Environmental
Climate, resources and biodiversity: measuring impact with real data and turning it into decisions.
Gamified education for ESG awareness in higher education
genESG helps universities teach environmental, social and governance thinking through play, real data and machine learning. Built by nine universities in six countries.
- months, Sep 2026 – Aug 2028
- 24
- universities
- 9
- countries
- 6
- work packages
- 5
- EU grant
- €250,000
Three lenses, one decision
Students learn to read environmental, social and governance questions together, the way real decisions are made.
Social
Fair work, inclusion and communities: who benefits, who carries the cost, and how to tell.
Governance
Transparency, ethics and accountability: how organisations are steered and held to account.
How the project works
Five work packages, from training hubs to a machine learning lab.
- WP1: Project management Coordination, quality assurance, reporting and financial management of the partnership for the full 24 months.
- WP2: Training Hubs Training hubs that bring students and staff together around ESG: curriculum workshops, case study competitions, hackathons and a shared learning management system.
- WP3: Machine Learning Lab A machine learning lab where students work with real ESG data: curriculum design, platform selection, application-oriented learning and input from industry experts.
- WP4: Curriculum Enhancement for ESG Awareness Mapping how ESG is taught today, closing the gaps with new modules and a hybrid course, and building an interdisciplinary approach across faculties.
- WP5: Dissemination Communication, multiplier events in the partner countries, the final conference in Naples and a strategy that keeps the results in use after 2028.
24 months, 16 activities
Every activity on one track. The marker shows where the project is today.
Month 2 of 24
- Throughout the project
- ESG Case Study Competitions KHAS
- Curriculum Development Workshop KHAS
- Kick-off meeting Naples UNINA
- Sustainability Hackathons KHAS
- Establishment of LMS System YTU
- Curriculum Design UKIM
- Platform Selection UKIM
- Application Oriented Learning Integration UKIM
- Curriculum development with Industry Expert YTU
WP4 Curriculum Enhancement for ESG Awareness
- TMP in Italy UNINA
- Curriculum Mapping and Gap Analysis UNIMI
- Interdisciplinary approach UNINA
- ESG Modules development and hybrid course YTU
- Communication, dissemination plan and Sustainability Strategy UCD
- Multiplier Events in Partner Countries UCD
- Final conference in Naples UNINA
Upcoming events
Competition
ESG Case Study Competitions
Partner meeting
Kick-off meeting in Naples
Multiplier event
Multiplier events in partner countries
Results
Open educational resources from genESG, free to use and adapt.
Curricula, modules, case studies and reports will be published here as the project delivers them – free and under an open licence.
News
genESG starts: nine universities, one goal
A 24-month Erasmus+ partnership to bring gamified, data-driven ESG education into universities.
The consortium
Nine universities from Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, North Macedonia and Türkiye.
Università degli Studi di Milano
Milan, Italy
Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
Universiteit Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Skopje, North Macedonia
Goce Delčev University of Štip
Štip, North Macedonia
Kadir Has University
Istanbul, Türkiye
Yıldız Technical University
Istanbul, Türkiye
Teach and learn with genESG
Lecturers and students can use every genESG material for free. Get in touch to join a training hub, a hackathon or a multiplier event.