Hybrid Lab Network (HYBRID) is an exploratory project to promote innovation and good practices for Higher Education bridging areas of Art, Science, Technology/Engineering and Humanities, and fostering knowledge sharing and training.

HYBRID aims to upgrade the work carried out by the individual partners - two excellent Higher Education Institutions (Slovenia e Finland), a world class Research Institute (Portugal), and an outstanding Foundation (Netherlands) -, giving it a strong EU dimension. The transnational consortium aims to promote reflection processes and real action over what should be Higher Education for the future: innovation, autonomy, curricular flexibility, and collaborative and sustainable approaches. Tackling the 4 Cultures (Arts, Sciences, Engineering/ Technology, Humanities) and 3 Sectors (Academia, Research, Society) it will address great challenges pointed out by OECD’s Education 2030, and also targets the new EU agenda for Higher Education - addressing the profile of student/ researcher/ citizen/ worker, and the skills Higher Education should provide them.

HYBRID will implement 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.

The two selected field-specific priorities for the project are:
a) promoting and rewarding excellence in teaching and skills development;
b) tackling skills gaps and mismatches.

In that sense, some actions are planned to encourage training of academics and the exchange of good practices, namely in innovative pedagogies, including multi-disciplinary approaches, new curriculum design, and delivery methods.