Publications

publications

In this section of our website, you will have access to all the project's publications in open access format, which you can download and share.

urban goodcamp toolkit

After developing and testing the Urban GoodCamp Training Programme (a multidisciplinary challenge-based innovation sprint in the form of a bootcamp that comprises theoretical and practical learning) the consortium conceived this Toolkit as the result of the implementation phase of the project. It describes the different elements of the methodology, as well as the structures that can be used to carry out the bootcamp.

Considering the atemporality of Urban Challenges, the consortium partners believe that this programme can be a useful tool for any organisation interested in contributing to transform their communities. In this regard, we hope that this toolkit will be your best ally when implementing the Urban GoodCamp Training Programme.

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URBAN GOODCAMP IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

The implementation report is an outcome of the implementation phase of the project. It highlights the learnings from the pilot-testing phase and the evaluation of the experiences developed from October 2022 to April 2023 in six European cities.
This Report is based on the evaluation tools and feedback received from all participants and will serve as a starting point for updating and revision of the final Urban GoodCamp Model and Toolkit materials.

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URBAN gOODCAMP COLLECTION OF SOLUTIONS

This document collects all student solutions created and collected during the Urban GoodCamp project in one place. The solutions belong to different student groups in all 6 unique locations chosen for this purpose: Helsinki, Ljubljana, Paris, Madrid, Venice and Amsterdam. At the same time, they touch upon different sustainability challenges, each based on desktop research conducted on each city, so that students could work on real-life needs and pressing issues.

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E-zine #3

Here you have our most recent issue of the Urban GoodCamp e-zine!
This e-zine tells you all about our first face-to-face meeting in Amsterdam after 18 months of working together from a distance, the continuous work with communities tackling urban sustainability issues for education, and the kick off of the bootcamps in three of the six European cities involved in this project.

We hope you enjoy it as much as our team did preparing it for you. Feel free to download and share it!

E-zine #2

Here is the Urban Good Camp e-magazine #2, communicating the project activities and outputs.
In this issue, the reader will:

access the main insights of the research phase and its respective reports and publications;
get acquainted with the main results of the consultation activities;
and learn about the next steps of the project, specifically the project’s strategy to engage different stakeholders in community building for urban challenges.

This is a downloadable pdf in open access format, so feel free to widely share it with your colleagues and friends!

Synthesis Report

The synthesis report presents the results of the research phase in a summarized document, which lays the foundation for the following phases of the Urban GoodCamp project. It includes:

the explanation about the centrality of EU priority themes for cities to the definition of UCAMP's urban challenges,
an overview of the selection of the most pressing challenges for each city involved in the project,
a review of the different projects that have already been implemented at a city level,
the reflection about the role that HEIs can have on the process of addressing these challenges according to the partner cities,
the insights from the case studies,
and lastly, an outline of the main findings and recommendations.

CASE STUDY REPORT

The Case Study Report consists of 35+ case studies on challenge-based interventions for urban issues.

These case studies consist of already existing challenge-based learning interventions to urban challenges at local and national levels, which will inform the development of the Urban GoodCamp learning model, addressing different fields: Waste Management, Urban Biodiversity, and Sustainable Communities.

CITY SCANNING REPORT

This report includes an overview of the 7 city scanning reports that contain the results of primary and secondary research and expert interviews, as well as a general European Union outline of the urban challenges that underpin them.

Besides expert interviews, a mixed method approach was used, consisting of desk research, case studies and interactive tools, such as the scoping wheel and horizon scanning.
The insights from this report will support the formation of Urban Innovator Communities and help to contextualize the contents dimension of the UCAMP programme.

executive summaries

This document presents the main findings of the research results for each of the cities involved in the Urban Goodcamp project. Each summary easily presents the results from the research on the challenges in each city, in English and in the local language.

E-Zine #1

The Urban Good Camp e-magazine will communicate the project activities and generate awareness for the general topic of challenge-based learning for Sustainable Development Goals, social entrepreneurship and innovation, and university-society engagement.
In this #1 issue, the reader will get acquainted with the project’s consortium, goals and kick-off activities, the processes and results of the research phase, and the next steps of the project.

This is a downloadable pdf in open access format, so feel free to widely share it with your colleagues and friends!

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