InGenious - Cross Disciplinary Project

Aim

After completed course the student should be able to:

• in group conduct a complex cross-disciplinary project based on a real life, actual challenge
• in group develop and present a sustainable and value creating solution on a challenge
• independently formulate research questions and contribute with relevant domain knowledge and skills
• orally and in writing communicate solutions to parties with different backgrounds and domain knowledge
• account for and apply different frameworks to handle ethical and sustainability related aspects of the innovation process
• discuss and reflect on group processes and group dynamics in open innovation processes where individuals from different professions collaborate in a cross disciplinary way
• reflect on the innovation process from business-, sustainability- and ethical perspectives
• reflect over learning processes, dynamics and the own role in the group process

Content

During the course, the students work in teams that are expected to independently develop a cross disciplinary project that meets a challenge posed by an external client (usually a company or an organisation).

The work is interdisciplinary and the framework of the challenges leaves room for interpretation, this requires that the students are inquisitive and show initiative. The opportunities and challenges that this entail are an important part of the course as well as a big part of the learning experience. Both oral and written communication is an important part of the course, both in the team as well as to external parties. One part of this communication is through organized presentations where the teams pitch to an auditorium of varying size. The pitches follow an inclining learning curve where the participants are able to develop their pitches successively in a safe environment leading up to a final pitch where the project is presented in front of a larger audience.