19-20 SEPTEMBER 2022 | PORTO, PORTUGAL

At a time when STEAM practices start to get attention from Higher Education (HE), the Hybrid Lab Network organized a collaborative reflection on how STEAM might be approached and embedded in the culture of Higher Education and non-formal adult education. Is STEAM the Educational CRISPR? Should we be tackling STEAM or HYBRID as the new educational paradigm? Does HYBRID go beyond STEAM? 

The Hybrid Lab Network Conference was held in Porto, Portugal, on the 19^th and 20^th of September 2022. Scientists, artists, educators, funding agencies, policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and other interested parties were to discussion STEAM and the Future of Education.  

This discussion comprised rethinking innovation, autonomy, curricular flexibility, and collaborative and sustainable approaches to tackle the 4 Cultures (Arts, Sciences, Engineering/ Technology, Humanities) and the 3 Sectors (Academia, Research, and Society) in a post-disciplinary scenario. 

During the event, the Hybrid Lab Network (an Erasmus + Higher Education project) shared its experiences on exploratory and speculative STEAM Teaching and Learning activities in Higher Education and beyond. HYBRID explored a multidisciplinary approach to improve STEAM training, particularly in bio-sciences, including the development of didactic tools and resources to promote critical and creative thinking and innovation that will be shared in this meeting. 

Also called to offer their contribution were those who have been focusing on the challenges pointed out by OECD’s Education 2030 (also targeted by the EU agenda for Higher Education), addressing the profile of student/ researcher/ citizen/ worker and the skills Higher Education should provide them. 

The programme included plenary sessions with keynote speakers, round tables and panels of selected short presentations.

Organizing Committee

Aurora del Rio, Aalto University
Julio B. Santos, i3S
Kas Houthuijs, Waag
Laura Beloff, Aalto University
Lucas Evers, Waag
Maria Manuela Lopes, i3S
Maria Rui Vilar Correia, i3S
Matej Mertik, Alma Mater Europaea
Polona Tratnik, Alma Mater Europaea