Living Labs

The Living Lab research internship is a unique feature of the Global Responsibility & Leadership programme and provides you with the opportunity to apply your academic knowledge and skills in the real world.

In a nutshell

• a semester-long project that you complete with a partner organization in your second year
• work on developing solutions to real-world challenges in small groups, with support from UCF and partner supervisors
• focus on creative outputs with practical applicability on top of your academic research

➡ You work together with private and public stakeholders and learn how to translate a real-world question into a research project, carry out the research, and then translate your findings back into recommendations for the stakeholder.

➡ A win-win situation: learn how to apply your knowledge in actual, real-life contexts and develop professional skills, while your partner organization gets to work with talented young people that are able to provide insight into current questions that are important for the region, from food security to healthcare technology.

Students Esthy, Mirjam and Daria for example, designed the board game 'Crossroads' in collaboration with Amnesty international, aiming to create more awareness about the intersectional position of LGBTQI+ refugees living in the Netherlands: "Amnesty is going to translate the game into Dutch, so it can be played during their guest lectures at, for example, Dutch primary or secondary schools. We were thrilled that the result was not just a paper. It is actually used inside and outside the university and therefore really makes a difference, or impact."

Discover the Living Labs

Student showcases Living Lab projects 2019 - 2020