Goals

  1. Development, testing and documentation of the WAVE methodology in partnership with local communities;
  2. Building capacity of teachers to lead innovative inter- and transdisciplinary learning settings in Living Labs,
  3. A series of blended learning activities combining student engagement in the local WAVE Living Labs, international reflection in the WAVE online course and international mobility of staff and students to one of the university’s ‘WAVE Living Labs ’ in the framework of five subsequent intensive study programmes.

Expected results

  1. A tested, documented and transferable methodology and organisational framework for the ‘Wave Living Labs ’
  2. A tested, documented and transferable methodology for facilitating a web-based online course on integrated planning and design for sustainable water landscapes
  3. A significant development of water-related knowledge and transformative competence among everyone involved in the learning activities (students, staff and society partners)
  4. A network of ideas and actors emerging from the WAVE Living Labs as a basis for ongoing collaboration
  5. A Multiplier Event at mid-term of the project
  6. Web-based communication platform(s) and social media channels for the WAVE Living Labs, these are established locally, but also connected Europe-wide through the project’s NGO Partners, making use of web-GIS technology
  7. A shift in the mindsets considering the role of planners and designers and the design process itself, towards a more inclusive and participatory approach involving local communities as equal partners
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