Initiated at Utrecht University, this educational experiment aims to educate sustainability change-makers through hands-on learning by prototyping and iterative testing in real-world settings, fostering a “fail forward” mentality. Confident change-makers who know how to act in uncertain and complex environments, creative innovators who are aware of their talents and expertise, and collaborators who are aware of their relationship to the real world.
Guided by the principles of transdisciplinary challenge-based learning, design thinking, systems thinking and interdisciplinary research, students from various backgrounds work together in interdisciplinary innovation teams to tackle sustainability issues with societal partners.
Through a variety of activities, such as coaching, workshops, expert meetings and presentations, students work through the problem-solving process from a briefing on the challenge to a validated prototype for the solution.
