Society faces a number of problems with so many interdependent factors that they seem impossible to solve. To find solutions for these wicked problems the world needs the collaboration of creative problem solvers from different disciplines, people who ‘know what to do when they don’t know what to do’. Higher education has created an environment where these problem solvers come together: a living lab.

Lab education takes place in a real-life context, where a number of problem solvers fro...