Living Labs
Social innovation labs inside universities, where staff and students co-create solutions to the challenges they identify.
An Erasmus+ project · 2024–2026
Building more equal, diverse and inclusive universities.
Labs 4 Change brings together five European partners to promote equality, diversity and non-discrimination in higher education — through living labs, participatory audits, an open academy and a network of change agents.
Change, made from within
Inequality in universities is layered — gender, origin, class and ability intersect in ways no single fix can solve. Labs 4 Change works with the people who study and work in higher education to understand those layers and co-create practical, lasting change.
What the project does
Participatory audits
A shared method to assess policies and practices on gender and diversity, and turn the findings into action.
Open Academy
An interactive online academy and webinar series training staff, students and stakeholders on equality and diversity.
Network of change agents
A growing European network of people committed to inclusive education, learning from each other.
What you can use today
Diagnostic tool
A free self-assessment for any European higher education institution. Get your equality & diversity maturity in minutes — emailed and downloadable.
Toolkit
Open guides, participatory-audit instruments and Living Lab templates — free to download, use and adapt.
Academy
Self-paced training and webinars on equality, diversity and non-discrimination for university communities.
The journey so far
A two-year, €400,000 collaboration across Spain, Greece and Germany.
3 Living Labs in universities
2 Participatory pilot audits
5 Partner organisations
3 Countries