DECART: Designing higher Education Curricula for Agility, Resilience & Transformations

Reports

DECART Publications

Tired of struggling to stay afloat amid the waves of unexpected events and storms in Higher Education ♨️?
Learn from Curriculum Design, Resilience and Transformation knowledge 🧑🏻‍🎓, as schorlarly analysed good pratices, with these 25 international conference publications 📚. written by the DECART members (in English and few in French):

Publications 2023-26

Most formal project’s publications are freely available via the HAL French open archive, in accordance with open science policy in France.

  1. L’apprentissage par expédition à la lumière de la pensée de John Dewey.  G. Jacovetti & S. Rouvrais. 
    Accepted Paper in French in Biennale internationale de l’éducation de la formation et des pratiques professionnelles, “Faire Expériences”. Congrès de l’AIFREF. 22-24 april 2026, Paris, France. [PDF]☕
  2. Facilitating Curriculum Transformation in Higher Education in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous World.   M. Kanyangale, A. James, C. Gerwel Proches, V. Dagienė, A. Matthiasdottir, I. Liem, E. Jasutė, and H. Audunsson.
    Article in Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, Vilnius University Press, 2026. [
    PDF]🥛
  3. Empowering Curriculum Design Stakeholders with AI in Higher Education.  E. Stepani Sinambela, A. Barus, S. Rouvrais, A. Sinaga, S. Silalahi, and H. Audunsson.
    Paper with talk in the
    10th International STEM Education Conference (iSTEM-ED): “Education for All”. IEEE Education Society. 31-1 August 2025, Chonburi, Thailand. [PDF]  ☕
  4. Rendre résilientes les institutions d’enseignement supérieur et leurs programmes de formation.  R. Waldeck & S. Rouvrais et al.
    Workshop in
    French in Learning Show 2025, 8th edition, “Les apprentissages du futur” theme. 13-14 October, Rennes, France. [PDF]🍬
  5. Internal Factors Influencing Curriculum Transformation in Higher Engineering Education .  C. Gerwel Proches, A. James, M. Kanyangale, H. Audunsson, V. Dagienė, I. Liem, E. Jasutė, R. Waldeck, S. Rouvrais, and Á. Matthiasdottir.
    Paper
    with talk in Proceedings of SEFI2025: 53rd annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, “Engineering & Society” theme. Tampere University, Finland. September 15-18. [PDF]🥛
  6. The Role of Leadership in Curriculum Transformation: Implications for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics in Higher Education.  A. James, C. Gerwel Proches, M. Kanyangale, V. Dagienė, E. Jasute & R. Waldeck.
    Paper
    with talk in 6th International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 1–19 June, 2025, Siauliai, Republic of Lithuania. [PDF]🥛
  7. Identifying Curriculum Disruptions in Engineering Education through Serious Gaming.  R. Waldeck, A-K. Winkens, C. Lemke, C. Leicht-Scholten, and H. Audunsson.
    Workshop with full paper in SEFI2025: 53rd annual
    Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, “Engineering & Society” theme. Tampere University, Finland. September 15-18. [PDF]🍬
  8. Curriculum Design for an Expedition Learning Semester on Energy Sovereignty Engineering.  S. Rouvrais, G. Jacovetti, H. Auðunsson, and A. Barus.
    Workshop in CISPEE2025: 6th International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education. Polytechnic University of Setúbal, Portugal, July 16-18 2025.
    [PDF]☕
  9. Stakeholders analysis facilitating curriculum transformation in engineering Higher Educational Institutions. C.Gerwel Proches, M. Kanyangale, A. James, A. Barus, S. Rouvrais, R. Waldeck, H. Audunsson, A. Matthiasdottir, V. Diagené, & C. Lemke.
    Paper with talk in Proceedings of the 21st International CDIO Conference: “forging connections: synergies for a sustainable future”, 2025, 2-5 June, Melbourne, Australia. [PDF]🥛
  10. Nomadic Curriculum Design. A. Barus, S. Rouvrais, H. Audunsson, E. Sinambela, & S. Silalahi.
    Workshop in the 21st International CDIO Conference: “forging connections: synergies for a sustainable future”, 2025, 
    2-5 June, Melbourne, Australia. [PDF]☕
  11. Cap sur l’apprentissage par expédition. S. Rouvrais & G. Jacovetti.
    Workshop with paper in French in Questions de Pédagogies dans l’Enseignement Supérieur : “Écosystèmes de formation : pour quelles transformations ?”. 19-23 May 2025, Brest, France. [PDF]☕
  12. Un jeu sérieux pour la résilience des programmes de formation universitaire. R. Waldeck, N. Gosselin, S. Rouvrais & al.
    Workshop with paper in French in Questions de Pédagogies dans l’Enseignement Supérieur : “Écosystèmes de formation : pour quelles transformations ?”. 19-23 May 2025, Brest, France. [PDF]🍬
  13. Catalyzing Curriculum Transformation to Advance Industry 5.0 Engineering Education. A. James, C. Gerwel Proches, M. Kanyangale, S. Rouvrais, R. Waldeck, H. Audunsson, A. Barus, V. Dagienė, N. Chelin & V. Dolgopolovas.
    Paper with talk in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 2025: “Sustaining Educational Excellence in Engineering”. Queen Mary University, London, UK. 22-25 April 2025. [PDF]🥛
  14. An Expedition Semester for Engineering Students to Be Future Energy Sovereignty Key Players. S. Rouvrais and H. Audunsson.
    Workshop in IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 2025: “Sustaining Educational Excellence in Engineering”. Queen Mary University, London, UK. 22-25 April 2025. [
    PDF]☕
  15. Jeu sérieux pour la résilience et la transformation des systèmes de formation, quels transférables ? R. Waldeck & S. Rouvrais.
    Workshop in French with paper in 31st Ecole thématique Rochebrune 2025 : “Complexité et transitions”. Rencontres Interdisciplinaires sur les Systèmes Complexes Naturels et Artificiels. 23-29 March 2025, France. [PDF]🍬
  16. Design de semestres pour ingénieurs Européeens.  S. Rouvrais & G. Jacovetti
    Workshop in French in Ecole thématique MEDIANE: “Les transformations éducatives : motiver, être motivé et trouver du sens”. 21-24 January 2025, Annecy, France. [PDF]☕
  17. Higher Education Resilient Curricula: Lessons from a European Project. R. Waldeck, J. Gardner le Gars,  H. Audunsson, A. Barus, I. Liem, M. Kanyangale, C. Gerwel Proches, S. Rouvrais, and A-K. Winkens.
    Paper with talk in Proceedings of the 17th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation: “transforming Education, Transforming Lives”. Seville, Spain. 11-13 November 2024. [PDF]🍬
  18. Expeditionary learning around Europe. S. Rouvrais, Audunsson H., Barus A., and Silalahi S.
    Poster presentation in 4th International Conference on Science and Technology Education. FEUP, Porto, Portugal, 3-4 October 2024.☕
  19. Unpacking curriculum transformation in Higher Educational Institutions in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world: Insights from the DECART project. C. Gerwel Proches, A. James, M. Kanyangale, R. Waldeck, H. Audunsson, and S. Rouvrais
    Paper  in 2nd Innovations in the Science of Teaching and Learning (iSoTL) Conference 2024: “Bridging Ethics, Equity and Innovation in Higher Education”. Durban, South Africa, 26-27 September 2024. [PDF]🥛
  20. Examining best practices in curriculum design: Insights for engineering education. Matthiasdottir, A., Gerwel Proches, C., Rouvrais, S., Dagienė, V., Barus, A., and Audunsson, H.
    Paper with talk in Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI): “Educating Responsible Engineers”. EPFL, Lausanne, 2-5 September 2024. [PDF]☕
  21. Codesigning an expedition semester around Europe for future responsible engineers. S. Rouvrais, Audunsson H., Barus A., and Silalahi S.
    Workshop with full paper in 42nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
    : “Educating Responsible Engineers”. EPFL, Lausanne, 2-5 September 2024.[PDF]
  22. Factors that may impact Curriculum Design in Higher Education in a VUCA world. Audunsson H., Matthiasdottir A., Barus A., Rouvrais S., Waldeck R., and Gerwel Proches C.
    Paper
    with talk in Proceedings of the 20th International CDIO Conference: “Engineering Education in the Era of AI”. Tunis, Tunisia, 10-13 June 2024.[PDF]☕
  23. An Architecture Framework for Higher Education. S. Rouvrais and S. A. Petersen.
    Paper in Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Angers, France, 28-30 April 2024. [PDF]☕
  24. La résilience ou comment mieux faire face à un futur incertain. R. Waldeck & S. Rouvrais.
    Workshop in French 2024 Rencontres interdisciplinaires sur les systèmes complexes naturels et artificiels, theme “futurs, transitions et incertitudes“.
    Arles, France. January 2024. [PDFpresentation]🍬
  25. Dispositions as an Important Component in Computing Curriculum. A. Barus, I. Liem, T. Sihombing, A. Sinaga, E. Sinambela, and S. Silalahi.
    Paper in Proceedings in the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Data and Software Engineering (ICoDSE), hosted by Institut Teknologi Del, North Sumatera, Indonesia, September 7-8, 2023. [PDF]☕
  26. VUCA and Resilience in Engineering Education: Lessons Learned. S. Rouvrais, A-K. Winkens, C. Leicht-Scholten, H. Audunsson, and C. Gerwel Proches.
    Paper in Proceedings in the 19th International CDIO Conference, hosted by NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, June 26-29, 2023. [PDF]☕
  27. Intégrer la compostabilité de projet dans les programmes de formation de l’enseignement supérieur. Quelques pistes pour une mise en œuvre facilitée. G. Jacovetti.
    Paper with talk in Proceedings in the French Questions de Pédagogies dans l’Enseignement Supérieur (QPES) conference. Lausanne, Juin 2023. [PDF]♻️
 
 

The DECART publications, as results, are here also dedicated to the memory of bu Dr. Ir. Inggriani Liem(from ITDel in Indonesia, whose contributions and spirit inspired this project from its early beginning. Her courageous battle with health, facing this challenge with unimaginable strength were exemplar. A person with truly beautiful soul, full of love, and exemplary character, the DECART members honor her generosity and resilience, a “Grande Dame”.