UCityLab Project

The University-City Action Lab (UCITYLAB) project aims to strengthen the links between HEIs and the city stakeholders by having students solve city issues through a series of challenge projects in Paris, Barcelona, Porto and Ljubljana. It will do so by facilitating knowledge exchange and flow of resources, enhancing societal relevance of HEI curriculum via civic engagement, helping develop relevant skills among students, empowering universities in increasing their knowledge and practice in establishing urban partnerships, and fostering adoption of city engagement models in European HEIs.

The project started in 2018 and runs until 2021. The end result will be a comprehensive understanding of how universities and governments collaborate, as well as the development of 8 Challenge projects at 4 different higher education institutions.