The Board

Katerina Karkala – Zorba, President
Katerina Karkala serves as the Study Leader at the Orthodox Academy of Crete and was elected President of Oikosnet Europe in 2025.


Treasurer
Alf Linderman, former director of Sigtuna Foundation.

Veronika Matějková , Vice President
Veronika Matějková currently works as an Assistant Professor at the Hussite Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague and as an Ecumenical Officer of the Czech Hussite Church and was elected Vice President of Oikosnet Europe at the Annual Conference in 2025.

Kjell Riise
Kjell Riise, representing the Norwegian Church Academies, was elected as a new member of the board at the General Assembly of Oikosnet Europe 2021. Kjell is a retired parish priest in Tromsø in Norway and former President of the Board of the Norwegian Church Academies. 

Heinz-Joachim Lohmann
Heinz-Joachim Lohmann, representing the Protestant Academy of Berlin, was elected as a new member of the board at the General Assembly of Oikosnet Europe 2022 and Executive Secretary since 2024.

Statements from the Board 

March 2017 For a Europe in Conviviality

November 2015 Statement Oikosnet