a master’s in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability in Karlskrona, Sweden, she currently represents the oikos community and stewards the international team as the international president. When not saving the world, Sophie considers herself a culture and art enthusiast, sparking positive energy.

Roberta is the leadership development manager at oikos. She is a social entrepreneur, consultant and facilitator. She has experience working with development of conscious leadership and culture, corporate social responsibility, sustainability and social business. She holds a Bachelor in International Relations, MBE in Social Responsibility and NGOs and MSc in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. She holds several courses in the field of contemplative practices. She is a practitioner of the Gross National Happiness (GNH) by Schumacher College, UK, in partnership with the GNH Center in Bhutan, and a consultant on cultural transformation by the Barrett Values Center, UK. She is currently a participant of the International Ecopsychology Formation. Co-founder of We Flow - Together for a Better World and Leading from Love initiatives. She joined oikos to support the development of our LEAP program. She is enthusiastic about making major changes to foster more sustainable and values-driven societies, shifting leadership and systems from ego to eco awareness, growing deeper levels of humanity and promoting well-being for all.

Alexandra studied Environmental Systems Science with a major in sustainability management at the University of Graz. She joined oikos Graz in 2014 and is still engaged locally whenever they need help. In 2015 Alexandra joined the very first LEAP Advanced cohort and since then stayed engaged as a peer-coach until in 2018 she started to work for oikos International as a Project Manager mainly in charge of the LEAP but also part of the FutureLab team.

Lenka has been part of the oikos community for more than 9 years. She was active in oikos Prague before she joined the oikos international team and served as the President in 2013 and 2014. Currently, she is based in the Geneva region and works as the oikos Curriculum Strategy Manager. She closely cooperates with oikos chapters worldwide that strive to transform economics and management education at their universities. From her perspective, a truly interdisciplinary approach needs to be taken in order to deeply transform economics and management education for sustainability. She has an educational and professional background in environmental humanities, education theory, and practice, media sociology, heterodox economic approaches as well as environmental economics. Previously she worked at the Charles University Environment Centre, in the Eco-counselling center of the Ecological Institute Veronica and in the Society for Fair Trade. Lenka is a passionate mountain hiker and dancer.

Stefan works on oikos communications and is taking the lead on streamlining all the updates from the oikos community. Stefan is a student of International relations at the University of Belgrade and a member of oikos Belgrade chapter since 2017. He is passionate about writing and graphic design with which he’s been involved for most of his life, first as a hobby and later professionally. Stefan gained great experience in those fields as a Corporate affairs intern at Air Serbia as well as working with marketing and social media in oikos Belgrade chapter. In his home chapter he’s been developing his skills throughout the years as a Media team member, Head of Communication on the Spring Meeting 2019 project and the chapter President. He became involved in the oikos international community as a part of an organizing team of the Spring Meeting which took place in Belgrade in March 2019 and later became a participant in the LEAP Advanced program. On the sustainability side, Stefan takes great interest in the social side of the sustainable development which is in part due to studying social and political science. He is also passionate about spreading the ideas of sustainable development in his hometown of Belgrade which is lacking in awareness on sustainability.

Giuliana has previously worked for two European city networks on European-funded projects around sustainable public procurement and circular economy. She graduated in International Relations and Politics from Cardiff University and later completed her Masters 'International Strategy of Local Actors' from Sciences Po Grenoble (France) & Sciences Po Rabat (Morocco). She gained in field experience on sustainable resource management in rural communities working for the British Department for International Development in Nicaragua. She is passionate about sustainable topics seen through a bottom-up approach and strongly believes in the power of civil society and public authorities. Giuliana enjoys languages and speaks English, Italian, French and Spanish and is currently on the challenge of learning Arabic and Darija. She enjoys playing Sicilian cards with her sisters and dancing to Moroccan music.

Stephen Snider is a sustainable finance practitioner and an environmental advocate for the Caribbean. Born and raised in Jamaica, Stephen moved to the USA for college. Stephen has eight years of experience working in corporate banking in Boston, MA. In the summer of 2018, he quit his corporate life to start a Master’s in Global Development Practice at Harvard University. Stephen now works for sustainable investing startups and empowers investors to consider the environment and society in their investment decisions. He is a research analyst for the Leap Company Ltd and contributes to their impact investing advisory services. He helped to develop Leap's Climate Resilience Index. Stephen is also the Sustainable Finance Lead at oikos International and is developing a Sustainable Finance "Toolkit" for practitioners in the space. If you'd like to learn more about Stephen and what he is working on, check out his blog on Medium (@kstephensnider) and on Instagram (@sustainabilityaroundtheglobe).

I joined oikos in 2017, as a local member in Brussels, and became chapter president the next year. During my presidency (academic year of 2018-2019), I joined the LEAP Program, in which I became a coach this in 2019. While I was working on those two fronts, I also worked on the creation and development of a business idea in sustainable and modular construction. I studied Management and Economics in ICHEC Brussels Management School. I also went to HANU Hanoi University, Vietnam, for a semester exchange.

John joined oikos in June 2020 as PIR Outreach and Marketing Manager and is engaged in the running and long-term strategy of the Positive Impact Rating. Before oikos, John worked for an international city network on a range of sustainability-focused projects, including in the IT, transportation, energy, textile and food sectors. He has co-authored EU publications such as the Buying Green! Handbook (3rd ed.) and Buying Social Guide (2nd ed.). John has a PhD in sustainable public procurement and a master’s degree in Environmental Entrepreneurship and worked on a variety of public sector sustainability projects in Scotland. He is passionate about ensuring that everyone has the knowledge and resources to be sustainable leaders. This was the focus his work for citizens and cities, and now for students and universities through the PIR.

Michael is the project manager in charge of Curriculum Change Communication. As a natural communicator, he has been working as a marketeer in an Event Agency, as a salesman in B2B relations and as a bartender learning about the different needs of individuals and how to frame messages towards their recipients. He is holding a bachelor degree in Business and Economics from FAU Erlangen/Nürnberg. His deep interest for sustainability in management and economics led him to expand his knowledge on ethics, religion and philosophy as well as on transition management, pluralist economics and human development. Therefor, he is currently studying for a M.A. Global Studies at the University of Graz. Eventually, he joined oikos to put theory into practice and become a changemaker himself. Michael enjoys nature and spends part of his time being a professional skiing instructor.

Hello oikees all around the world, My name is Darija Miletić, I am a student of Molecular biology and physiology at the Faculty of biology in Belgrade. I consider myself a very versatile person, and because of that I have many hobbies. I’m a student member of the Serbian Neuroscience society. At the moment I’m very happy working as an intern in the Laboratory for Plant Genetics. Besides being a scientist, I’m also very passionate about art. I’m playing the piano, just started my 3rd year of high school for opera singing as well, and I work in classical music concert halls here in Belgrade. I love Cuban music and salsa dance. I really enjoy being involved in my community, that is why I am a volunteer on many events that are supporting sustainability, recycling, environmental and animal protection, and that is, of course, why I became a member of oikos community 4 years ago.