Challenge-Based Innovation
Challenge Based Innovation (CBI) is a project course, where multidisciplinary student teams and their instructors collaborate with researchers at CERN to discover novel solutions for the future of humankind. The projects are an elaborate mixture, where societal, human-driven needs meet research at CERN.
CBI A³
CBI A³ aims to empower students with the mindset and skills to be change makers, imagining and realizing futures that respect humans and the ecological systems we exist in.
The project kicked-off with a two-week rapid prototyping /ideation intensive at CERN’s Idea Square in Geneva, Switzerland. CBI A3 is an educational program that aims to build a globally responsible, generation of design innovators who thrive in addressing complex, societal challenges using novel design methodologies that integrate domains of deep technology, futures thinking, radical innovation and societal needs.
The 7-month course brings together Master level higher education students from Universities across 3 different continents, to learn as part of a diverse, global community of innovation practice. Interdisciplinary teams include disciplines across health sciences, design, engineering, computer science and the arts.
CBI A3 provides a toolkit to innovate responsibly with deep technology; combining mindset, methods and practical techniques from CERN and ATTRACT to address United Nation Sustainable Development Goal #3 “Good Health and Well-Being for All.” With a focus on radical design innovation that leads to future-focused design outcomes, be it a new product, experience, system or built environment, students are equipped with skills and motivation to apply technology that shapes society in a positive way. This benefits students, by expanding traditional design thinking methodologies and increasing their skill set for employability, as well as understanding impact of their work in global contexts.
The process ultimately aims to benefit the planet by fostering responsibility, motivation and agency in the future generation of innovations. Established by Design Factory Melbourne at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia in collaboration with IdeaSquare, CERN, CBI A3 runs in partnership with other Design Factories, namely inno.space at Hochschule Mannheim in Germany and Team Beta Space at the Pratt Institute in the USA.
A glimpse into the CERN Kick-Off…
Stay Tuned
Check in with the status of our project by following the page below! We are in the nascent stages of the 7-month project and will present the final at CERN Idea Square in May of 2023.
