Oikos International

oikos was founded as a local student group at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 1987. Ever since, the student organisation has arranged workshops, conferences and various educational events to integrate sustainability issues into teaching and research of economics and management.

In 1997, oikos decided to internationalise its activities and to strengthen sustainability awareness -not only among students in Switzerland- but also within faculties of many of the finest universities throughout the world. In 1998 four new local oikos groups were founded (oikos Cologne, oikos Prague, oikos Stockholm, and oikos Vienna). Together, with oikos St. Gallen, they established oikos International as an umbrella organisation. The headquarters of oikos International are in St-Gallen, Switzerland.