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On this page, we are happy to share reports, results, and outputs linked to the set-up and implementation of the Alliance. New resources will be added as we reach further milestones, and we hope that they will serve as inspiration and support to other European universities and Alliances to help reach their objectives.

25 resources with topic Challenged-based approach

  • Bringing Generations Together: A Practical Toolkit for Designing Transformative Intergenerational Learning Communities (2026)

    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Community of Practice
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Lifelong learning
    • Open Labs
    • E-book
    • Toolbox
    • Academics
    • Civil society
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • Bringing Generations Together: A Community Toolkit for Designing International Programs

    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Community of Practice
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Open Labs
    • Research & Innovation
    • Toolbox
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • CIVIS Connect - Illustration of the Webinar Series

    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Participatory research
    • Research & Innovation
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Civil society
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
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  • Climate, health, migration, AI... Catalogue of CIVIS Hubs Challenge-Based Educational Activities (CIVIS2, Deliverable D3.1)

    Across all five CIVIS Hubs, transnational teaching teams have built an extensive portfolio of challenge-based education tackling the issues students will face when they enter the labour market: climate change, health, migration, democratic resilience and the rise of AI among them.
    • Blended Intensive Programmes
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Education
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Deliverable
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
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  • Challenge-based learning approach in course design (2026)

    This module is part of a broader upskilling initiative aimed at educators who wish to learn how to apply innovative methodologies to their teaching practice.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Course, module or learning opportunity
    • Academics
    • Researchers
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  • Aqua Minds: Climate Change in the Municipality of Brașov: Risk Analysis, Adaptation Measures and Youth Perceptions (2026)

    This report from the AcquaMinds CIVIS Open Lab presents the results of educational and participatory activities on climate adaptation involving young people in the Municipality of Brașov. It explores climate risks, adaptation measures and youth perceptions while supporting climate education, civic engagement and evidence-based local adaptation.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Education
    • Open Labs
    • Participatory research
    • Research & Innovation
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • Nature-Based Solutions: Viable AquaMinds: Alternatives for Improving Water Management and Climate Change Adaptation (2026)

    This guide from the AcquaMinds CIVIS Open Lab presents nature-based solutions as practical approaches to improving urban water management and climate change adaptation. It explores green-blue infrastructure, ecosystem-based approaches and examples from cities across Europe and beyond, highlighting their contribution to urban resilience, biodiversity and quality of life.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Climate, environment and energy
    • Open Labs
    • Participatory research
    • Research & Innovation
    • Guide
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • AcquaMinds: Priority Intervention Maps (2026)

    This resource presents the main outcomes of the AcquaMinds CIVIS Open Lab, using participatory mapping and stakeholder engagement to address water management, climate adaptation and urban resilience. It provides priority intervention maps, educational materials and practical insights to support evidence-based and participatory decision-making.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Education
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Open Labs
    • Participatory research
    • Research & Innovation
    • Report
    • Toolbox
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • Civic by Design - Lessons from a Pop-Up Store as a Public Engagement Space (2026)

    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Open Labs
    • Guide
    • Academics
    • Administrators
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  • Digital Guidebook on Credited Multiple & Joint Education

    In this guidebook, the CIVIS team is proposing a framework of educational support for all the multiple and varied learning activities carried out at the Alliance level. Therefore, our alliance developed an innovative and ground-breaking model, internally piloted and validated, hoping also to become a source of good European practice for the design of the new academic curriculum within the European Alliances.
    • Blended Intensive Programmes
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Education
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Joint learning
    • Micro-credentials
    • Micro-programmes
    • Quality Assurance
    • Skills
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
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  • Collaborative Climate Futures, CIVIS Days 2026 Session report

    This collaboration was born out of our participation in the first cohort of the CIVIS Alliance Master’s Programme in Transdisciplinary Studies of Climate, Environment and Energy (TRACEE). The first semester of this programme brought together 39 educators from CIVIS allied and partner universities to teach 16 students coming from different academic backgrounds to tackle climate change, resilience, adaptation, and apply transdisciplinary methods in the process. This CIVIS Days 2026 session is our opportunity to highlight how we have already started to work together to solve these problems, and inspire other educators to join us in this mission.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Climate, environment and energy
    • Communication and Dissemination
    • Joint learning
    • Student leadership
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • Designing Relaxed Concerts: The All Year Long CIVIS Open Lab Music Ensembles Project Experience (2026)

    This practical guide shares the experience of the All-Year-Long CIVIS Open Lab Music Ensembles project in designing Relaxed Concerts for people living with dementia and their carers. It provides guidance and good practices for creating more accessible, welcoming and inclusive musical experiences.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Education
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Open Labs
    • Participatory research
    • Service Learning
    • Guide
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • Sensing Our Environment Together: Citizen Sciences for Climate and Air Quality (Workshop Report, 2025)

    The workshop “Sensing Our Environment Together: Citizen Sciences for Climate and Air Quality” (30 September–1 October 2025) brought together academics, associations, and local stakeholders committed to addressing climate and air‑quality challenges through participatory research. Designed as a prototype for future CIVIS Open Labs, the event fostered dialogue between diverse actors, encouraged the exchange of methodologies, and highlighted the value of inclusive, science-based action. By convening experts and communities across different territories, the workshop aimed to enhance transnational collaboration and strengthen the collective capacity to address environmental issues.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Communication and Dissemination
    • Participatory research
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Civil society
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • Digital Guidebook on the CIVIS Challenge-Driven Approach (2024)

    CIVIS, Europe’s Civic University Alliance, brings together 11 research universities to advance a strong challenge‑based educational model that equips students to address real societal and environmental issues. By combining civic engagement, inter‑ and transdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships with local stakeholders through Open Labs, CIVIS ensures that learning is grounded in authentic, complex challenges linked to the SDGs. This digital guidebook is based on our best practices.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Communication and Dissemination
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
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  • CIVIS micro-credentials. Notes for a challenge-based approach (2023)

    In this report, we want to explore to what extent it would be possible to propose a modular educational offer that would reconcile civic engagement with the acquisition of competencies that allow learners to adapt to a (personal, social, occupational) changing context. In order to do so, it is necessary to take into account both the pedagogical particularities of the micro-credentials and the very vision and structure of CIVIS.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Communication and Dissemination
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Micro-credentials
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Researchers
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  • CIVIS Hubs: An Overview of the First Phase of CIVIS (2022)

    This report provides an overview of the development and achievements of the five CIVIS Hubs during the first phase of the Alliance. It presents their role as academic collaboration spaces for developing multinational, multidisciplinary and challenge-based educational opportunities across CIVIS universities.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Education
    • European Universities initiative
    • Global partnerships
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Joint learning
    • Research & Innovation
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • Open Lab Establishment Methodology and Activities (2022)

    This report presents the methodology used to establish the CIVIS Open Lab network and provides an overview of its activities, projects and collaborative approach. It highlights how Open Labs connect universities with local stakeholders through civic engagement, co-creation and challenge-based initiatives.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Education
    • European Universities initiative
    • Global partnerships
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Museums
    • Participatory research
    • Research & Innovation
    • Service Learning
    • Guide
    • Policy recommendations
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • CIVIS Creat’on Game: A Creative Marathon (2021)

    The CIVIS Creat’on Game is a practical, collaborative methodology designed to help teams address real-world challenges and transform creative ideas into concrete, actionable projects. Developed in connection with the CIVIS Creathon 2021, the resource combines an overview of the CIVIS creative marathons with a step-by-step manual for organising and facilitating the game.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Joint learning
    • Participatory research
    • Student leadership
    • Guide
    • Toolbox
    • Training materials
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Researchers
    • Students
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  • Third Call for Proposals for CIVIS Hub 1 Activities: Climate, Environment and Energy (2021)

    This call invited academics and researchers from CIVIS universities to propose joint education and research activities within Hub 1: Climate, Environment and Energy. It aimed to foster synergies between education, research and innovation through multidisciplinary and challenge-based collaboration across the Alliance.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Climate, environment and energy
    • Education
    • European Universities initiative
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Joint learning
    • Research & Innovation
    • Course, module or learning opportunity
    • Academics
    • Researchers
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  • Call for Proposals for CIVIS Health Hub 3 Activities (2021)

    This call invited CIVIS academics to propose joint educational activities within the Health Hub. It aimed to develop multidisciplinary and innovative learning pathways across a wide range of health domains, involving at least three CIVIS partner universities.
    • Blended Intensive Programmes
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Education
    • European Universities initiative
    • Global partnerships
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Joint learning
    • Research & Innovation
    • Course, module or learning opportunity
    • Academics
    • Researchers
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  • Call for Proposals for CIVIS Hub 2 Activities: Society, Culture and Heritage (2021)

    This call invited CIVIS academics and researchers to propose joint activities within CIVIS Hub 2: Society, Culture and Heritage. It aimed to foster synergies between education, research and innovation through interdisciplinary and challenge-based collaboration across CIVIS universities.
    • Blended Intensive Programmes
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Cultural heritage
    • Education
    • European Universities initiative
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Research & Innovation
    • Course, module or learning opportunity
    • Academics
    • Researchers
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  • First Call for Proposals for CIVIS Hub 4 Activities: Cities, Mobilities and Territories (2021)

    This call invited CIVIS academics and researchers to propose joint education and research activities within Hub 4: Cities, Mobilities and Territories. It aimed to foster interdisciplinary and challenge-based collaboration addressing key urban, social, environmental and territorial challenges.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Education
    • European Universities initiative
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Joint learning
    • Research & Innovation
    • Course, module or learning opportunity
    • Academics
    • Researchers
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  • Second Call for Proposals for CIVIS Hub 1 Activities: Climate, Environment and Energy (2021)

    This call invited CIVIS academics and researchers to propose joint education and research activities within Hub 1: Climate, Environment and Energy. It aimed to foster multidisciplinary, challenge-based collaboration and strengthen synergies between education, research and innovation across CIVIS universities.
    • Blended Intensive Programmes
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Climate, environment and energy
    • Education
    • European Universities initiative
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Innovative Pedagogies
    • Joint learning
    • Research & Innovation
    • Course, module or learning opportunity
    • Academics
    • Researchers
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  • CIVIS Call 1 – Intensive Programs: CIVIS Student Week/Days (2020)

    This call invited CIVIS academics to develop short-term mobility programmes bringing together students and scholars from across the Alliance. CIVIS Student Week/Days aimed to promote student mobility, interdisciplinary learning, knowledge exchange and collaboration between CIVIS universities.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Education
    • European Universities initiative
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Joint learning
    • Student Mobility
    • Virtual mobility
    • Course, module or learning opportunity
    • Academics
    • Administrators
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  • Building Our Civic Identity: Towards a Socially Responsible University (2020)

    This handbook presents the CIVIS Alliance's shared vision of civic engagement and university social responsibility. It introduces the Alliance's common civic identity, maps existing engagement practices across member universities, and provides recommendations for strengthening collaboration, societal impact and sustainable civic action.
    • Challenged-based approach
    • Civic engagement
    • Education
    • European Universities initiative
    • Inclusion & Diversity
    • Research & Innovation
    • Service Learning
    • Guide
    • Report
    • Academics
    • Administrators
    • Civil society
    • Policy makers
    • Researchers
    • Students
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