Each team of students is led over a period of three to four months by a researcher and a mentor from the local administration or business sector. They support students by providing input on scientific methods, project design, design-thinking methods, and agile problem-solving approaches. The teams will work online and in English. The duration of the challenge is approximately 60 hours.
Upon completion of the challenge, students will receive a YUFE Professional Star – a certificate awarded for participation in various non-curricular activities offered by YUFE.

What Challenges Are There to Choose From?

• Eco-social (ecological + social) collapse:  the aim is to find collective strategies to deal with the ecological and social crisis (especially the energy and climate crisis).
  • Duration: March 1 – June 28, 2023
• How to overcome barriers to social integration of refugees in the local environment of the host region? This team will work on solutions to break down cultural, linguistic, legal, and administrative barriers for refugees, with the aim of facilitating their social integration in the target countries.
  • Duration: February 20 – May 22, 2023
• Redressing polarization through digital communicative interventions: Communication on social media is often very polarizing. This Challenge team is therefore developing a range of tools to promote depolarization.
  • Duration: February 20 – May 20, 2023
• Smart and green tourist destinations: The aim is to find a form of tourism that reduces pollution and gentrification. The solutions being worked on are to be developed against the background of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the objectives of the European Union’s Green Deal.
  • Duration: March 1 – June 30, 2023

How Can Students Apply?

The YUFE Challenge Teams are open to all students of YUFE universities, including the University of Bremen. Students of all disciplines are welcome to apply as the teams will be multidisciplinary. The application deadline is February 5, 2023.

Interested students can apply via the YUFE Virtual Campus: 

1. Visit the YUFE Virtual Campus (https://virtualcampus.yufe.eu/p/Challenges) and click on “Would you like to be part of a multidisciplinary team to solve a challenge in a creative way?”
2. Select one of the four Challenges from the catalogue.
3. Click on “Apply.” (If you do not have a YUFE Virtual Campus user account, you will need to create one.)

Contact:

Jeroen Langejan
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