25. Oct - 3. Nov 2022

oikos Academy

oikos Academy is transforming education for a sustainable future.

What is the role of higher education in a VUCA world? The acronym that is all over the media describes the high volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of our world in the 21st century, rendering our challenges as a human society. Higher education institutions step up to this challenge and start preparing themselves and their students for this reality – in more or less successful ways. At oikos, we know that no one can navigate in this future alone. We need a diversity of perspectives to co-create new ways of living, leading & learning – and this includes the joint development of regenerative, innovative curricula & education structures in all fields. How can higher education foster the capacities and competencies needed for sustainable development and help us navigate through this VUCA world?

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The oikos Academy opens creative spaces for students, professors, university management and other stakeholders to get inspired & initiate change at their institutions.

Together, our oikos chapters facilitate interactive dialogui within and across multiple institutions and plant the seeds for collective strategizing towards concrete action on campus, focues on local challenges.

This year's Academy inquires how higher education can foster the capacities and competencies needed for sustainable development and help us navigate through a VUCA world.

what is the oikos Academy?

an onsite & online change lab across 5 universities
a space for interactive dialogue between students, professors, university management and other local stakeholders
a space for collective strategizing towards concrete action on campus, focused on local challenges
a space for exchange across multiple universities and beyond
an initial platform to connect and collaborate

how do we do

The 7 day blended event involves 5 universities and several local partners, opening a space to initiate, further & co-create institutional change.
Each day, one of the involved local oikos student chapters will host workshops and keynotes onsite, including a joint virtual session where the participants from all locations come together. The academy will be framed with an online opening and closing ceremony hosted by oikos International.