Advancing Education for Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Cities: Insights from the UNIZA Pilot Course on Learning by Developing (LbD)

This paper presents the design, implementation, and outcomes of the UNIZA BIP pilot course conducted under the InCITIES project, which integrates the Learning by Developing (LbD) pedagogical model. The pilot aimed to address key educational challenges in Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient (ISR) Cities by engaging participants in authentic, multidisciplinary projects. The course incorporated themes such as knowledge transfer, innovative communication, and STEM education using ICT, with a focus on fostering green and sustainable transport in two separate real-life case studies in the city of Žilina. Lessons learned from this Slovak pilot demonstrate the effectiveness of the LbD model in addressing real-world urban challenges through experiential, interdisciplinary education and its potential for replication and scaling across diverse educational contexts.