Curriculum Change Initiative The initiative at the core of the oikos mission, with the aim of adapting the curriculum to make education more sustainability-oriented, has recently seen some great developments! After the Curriculum Academy, in Spring, the Curriculum Action Squad was formed, from the initiative of the participants themselves. Since then, regular squad calls have been planned and carried to work together for greater impact on curriculum change towards sustainability. A curriculum Research Squad has also been created to work more on the content/methodology of curriculum including sustainability as well as on the organization of the oikos in Residence.
oikos Curriculum Academy 2020 The second oikos Curriculum Change Academy was jointly organized by oikos Lausanne and the oikos international Curriculum Change Initiative team from April 3 to 5 2020. Due to the situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held only online. Despite this particular context, we were so grateful to have gathered more than 30 people from several countries in this inspiring Academy. Over the course of 3 days, we tried to grasp the breadth of economics and management subjects and relate them to current social and environmental challenges. Professors, early career researchers, and students came together to understand each other’s needs and exchanged on how to collaborate in order to drive the curriculum reform towards sustainability. This second edition was conceived around the Curriculum Change Initiative’s values, the multi-dimensional side of economics, and even practical examples of successfully reformed curricula at some universities.
