Study Guide

Objective

After the course, you will be able to innovate, develop and discover solutions to the company’s bio- and circular economy challenges in multidisciplinary groups and make use of the tools of bio- and circular economy development and methods as part of the innovation process. After the course you will also have a basic understanding of service/product design and commercialisation.

Content

The course content includes circular economy, service design, commercialisation, innovations and marketing as well as working with stakeholders.

Location and time

The course will be implemented online. Lectures and joint sessions are held between 15 and 18 Eastern European Time.

Teaching methods

The CircularBio Innovations course (5 ECTS) consists of lectures, participation in the CircularBio Innovations Hackathon and group work. The lectures include topics such as circular economy, service design, commercialisation, innovations.

The Hackathon part of the course is implemented as an eight-day event, with lectures, coaching and group work during 15 and 18 (EEST), also during the weekend. You will receive coaching and guidance throughout the process from our working life partners and staff members from the organising universities and our partner universities.

Hackathon cases may contain topics on waste management and reduction of waste in industrial operations, recycling and sustainbale community development.

The training is intended for students from any disciplines that are interested in cooperating and developing the bio- and circular economy in their respective fields.

Further information

This course is implemented jointly by Karelia UAS, Savonia UAS and the University of Eastern Finland.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course is evaluated on a scale of 0-5, where 5 is excellent, 1 is satisfactory and 0 is failed. The evaluation of the course is based on the expert evaluation of the Hackathon output presentation (25%), report of the solution (75%).

The evaluation criteria are:
* the definition of the problem
* novelty of the solution
* suitability of the solution to the defined problem
* justification of the solution based on research knowledge
* presentation of the solution