During the TREE incubator four projects took a step to further develop into a project plan. Three of the proposals not initially awarded are invited to join the TREE incubator to further develop their ideas in interaction with others.

All projects could do with (more) collaborators from EWUU partner institutions. So, if a project appeals to you, please contact the applicant.

Topics of the proposals

  1. Cross-institutional interdisciplinary blended course on porous materials across energy health environment and food.
    Maja Ruecker (TU/e), Amir Raoof (UU)

  2. Explore building a cross-institutional learning environment that connects the TransMob Lab at Utrecht University with the Migrant tour Utrecht and the WUR MSc Tourism, Society & Environment (MTO) toward a broader mobilities focus.
    Meghann Ormond (WUR), Jesse Jonkman (UU)

  3. Improvement and boost in trans- and interdisciplinarity of an existing successful course in AI literacy for professionals in the public sector and media sector domains.
    Iris Muis (UU)

  4. The Caring University: Rethinking what it means to be an academic today, and in the future, a transdisciplinary course aimed at research master students, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and university policymakers.
    Marij Swinkels (UU)

  5. Exploring how sustainability education can move beyond dominant paradigms to create space for epistemic plurality and alternative ways of knowing, sensing, and relating.
    Francesca Leucci (WUR), Camilla Ramezzano (WUR)

  6. Create an interdisciplinary extracurricular course on Translational Medicine.
    Sanne ter Meulen (UU), UU-students and the Apollo Society

  7. Fostering Adaptive Expertise in Transdisciplinary Education Through Game Design: The Case of Circular Food Systems.
    Stefan Werning (UU), Federico Andreotti (WUR)

The EWUU Education Innovation grant is aimed at stimulating the development of transdisciplinary learning experiences beyond institutions for degree students and lifelong learners. For more information contact Lisette van Bruggen, theme leader Transdisciplinary Education,