Una Europa Student Project Incubator Autumn 2025: Una Europa in the Community

The programme brought together 110 students from across the Una Europa partner universities to explore one of three current global challenges:

• Ethical consumption: Sustainable fashion and consumer activism
• Media literacy for democratic participation: Battling misinformation and fake news
• Digital humanities: Preserving cultural heritage

Over the course of the programme, students engaged in workshops led by community partners and academics, team-based challenges, and peer-to-peer feedback, to better understand how universities and communities can collaborate to produce innovative and impactful solutions to these challenges.

The students worked in intercultural and interdisciplinary teams, guided by a peer mentor, to design solutions rooted in the realities of their own communities. Using design thinking principles, each team developed a prototype to address a real-world community challenge, inspired by the ‘think globally, act locally’ approach.

A booklet showcasing the students’ project ideas was produced (see below). The projects reflect the creativity, collaboration, and commitment of students from across Europe, united by a shared belief that universities play a vital role in society and that students desire to contribute to change.

We hope these projects inspire further conversation and collaboration across the Una Europa alliance and beyond.