During the summer term 2023, the coworking course took place in Prague! On April 24 and 25, ten students from TU Dortmund University, Paris School of Business, Seeburg Castle Private University and Prague University of Economics and Business worked in international teams to develop their own coworking space concept for universities. The students had the opportunity to work in the coworking space "Pracovna" and got to know the open and collaborative working atmosphere in coworking spaces. Using the Business Model Canvas tool, the students were able to develop innovative coworking spaces specifically designed for students, researchers, and university startups. Their results were then presented to other students and professors from all four partner universities. The concepts ranged from coworking spaces with a focus on wellbeing and mental health, innovative spaces with various machines and tools, to franchise solutions for university coworking spaces in Europe. Interested in participating in the course? Then contact Jonah for more info about the coworking courses in the next semesters! Please note that participation is only possible for master students.  

In the winter term 2023/2024, the coworking course took place from 02.11.-04.11. in Salzburg! 36 students from the TU Dortmund University, Paris School of Business, Private University Schloss Seeburg and Prague University of Economics and Business worked in six teams to develop innovative concepts for coworking spaces with a student focus. The students were given the opportunity to work in bluebird.space, a high-end coworking space above the rooftops of Salzburg. There they discovered the different space concepts and the collaborative working atmosphere of coworking spaces. The students presented their innovative coworking concepts using the business model canvas to a jury consisting of professors and coworking space members and managers. The concepts ranged from micro coworking concepts in central downtown locations, to coworking spaces with a focus on collaboration between corporations, startups and students, to hybrid coworking spaces that offer coworkers the opportunity to work both in the real and virtual world. A virtual coworking space was specially developed by the students for this purpose.

In the third edition of the Master's seminar "International Coworking and Entrepreneurial Management", which is part of the Erasmus+ project Cowork4EU, students from TU Dortmund University, the Paris School of Business, the Prague University of Economics and Business and the Private University of Seeburg Castle developed business models for coworking spaces at universities.

During the course's presence days, the teams met in the coworking space "Agora" at the Paris School of Business in France. The students were supported by a lump sum provided by the EU. At Agora, the students worked in international teams to develop concepts for coworking spaces for students and academics using the Business Model Canvas. The students focused in particular on the well-being and comfort of coworkers and how coworking spaces can create a pleasant and inclusive working environment that promotes productive and meaningful work. Their concepts were presented to an international jury consisting of professors from the partner universities in the form of a business pitch.