Student Organizations
STaR is proud to support student-driven environmental and social sustainability initiatives on and beyond WU Vienna's campus.* We maintain close contact with various student organizations as well as with individual student volunteers. Take a look below and get involved!
OIKOS Vienna
oikos Vienna is one of the two local Austrian chapters of oikos International. The chapter is located at WU, but its activities are open to students in any of the higher education institutions in Vienna. oikos Vienna is involved in several annual core projects: WU SDG-Day, oikos knowing, Edutopia and the oikos blog. Contact oikos using the details below and get involved!
Activities include regular meetings, DIY workshops and movie nights (in cooperation with ÖH Umweltreferat), expert talks, summer school, blog entries, ecomap expansion.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oikosVienna
Website: https://www.oikosvienna.at
ÖH WU Umweltreferat
Umweltreferat is the branch of WU’s official student union (ÖH), concerned with causes of environmental destruction, sociopolitical issues, and the resulting problems. Together with partners at and beyond WU, its members are committed to creating a more environmentally friendly university, city, and international community, and to facilitating a critical dialogue on the topic by students for students.
Activities include DIY workshops and movie nights(in cooperation with oikos), articles in Steil magazine, poetry slams, “Stammtische” with experts.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oehwu
Thinkubator
The Thinkubator is a venture that aims to bridge the knowledge-action gap in climate science. During a four-month program, Thinkubator fellows gather scientific results on specific issues in the field of circular economy. Based on these scientific results, the fellows develop new social business strategies and establish companies and organizations. The Thinkubator acts as program host and incubator for sustainable social business.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thinkubator-earth
Website: https://www.thinkubator.earth
Ökosoziales Studierendenforum
ÖSSFO is a group of students and alumni from several universities and registered as a nonprofit association. Its members are committed to ecosocial, social, and economic paradigms such as the ecosocial market economy and the Global Marshall Plan, and other concepts that combine ecological responsibility, social justice, and economic fairness. Their vision is a globally just society and harmonious sustainable development.
Activities include operating the Master Thesis Portal, upcycling workshops, EcoSocial Training, WU SDG-Day, excursions, and newsletters as well as different projects in collaboration with other organizations.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oessfo
Website: https://www.oessfo.at
Master's Clubs
MSc International Management / CEMS - CEMS Club Vienna CSR Team
CEMS Club Vienna (CCV) 2021-2022 sustainable performance report is available for download here.
SIMConnect is the official student organization of the MSc Strategy Innovation & Management Control (SIMC) program.
The SR Department is one of the six student-led departments within SIMConnect. It focuses on many different aspects of Social Responsibility, including but not limited to: environmental protection, food waste, equality in opportunity of education, gender equality (with a special focus on women in business settings), mental health, and humanitarian aid. All of this is undertaken with the motto in mind: Start small and the effects of a good deed will multiply!
Other Master's programs at WU:
MSc Economics
MSc Digital Economy
MSc Information Systems
MSc Marketing
MSc Quantitative Finance
MSc Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy (SEEP)
MSc Supply Chain Management
LLM Wirtschaftsrecht
MSc Export- und Internationalisierungsmanagement
MSc Finanzwirtschaft und Rechnungswesen
MSc Management
MSc Sozioökonomie
MSc Steuern und Rechnungslegung
MSc Wirtschaftspädagogik
If your program has a student-run sustainability initiative, get in touch with us: star@wu.ac.at!
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