Today’s societal challenges require a ‘multi-perspective approach’: that we cross the boundaries of our own knowledge in order to integrate our perspective with that of others, and gain a deeper and shared understanding of the complexity of these challenges.

Join us for an exciting hackathon to tackle a real-world sustainability challenge. In this two-day event, organized by EWUU Education, the Centre for Unusual Collaborations and TNO, you will team up with professionals, researchers and fellow students from diverse fields to generate impactful ideas for a more circular construction sector.

Inspired by the work of the NWO UPSCALE project, you can contribute to addressing this complex systemic challenge by increasing circularity in construction, in terms of ‘system’, ‘behavior’, and ‘economy’ changes. Some of the questions you could answer are:

• What changes are needed in terms of system infrastructure (digital infrastructure, governance and ownership of resources),
• What changes are needed in the behavior of people and how to make people act in a more circular manner in the construction sector?
• Which economical system can best support a circular construction industry: community-driven or centralized?

Then you will work on how can all these changes be addressed together and which transdisciplinary approaches need to be taken to change this industry for the better.
The results of the hackathon will feed into the work of the UPSCALE project-team.

Practical information

Date: 6^th -7^th of February 2025
Time: From 9.00h to 17.00h
Location: Utrecht University campus, EWUU office and Playground

Registration: Please register via this form.
Registration is open until 16^th of January 2025