Table 1 Case overview.
Case | ECTS/Duration | Domain(s)/Challenge Type | Disciplines | Mono/multilevel | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 30 ECTS (semester) | Regional health challenges (e.g., social cohesion elderly) | Various: health, social, and design-related fields. | Multi: University, UAS, VET | Interprofessional communities of practice |
B | Flexible | Hydrogen innovation challenges | Technical. | Multi: University, UAS, VET | Practice-based, initiated by entrepreneurs and SMEs |
C | 10–12 weeks | Health promotion in communities | Health and social care. | Mono: UAS | Community projects commissioned by professional partners |
D | 30 ECTS (semester) | Digital tech for sustainability | Health, IT, agriculture, food, and environmental sciences. | Multi: University, UAS, VET | Province-level initiative, learning lab with brokers |
E | 30 ECTS (semester) | Digitalisation and IT challenges | IT (e.g., software engineering, data science, UX design). | Mono: UAS | Hybrid learning and working environment |
F | 30 ECTS (semester) | Regional living lab topics (e.g., tourism) | Various: often business, sustainability, design, and social sciences. | Multi: University & UAS | Long-term labs with societal partners |
G | 30 ECTS (semester) | Broad prosperity & new economy | Various. | Mono: UAS | Student-driven projects |
H | 9–12 ECTS courses | Societal challenges with local communities | Various: social sciences and other humanities studies, urban studies. | Mono: University | Place-based learning in a university-city collaboration |
I | 15 ECTS | Personal impact on regional themes (e.g., inequity) | Various: engineering, social sciences, humanities. | University | Student motivation-driven |
J | 30 ECTS (various semester courses) | Future-proof economy | Business (e.g., economics, marketing, logistics, HRM). | UAS | Projects commissioned by professional partners |
K | 7.5 ECTS as part of a minor | Local community intervention | Various. | University | Community-engaged learning |
