Institut des Défis

(The Institute of challenges)

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Co-founded in 2020 by the Learning Planet Institute and Université Paris Cité, the Institut des Défis (IDD) designs new teaching and educational approaches to encourage collective commitment to environmental and societal issues.

Its mission is to support the transformation of the university by facilitating interaction between the university, the city and civil society in order to provide alternative solutions to contemporary challenges.

This programme – part of the Initiatives d’Excellence Université Paris Cité – has already initiated several projects based on the Learning Planet Institute’s emblematic expertise, methodology, tools and environment.

Adapting the strategy of Université Paris Cité, the Institut des Défis also aims at creating places where researchers and citizens can meet. The IDD now integrates a new territorial and local dimension. Various IDD programmes are thus designed to be integrated to community projects, in order to take action for and with citizens and local decision-makers.

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2023-2024

"Participating in the SDG semester during my Bachelor's degree allowed me to develop a student project from A to Z, with the support of a tutor, in an infrastructure offering many possibilities of experimentation, while remaining free and autonomous in my approach. This programme was a real trigger, thanks to which I was able to define my professional project and move towards my current training"

"I joined the Labo des Défis at a time when I was going through a life change. And what I found particularly interesting in this programme was the interest in the journey as much as, or even more than, the result. The conviviality and the sharing of knowledge are also really part of the appeal of this scheme: you feel that you are entering a generous and caring community"

"To create the environmental health training courses that I wanted to offer medical students, I benefited from exceptional support from the members of the Institute's teams. The implementation of this project was a wonderful opportunity but also a great human adventure. Through this experience, I think I have acquired undeniable teaching skills that will be invaluable in my teaching career"

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