In a think tank, you will collaborate with a group of students from different studies on a complex and interdisciplinary issue of an external party: a ministry, film house, healthcare institution, museum, media organization, NGO, company, etc.
By participating in the think tank, you will learn how to conduct goal-oriented research, collaborate in an interdisciplinary team, and present research results to external partners. At the end of the process, there will be a substantiated final product for the client. This can be an advisory report with concrete recommendations, but also an infographic, podcast, video, exhibition, campaign or an activity organized by you.
Each think tank starts with a two-day kick-off. At that kick-off, you get to know the group better, have a meeting with the client to clarify the issue and think about team building, planning and division of tasks.
After that, you will work on the assignment on a fixed evening each week. You will be guided by a expert in the field and a process supervisor who will join you at the meetings every other week. They monitor the progress and the group process and have regular discussions with everyone about their individual learning goals.
Halfway through the think tank, a study trip takes place to a destination in Western Europe chosen by the group where inspiration and input is gathered that is used for the final product.
Think tanks 2024–2025
Civil servant v2.0
Government bodies are deploying AI applications on an increasing scale. In this think tank, students commissioned by the Municipality of Nijmegen are researching the AI literacy of civil servants and ways to improve it.
Let’s get this campus moving
In this think tank, you will conduct research for Radboud Sport and Culture (RSC) on campus. It has been functioning as a ‘living lab’ for a few years now, linking education and research within Radboud University with sports and exercise.
Make the Grid a little better
This think tank revolves around the question of whether it is socially desirable to facilitate energy trading on the electricity grid or should grid use be restricted to the public service as it once was.
Museum of the Future
The Wereldmuseum and the municipality of Nijmegen have expressed the desire to open a new Wereldmuseum in the city center in a few years' time. In this think tank you’ll be designing the future of this museum.
Nimma by the Sea
The climate and biodiversity crisis is also a crisis of imagination; our inability to imagine the consequences of the climate crisis. For this, we need art! Art can make our ingrained thinking patterns visible and break them.