I Living Labs 2023

Join us in Spring 2023 and tackle real-life challenges with your international team.

The E³UDRES² I Living Labs are back for a fourth edition: Various institutions, business owners and local authorities from all over Europe have once again submitted their challenges for you to solve! Together with a team of international students coming from various backgrounds, you can come up with your ideal solution over the course of several weeks, all while having guidance from experienced mentors - our Educational Entrepreneurs.

E³UDRES² I Living Labs 2023: All Facts at A Glance

🙋‍♀️ Participants

Students from all E³UDRES² partnering institutions

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Size

6-14 people per team

📜 Event Language

English

💰 Costs

Participation is free, all costs are covered by E³UDRES²

🌟 ECTS

All students get 6 ECTS for participating in an I Living Lab (Intensive ILL: 3 ECTS)

⚙️ Various real-life challenges

connected to the E³UDRES² research topics of Circular Economy, Artificial Intelligence, and Wellbeing to be solved by you + your teammates!

Our I Living Lab Formats in 2023

This year, we are again offering three variations of the I Living Labs. They all have one thing in common: International teams get together and work on solving a challenge. The differences lie in the timeframe and the mobility connected to the event.

Classic I Living Lab

⏲️ When?
07 March - 31 May 2023 (2 weeks Easter holidays included)

📍 Where? Online

🧳 Travel? No

🌟 6 ECTS

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Together with your team of other international students coming from various backgrounds and disciplines, you work together on a pre-selected challenge.

Find more information about this format here.

Blended I Living Lab

⏲️ When?
07 March - 31 May 2023 (2 weeks Easter holidays included)

📍 Where? Online + 1 on-site week at UC Leuven-Limburg UAS, Belgium (New date: 24-28 April 2023)

🧳 Travel? Yes

🌟 6 ECTS

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Different teams work on various aspects of one big topic.

Find more information about this format here.

Intensive I Living Lab

⏲️ When?
20 March - 31 March 2023

📍 Where? Online (1 week) + on-site at Vidzeme UAS, Latvia (1 week)

🧳 Travel? Yes

🌟 3 ECTS

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In this format, you can meet your peers on-site at Vidzeme UAS in Latvia - take on one of six challenges together with your team, and collaborate with entrepreneurs, mentors and experts to generate ideas and prototypes.

Find more information about this format here.

How to start your I Living Lab journey

Choose your ideal format from our three I Living Lab formats offered this year.

Choose your I Living Lab topic based on the format you are going for.

Refine your choice by selecting a theme.

1 - Find your ideal I Living Lab format

*For a Blended and Intensive I Living Lab you will have to insert a Travel Token during registration. This is to perform a preliminary check on your travel options. Contact persons per institution can be found in the FAQs below. Please mention for which I Living Lab you are requesting the Travel Token. Travel Tokens will be sent to you no earlier than the 8th of February.

2 - Choose your I Living Lab topic

Figured out which format is the right one for you? Great - please choose your topic next:

For Classic I Living Labs:

♻️ Circular Economy

You see the value of resources and why it is important to preserve them. You are convinced of ideas like recycling, reusing and repairing goods.

🧘 Wellbeing and Active Aging

You want all people to participate in our society, to be powerful and in charge of their own path.

🤖 Human Contribution to Artificial Intelligence

You are fascinated by technology but you also have an eye for the human aspect in the world of zeros and ones.

For Blended I Living Labs:

🤖♻️ AI & Circular Economy

You see the value of resources and why it is important to preserve them. Big changes start small. Urban areas are the ideal place to start the transition towards a more circular energy system.

🧘 🤖 Wellbeing, Active Aging and AI

Europe has a hugely diverse potential of 20-something talents seeking their way into the new job market. What if you could bridge this creativity to a European Start-up Market? Or what about implementing smart technology in future health for all people in our society?

For Intensive I Living Labs:

Important: The Intensive I Living Labs offer the three main topics, however, participants will not be able to choose a specific topic at registration. The choice of topic will be made during the onboarding phase. Find more information about this format here.

♻️ Circular Economy

You see the value of resources and why it is important to preserve them. You are convinced of ideas like recycling, reusing and repairing goods.

🧘 Wellbeing and Active Aging

You want all people to participate in our society, to be powerful and in charge of their own path.

🤖 Human Contribution to Artificial Intelligence

You are fascinated by technology but you also have an eye for the human aspect in the world of zeros and ones.

3 - Choose your theme

Refine the choice you made in the I Living Lab topic by selecting a theme.

Classic I Living Labs

♻️ Circular Economy

Not only homes need to rethink their energy consumption. Campuses too need to evaluate how they can be more cost efficient, more green and more synchronised with nature.

Help campuses throughout all regions to become more green.

How do we tackle the ever growing problems of traffic jams and pollution by transport? Create ideas to promote resource-saving and sustainable mobility by applying the principles of circulare economy.

Do you know the effect of ecosystems in urban spaces? Make use of artificial intelligence to make your space healthier and create a better environment for everyone.

If you like a surprise, you can choose the Wild Card. Do you have a wide area of interest, from fast fashion to food waste to micro-algae? Then this is for you. You won't know what challenge you will get, but it will definitely have something to do with Circular Economy.

🧘 Wellbeing & Active Ageing

Does smart food really exist? Explore the possibilities of how to improve health in our society.

Mental health can have a big impact on health in general. It is in everyone’s interest to pay attention to this issue. Make use of technology to make healthcare accessible for remote areas and to assure the mental health of seniors.

Mental health can have a big impact on health in general. Especially at an age where you are in search for your identity and your place in society.
Create ideas to establish healthy lifestyles for youngsters and ways for youngsters to cope with typical issues at this stage of life.

🤖 Human Contribution to Artificial Intelligence

Robots, VR, AR … these cutting edge technologies can be used in all kinds of settings: from food industry to elderly care. Make use of the right technology for every purpose and make your region smarter and more sustainable.

Are you on top of the latest trends in creative technologies? Explore the possibilities of video and storytelling, ChatGPT and others.

Blended I Living Labs

🤖♻️ AI & Circular Economy

How can we tackle the existing energy problems today and tomorrow? Become an eco-innovator and focus on renewable energy systems, energy efficient buildings, sustainable transport, energy storage and circular economy to find solutions for a sustainable future.

🧘 🤖 Wellbeing, Active Ageing & AI

How can we tackle the ever-evolving job market? Become a talent-innovator. Research and design solutions for job seekers and gig workers/freelancers that can range from a talent matching platform to exploring the use of blockchain technology and beyond.

How can we use AI to the benefit of healthcare staff and patients? Become a health innovator and explore all options from apps, VR, AR, wearables to telemedicine systems to create impactful improvements.

Intensive I Living Labs

The Intensive I Living Labs also offer different themes, however, you will not be able to choose a specific theme at registration. The choice of your theme will be made during the onboarding phase. Find more information about this format here.

FOUND YOUR IDEAL

I Living Lab?

Working in an I Living Lab acts as a trigger to improve your future skills, such as analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities, showing creativity in dealing with obstacles and learning to deal with uncertainties. In an I Living Lab, you will be given time and space to develop and hone these future skills.

Registration for the I Living Labs 2023 is already closed.

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I Living Lab FAQs

Participation in an I Living Labs is open to all students from E³UDRES² partnering institutions. Please be aware that the coverage of costs for attending an I Living Lab might differ for students from Saxion UAS, Fulda UAS and Jyväskylä UAS (new E³UDRES² partners). In case of questions, please get in touch with your local E³UDRES² contacts at your institution or write us at office(at)eudres.eu so we can connect you!

Together with international students who signed up for the same I Living Lab as you, you will tackle a real-life problem and search for solutions. Every student has a different background and comes from a different study program. This makes it easy to come up with transdisciplinary solutions.

Not at all. If you're open to develop a creative mindset, you'll find the experience easy. Just open your mind and go with the flow! Use the skills you have and develop new skills during the I Living Lab - it is open to all students from the E³UDRES² partnering institutions, no matter which study program, year or background!

This depends on the I Living Lab Format you choose. Classic I Living Labs are 100% online, Blended I Living Labs combine online with 1 week of physical gathering in a country (Belgium that is), Intensive I Living Labs combine 1 week online with 1 week on-site in Latvia.

Of course! Depending on which I Living Lab Format you choose, you get 3 or 6 ECTS. 

Your team will consist of European students coming from all across our E³UDRES² partnering institutions. Some of them are also Erasmus students, which means that you can even have students from all around the world in your team.


Next to students, you'll also have a coach on your team (your Educational Entrepreneur), and of course the challenge owner.

The coach, or educational entrepreneur, is often a teacher from one of the higher education institutions involved in E³UDRES². They won't teach stuff, but will guide you through the I Living Lab. This means they will help if you are lost or that they can offer interesting pieces of information on the moment you need them.

In order to get a positive grade on you I Living Lab, you need to meet certain conditions. The conditions differ per I Living Lab format - you can find them in our overview documents:

To register for a Blended or Intensive Living Lab you need a Travel Token. Contact your institution and they will perform a preliminary check to see if you meet the conditions to travel. Travel Tokens will be sent to you no earlier than 8 February 2023.

Contact persons per institution:

St. Pölten UAS

Christina TANZER

christina.tanzer@fhstp.ac.at

Politechnic Institute of Setúbal

Rodrigo LOURENCO

vicepresidente.rl@ips.pt

Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Mercy Mukite BARASA

Barasa.Mercy.Mukite@uni-mate.hu

UC Leuven-Limburg UAS

Nathalie MORREN

nathalie.morren@ucll.be

Politehnica University Timisoara

tba

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Vidzeme UAS

Inese DZARCANE

inese.dzarcane@va.lv

Any questions about the I Living Labs?

Get in touch with us through our contact form or directly contact or local I Living Lab contacts at the E³UDRES² institutions.