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Smart & Green

Smart & Green

Co-creating Sustainability for People & Places
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Our Challenge

From reimagining urban mobility to better mealtime experiences in nursing homes and greener university campuses, today’s sustainability challenges are multifaceted, spanning technological, social, and environmental dimensions. Responding to these requires not only technical solutions but also human-centered and context-sensitive approaches. This course aims to empower students to become change agents through Challenge-Based Learning. Working collaboratively in an international and multidisciplinary setting, you will engage with a real-world sustainability challenge and co-create solutions that are responsive to people’s everyday routines and the specific needs of their contexts. Throughout this process, you will contribute to shaping more sustainable futures while developing key competencies in collaboration, systems thinking, and service innovation.

The Team

MS
Masoumeh Shahverdi
Teamcher
HL
Hong Li
Teamcher
0 learners
Study format
Blended
Application period
24 October 2025 – 11 January 2026
Study period
25 February – 10 April 2026
Credits
3 ECTS
Hosting university
University of Stavanger
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Learning outcomes

Service Innovation

Demonstrate a good understanding of key theories, models, and frameworks related to service innovation and their application to sustainability challenges.

ESCO SKILLS

Challenge-Based Learning

Articulate the principles and processes of CBL as an approach for solving real-world problems.

ESCO SKILLS

Sustainability & Green Transition

Understand key concepts of sustainability and the green transition, critically analyzing complex environmental issues through a multidisciplinary lens.

ESCO SKILLS

Ethical AI

Leveraging responsible AI as a powerful supportive tool to design sustainable solutions that align with ethical standards and enhance sustainability efforts

ESCO SKILLS

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From reimagining urban mobility to better mealtime experiences in nursing homes and greener university campuses, today’s sustainability challenges are multifaceted, spanning technological, social, and environmental dimensions. Responding to these requires not only technical solutions but also human-centered and context-sensitive approaches. 

This course aims to empower students to become change agents through Challenge-Based Learning. Working collaboratively in an international and multidisciplinary setting, you will engage with a real-world sustainability challenge and co-create solutions that are responsive to people’s everyday routines and the specific needs of their contexts. 

Throughout this process, you will contribute to shaping more sustainable futures while developing key competencies in collaboration, systems thinking, and service innovation.

Hosting university

University of Stavanger

University of Stavanger