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January 6, 2026

Inspiring Exchanges on Living Labs and Just Transitions at Chalmers University of Technology

Community Collaboration Laboratory for Just Transitions is wrapping up the year with a fruitful research… more…

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January 6, 2026

New special issue on Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability

Please check out new special issue edited by Dr. Ceren Sezer, with co-editor Patricia Simoes… more…

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January 6, 2026

CCLab joins the Living Labs Incubator (LLI) network at RWTH Aachen University!

Our Community Collaboration Laboratory for Just Transitions is now officially part of the RWTH Aachen… more…

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November 29, 2025

Successful BLE Workshops: Co-Creating a Resilient RWTH Campus

Our workshops at the RWTH Built and Lived Environment (BLE) Science Day on November 13 were a… more…

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November 25, 2025

Universities as Social Infrastructure for Net Zero: Dr. Ceren Sezer participated at the JUST Workshop

The Community Collaboration Laboratory is pleased to share that Dr. Ceren Sezer, Group Lead of CCLab,… more…

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November 12, 2025

Campus Game: Participatory Development of Spatial Scenarios for Energy Communities

When: 13 November 2025Time: 16:00-17:30Where: RWTH Institute IWW – Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 17, 52074 Aachen, GermanyPart of RWTH Profile Area Built and Lived Environment… more…

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November 12, 2025

Let’s Re-Imagine RWTH Campus – in AR!

When: 14:00 – 15:30 (Parallel Workshops – Session 1)Where: Room 301, 3. OG, Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 17, 52074 AachenPart… more…

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November 6, 2025

We Welcome Yağmur Aşçı Coşkun as new member of CCLab team!

October 2025 We are happy to welcome Yağmur Aşçı Coşkun to the Community Collaboration Laboratory (CCLab)… more…

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October 30, 2025

Welcome Furkan Erdem Sözeri as our new team member!

October 2025 The Community Collaboration Laboratory (CCLab) at RWTH Aachen University is pleased to introduce… more…

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September 30, 2025

Stories that matter: Story telling workshop in Hoensbroek

September 2025 Stories that matter. Today CCLab spent a wonderful day in Hoensbroek, city of… more…

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September 30, 2025

Keynote at RCA Conference hosted by University of Ljubljana

September 2025 Dr. Ceren Sezer delivered a keynote at the RCA (Resilient Cities and Architecture)… more…

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September 30, 2025

CCLab participation at the Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference 2025

August 2025 The CCLab participated in the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference… more…

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September 30, 2025

Reimagining Hoensbroek: Youth Workshop on Co-Design Public Space with Augmented Reality

September 2025 | Hoensbroek, NL How can digital tools like augmented reality motivate and support… more…

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August 15, 2025

CCLab participation at the AESOP 2025 Congress

July 2025 CCLab joined AESOP 2025 to share our research, connect with peers, and exchange… more…

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August 12, 2025

Toshiba Regenerative Innovation Center (RIC) research visit

4 July 2025 CCLab welcomed the Toshiba Regenerative Innovation Center for an exchange on energy,… more…

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August 12, 2025

New research article: Soundscape and public realm

– a quasi-experimental comparison between Individual Vocabulary Profiling and Public Space Index assessments during COVID-19… more…

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July 2, 2025

The Community Collaboration Lab (CCLab) turns one! 🎈🥳🎉🎂✨

This month marks the first anniversary of the CCLab at RWTH Aachen University – a year… more…

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July 1, 2025

CCLab at ETH’s Social Science and Humanities Energy Conference

Futuring inter- and trans- disciplinary energy research, for whom, by whom? 16-17 June 2025 From… more…

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July 1, 2025

Reimagining Hoensbroek: Youth Workshop on Creative Mapping & Climate Resilience

2 June 2025 | Hoensbroek, NL How do young people imagine and experience everyday urban… more…

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May 9, 2025

The CCLab at ETH Zurich: Exploring Campus Spaces for Social Transitions

CCLab team members Ceren Sezer and Alper Al are currently at ETH Zurich for five… more…

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May 8, 2025

Fostering Energy Communities at University Campuses

We’re proud to share that CCLab member Alper Al presented his research at the international… more…

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May 7, 2025

Reimagining Hoensbroek

Placemaking through Creative Mapping Strategies On April 14, the CCLab hosted a creative mapping workshop… more…

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May 7, 2025

Master Thesis – Exploring Augmented Reality in Urban Design

“Augmented Reality for Community-Based Collaborative Design: A Case Study of RWTH Aachen University Campus Transformation”… more…

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May 7, 2025

Master Thesis – Exploring Serious Gaming in Spatial Design 🎮

“Gaming as a Participatory Tool in Spatial Design: The Case of Rainwater Harvesting in Aachen.”… more…

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May 6, 2025

Your Voice, Your Campus, Your Impact!

How can the university campus become part of a climate-resilient and energy-aware future in the… more…

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May 6, 2025

New Team Member Alert! 🎉

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Aslı Alanlı to the Community Collaboration Lab (CCLab) team!… more…

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May 6, 2025

CCLab Receives IDEA League Fellowship for Research Collaboration

Exciting News! CCLab is thrilled to receive the IDEA League Fellowship strengthening our research collaboration… more…

Events Research
March 10, 2025

DOKORP 2025 presentation by Alper Al

Uses and limitations of digital participation tools to create positive energy districts: A bibliometric literature… more…

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February 17, 2025

IDEA League MOOC

Sustainable Transformation of Cities and Regions This online course offers foundational theories and practical examples… more…

Teaching
February 17, 2025

Research Visit to MIT

Climate Action & Sustainability in Higher Education Program December 2024 Dr. Ceren Sezer, Group Leader… more…

Events Research
February 17, 2025

Research Visit at Politecnico di Milano

Exploring Community Collaboration Methodologies for Sustainable Urban Transformation October 2024 As part of RWTH Aachen… more…

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February 17, 2025

The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Annual Congress

The Sustainable Campus 27-30 August 2024 The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual Congress provided… more…

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February 17, 2025

AESOP Paris Congress

Game Changer? Planning for Just and Sustainable Urban Regions 8-12 July 2024 The AESOP 2024… more…

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February 17, 2025

ISCN Conference 2024

Sustainable Campus Network Conference 25-27 June 2024 The 17th annual International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN)… more…

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October 29, 2024

RE-CAMPUS

Student Project: Integrated Project II University campus as a living lab: rethinking public space for climate… more…

Teaching
October 29, 2024

Green and Soft Campus – Designing more sustainable ways of living for a Greener and Softer CampuGreen and Soft Campus

Student Project: Integrated Project II University campus as a living lab: rethinking public space for climate… more…

Teaching
October 29, 2024

CAMPUS AS A LIVING LAB-NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS

Student Project: Integrated Project I Climate Change and University Campuses: RWTH Aachen University Mariia Polyakova, Safiya… more…

Teaching
October 29, 2024

Aachen Water Conductor: making water performative at RWTH Aachen University campus

Student Project: Integrated Project II Sustainable university campus transition and serious gaming Mebrure Ezgi Ismar, Liyuan… more…

Teaching
October 8, 2024

CULTIVATING BIODIVERSITY : biome and food

Student Project: Integrated Project I: Climate Change and University Campuses: RWTH Aachen University Lilan Cubel… more…

Teaching
October 8, 2024

HEAR THE CAMPUS—Sustainable campus soundscape design based on GIS superposition algorithm

Student Project: Integrated Project I Linbing Lyu, Yining Sun, Lyuzhi Ruan 2022 Winter Semester This… more…

Teaching
September 11, 2024

IDEA League Conference 2022

The Sustainable Campus 07-08 September 2022 The IDEA League universities (Chalmers, Delft, Aachen, Zürich, Milano)… more…

Events
September 10, 2024

IDEA League Summer School 2021

Climate Change and University Campuses 25-27 August 2021 The IDEA League Summer School 2021 took place under… more…

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September 3, 2024

Climate Wunderkammer

the 18th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 20th of May – 26th of… more…

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August 2, 2024

IDEA League Summer School 2022

When science meets art 05-09 September 2022 The IDEA League offers the students of the… more…

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