The 27th of October 2026 will see the 4th online Living Lab workshop of the NEXT-UP Project.
Everyone, young people on the way to work and all interested and engaged in theire transition from education to work are invited to participate.
Working in small groups, you will have the opportunity to share your experiences, learn from others and develop ideas for improving young people’s transitions from education into work. We will use the four stages of the Double Diamond approach – Discover, Define, Develop and Deliver – to explore the challenges, choose one to focus on, brainstorm possible solutions and agree on practical next steps.
Your contributions will inform the NEXT-UP policy brief and help shape our next policy design workshop, to which you will also be invited.
No prior knowledge or preparation is needed!
Date: 27 October 2026
Time: 13:00–14:40 CET / 14:00–15:40 Helsinki time
Registration: Please register by 25 October to receive the Zoom link:
Register here for the workshop!
Have a look at the programm (draft) (CET times)!
13:00–13:10 | Welcome and warm-up
Yulia Shumilova, Tampere University
13:10–13:20 | Are we missing anything?
Together, we will review the youth employability challenges identified in NEXT-UP studies, which some of you contributed to, and consider what needs to be added. Alexandra Seehaus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
13:20–14:20 | Facilitated breakout room discussions: from challenges to possible solutions
Each group will agree on one challenge, brainstorm potential solutions, choose one promising idea and outline 4–5 actionable steps for developing it further.
Facilitators: Dian Liu (University of Stavanger), Sanja Laitinen-Lindelöf (SAMOK), José Riega Cayetano (Tampere University)
14:20–14:35 | Share your group’s proposal
Each group will have five minutes to present its chosen solution and proposed next steps.
14:35–14:40 | Closing remarks
Professor Yuzhuo Cai, The Education University of Hong Kong
We look forward to hearing your perspectives and developing ideas together.
Privacy notice summary
Tampere University will collect your name, email address, stakeholder category, country and participation preferences to organise and report on NEXT-UP Living Lab activities. Workshop contributions, including discussion notes, ideas and feedback, will be analysed and reported only in aggregated or anonymised form.
- Participation is voluntary, and you may withdraw at any time.
- Personal data will be processed only by NEXT-UP project consortium members and stored securely on Tampere University systems.
- Personal data will be retained until the project ends in July 2028 and then deleted, unless further consent is obtained.
- No sensitive personal data will be collected.
- You have the right to access, correct or request deletion of your personal data.
For further details, please read the full privacy notice.