Empowering Students for Sustainable Change
TOGETHER empowers students across disciplines and borders to become sustainability leaders through an innovative digital game, where they collaborate to solve complex challenges in sustainable cities, scaling education on sustainability competencies for all.
Meet TOGETHER
Watch our introductory video to discover how TOGETHER is transforming sustainability education across Europe.
Why TOGETHER?
In the TOGETHER game, students encounter complex challenges from their own discipline and apply what they learn in their studies.
These challenges from different disciplines interact and require students to make decisions in law, economics, and science that directly impact each other. By playing the TOGETHER game, students build sustainability competencies in a guided, risk-free, and collaborative setting.
What Makes TOGETHER Unique
A digital serious game that transforms how universities teach sustainability.
Real Stakeholder Roles
Students play as city planners, lawmakers, industrial parties, courts, civil rights groups, and more — experiencing sustainability from every angle.
Cross-Disciplinary & Cross-Country
Students cooperate with peers from different disciplines and countries, learning to communicate across disciplinary and cultural boundaries.
Failure-Safe Environment
Students solve complex challenges in a risk-free setting while receiving frequent automatic feedback and mentoring from lecturers.
Scalable to Large Cohorts
Universities can train large cohorts from different disciplines in sustainability skills and facilitate digital exchanges with other European universities.
Built on the EU Competence Framework
Based on the European sustainability competence framework, translating the EU Competence Framework into actionable, game-based learning experiences.
Digital & flexible
Play the TOGETHER game digitally — flexible formats that adapt to different teaching contexts and university needs.
The TOGETHER Game
An immersive simulation where students manage a sustainable city, make strategic decisions, and see the real-time impact of their choices.
Statistics Dashboard
Track player progress and sustainability indicators in real time.
Game Modules
Explore different disciplinary challenges and stakeholder scenarios.
Production & Decisions
Manage resources and make strategic decisions that impact the city.
5
Partner Universities
8+
Academic Disciplines
500+
Students Targeted
18
EU Competencies
Our Partner Universities
A European consortium spanning five countries, united by a shared mission to transform sustainability education.
University of Groningen
The Netherlands
Project coordinator. Expertise in serious gaming, economics, law & technology.
Ghent University
Belgium
Software engineering, serious games, gamification & data management.
Uppsala University
Sweden
Co-creation lead. Host of Campus Gotland co-creation sessions.
Illia State University
Georgia
South Caucasus perspective. Host of the final launch event in Tbilisi.
University of Bern
Switzerland · Associated Partner
Sustainability transformations & Education for Sustainable Development.
Latest News & Events
TOGETHER Co-create at Campus Gotland
An intensive co-creation week at Uppsala University's Campus Gotland, bringing together team members and stakeholders to collaboratively design game elements.
Read moreTOGETHER at RUG Education Festival
TOGETHER presented at the University of Groningen's Education Festival, showcasing the project's approach to sustainability education through serious gaming.
Read moreTOGETHER Kick-off Event in Groningen
The official launch of the TOGETHER project with a symposium and first co-creation sessions at the University of Groningen.
Read moreA Diverse Team of Experts
The TOGETHER team brings together researchers and educators from across Europe, spanning eight academic disciplines to create a truly interdisciplinary learning experience.
Co-funded by the European Union
TOGETHER is co-funded by the European Union through two complementary funding streams: an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership and an ENLIGHT Thematic Network. Together, these enable the development, testing, and scaling of the TOGETHER game across European universities.
Erasmus+ Partnership
- Develops a serious game focusing on GreenComp and EU competencies
- Trains educators to use the game in local contexts
- Evaluates educational effectiveness
ENLIGHT Network
- Co-designs modules with local stakeholders
- Bridges higher education and local communities
- Studies impact of realistic scenarios on learning
