In this learning community students work together in teams to solve a problem on the theme of sustainable transportation. Through the combination of preparatory lectures and a cross-campus Hackathon accompanied by coaches and a final pitch, the students work to develop a business concept that contributes to a more sustainable future for mobility and associated logistics. The final pitch event takes place in front of a live jury: the students have to convince a jury composed of teachers and external stakeholders (e.g. public transportation companies, traffic authorities, logistics providers, etc).
Learning Community Activities
Past Events
- Hackathon on Sustainable Mobility (November 2021).
The hackathon has the objective to create new business concept for a more sustainable mobility and logistics. With heterogenous teams, students will identify a transport challenge and solve it with a new business model. The 5 structured sessions of the hackathon will help them to present at the end of the adventure a pitch in front of a jury made of professionals from the sector. They will need to convince them about the sustainability, the feasibility and the originality of the solution they propose. To furthersupport the students, dedicated coaches are available (resulting from relevant field experts suggested across the LC partners).
Workload: 5 sessions of 2 hours. The workload should be included in this hours as these are working sessions. A few hours extra are needed if students are unable to complete planned work during the dedicated sessions.
How to get involved?
(Students and educators)
Contact the Learning Community leads: Marta Gonzalez-Aregall (marta.gonzalez-aregall@gu.se) or Philippe Lebeau (Philippe.Lebeau@vub.be).