20.500.12556/RUP-23136 Impact of the INDUSAC project through co-creation between students and industry Vpliv projekta INDUSAC skozi soustvarjanje med študenti in industrijo The Horizon Europe inDUsaC project, coordinated by the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia, introduced an innovative mechanism for facilitating knowledge transfer between companies and students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. During the project, students and re searchers across Europe were given the opportunity to address compa ny-defined challenges through short-term co-creation projects lasting between four and eight weeks. In total, 303 individuals, organised into 159 international teams, success fully completed their projects, with students receiving financial compen sation for their contributions. This paper provides an overview of the addressed company challenges, which spanned a wide range of domains, including health, education and nutrition; modern living; products and accessories; energy and environment; industrial processes and engineer ing; and business solutions. This diversity demonstrates the breadth of the project’s impact, with ap proximately half of the participating companies being small enterprises with up to 10 employees, and with strong participation from eU Widen ing countries. By presenting 159 successful collaborations that generated valuable outputs for companies and enabled students to acquire practical skills, the inDUsaC project demonstrates: (i) tangible social impact; (ii) the feasibility of an effective and attractive mechanism that provides compa nies with innovative ideas while offering students meaningful incentives to gain experience and strengthen their professional networks; and (iii) the critical role of a public research organisation in facilitating such exchanges. Projekt inDUsaC v okviru programa Obzorje Evropa, ki ga koordinira Institut »Jožef Stefan« v Ljubljani, Slovenija, je predstavil inovativni me hanizem za spodbujanje prenosa znanja med podjetji in študenti iz ra zličnih disciplin. V času projekta so imeli študenti in raziskovalci po vsej Evropi priložnost reševati izzive, ki so jih opredelila podjetja, v okviru kratkih, od štiri do osem tednov trajajočih soustvarjalnih projektov. Skupno 303 posamezniki, organizirani v 159 mednarodnih ekip, so us pešno zaključili svoje projekte, pri čemer so študenti za svoje prispe vke prejeli finančno nagrado. V članku povzemamo obravnavane izzive podjetij, ki so zajemali širok spekter področij, vključno z zdravjem, izo braževanjem in s prehrano, sodobnim načinom življenja, z izdelki in do datki, energijo in okoljem, industrijskimi procesi in inženirstvom ter s poslovnimi rešitvami. Ta pestrost kaže na širino vpliva projekta, pri čemer je bila približno polovica sodelujočih podjetij malih (z do desetimi .zaposlenimi), v sode lujočih ekipah pa je bil poudarek na udeležbi t. i. držav širitve EU (angl. EU Widening countries). S predstavitvijo 159 uspešnih sodelovanj, ki so podjetjem prinesla uporabne rezultate ter študentom omogočila pri dobivanje praktičnih znanj, projekt inDUsaC izkazuje: (i) oprijemljiv družbeni vpliv; (ii) izvedljivost učinkovitega in privlačnega mehanizma, ki podjetjem zagotavlja inovativne ideje, študentom pa smiselne spod bude za pridobivanje izkušenj in krepitev profesionalnih mrež; ter (iii) ključno vlogo javne raziskovalne organizacije pri omogočanju takšnih izmenjav. INDUSAC project co-creation students industry knowledge transfer projekt INDUSAC soustvarjanje študenti industrija prenos znanja true false false Univerza na Primorskem, Fakulteta za management Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-06-09 13:34:38 2026-06-09 13:34:40 2026-06-10 03:05:47 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 Koper 2026 str. 13-19 št. 1 Letn. 21 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 001 1854-4231 10.26493/1854-4231.21.13-19 279376387 ZUP_Odic_Dusko_2026.pdf ZUP_Odic_Dusko_2026.pdf 1 C3585F6AEDB0CFB0E18A2A4DAA9DEB9F 16b3c2773ac1aa8dfd6e71c2667a164745516d137feec707d0b58bc857f3f585 76ffc483-63f7-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33812 https://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/1854-4231/21.13-19.pdf 0 7e88c56a-63f7-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33813 Založba Univerze na Primorskem 0 0 0