oikos Squads

This group comes together to support each other in their curriculum change work on campus. We share resources for and experiences from transforming our own education, seek inspiration from each other & external guests and celebrate each other's progress.

The Sustainable Finance Squad is building a Toolkit and Career Map for the oikos Community. It is a great opportunity for you to explore the topics like Responsible Banking, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) Factors, and Impact Investing. The Squad is building our first draft of our platform at the 2021 Curriculum Camp in Sistrere, Italy. During the fall of 2021 we'll have lots of opportunities for the wider oikos community to participate in. Join us to interview finance leaders, network for jobs, and develop your professional and soft skills for changing the finance world. Follow this link to see our Flyer and Sign-Up to Participate in the Squad.

The degrowth squad was a monthly online reading circle, where we discussed different topics related to alternative economies. We choose a topic in our meetings that seems interesting to us and look for reading material that we can discuss. We often include links to videos that explain a topic as well to ensure a low entry barrier for all participants. So far we have had discussions on the doughnut economy, care and volunteering work, working class culture and resource taxation. Everyone is invited to join the reading circle, there is no prerequisite but the willingness to listen to different opinions and to discuss with other people.

Students have the floor to discuss with their peers about the competencies of 1) Self-Awareness 2) Ethics and Values 3) Systems Thinking 4) Stakeholders Relations and 5) Change & Innovation that can help us become better leaders and their link to Responsible Leadership. They exchange experiences and perspectives on those topics, share questions and find a group to grow together as Responsible Leaders. A fundamental underlying question is how to integrate and foster responsible leadership in Education, particularly in universities. All students are invited to join the call, including non-members of the oikos community.

The oiCoffee squad had been established to set up a check in mechanism for our community. Now, the oicoffee happens every month, facilitated through our intranet platform oikosmos. oikees are meeting for 20 minutes with a randomly assigned fellow on a 1-to-1 online meeting, for a nice discussion over a cup of coffee or tea! The squad has been closed after the introduction of the mechanism

Originally an oikos Barcelona project, the Consultancy Squad aimed to provide students with the opportunity to get a first experience in sustainable business consulting by connecting them with companies interested in getting such services. The squad now has evolved into a project of oikos Barcelona.