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26/8/2025

DAE x EU Policy Lab

Intergenerational Fairness is a pressing and complex societal issue, raising questions about responsibility, sustainability, and equity across generations. It challenges us to consider how today’s decisions not only influence the present but will also shape the lives of those who come after us.

During the third trimester of this academic year, from March to June 2025, the first-year students of all five departments of the master program at Design Academy Eindhoven worked together on the research question, ‘What does an intergenerational fair society look like?’ in partnership with the EU Policy Lab of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, giving students’ design research a wider policy framework.

Working in groups and guided by four dedicated mentors, students investigated different dimensions of Intergenerational Fairness - ranging from slow violence, wealth, embracing complexity and shifting societal structures.

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EU Policy Lab:

Erica Bol, Foresight & Innovation Designer

DAE:

Ilse Meulendijks, MA Programme Manager

Tessa Blokland, Relation Advisor Educational Projects

Pete Fung, Curatorial Advisor

Sofie Topi, Coordinator

Participating tutors:

Dr. Natalie Dixon and Klasien van de Zandschulp (Affect Lab)

Jonas Althaus and Martina Huynh (Cream on Chrome)

Ro Perez

Silvia Martes