The Regeneration Lab
Welcome to The Regeneration Lab. The podcast of the Regenerative Thinking research group at the the Mission Zero centre of expertise at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, where we conduct integrated research to come up with regenerative solutions for a more sustainable future. Each episode features a leading educator, activist, professor, or researcher who is already engaging in more regenerative forms of higher education. Join us on this journey as we discover how these educational innovations emerged, how they are practiced, and the beautiful futures that are envisioned for more regenerative higher education. Along the way we will explore the systemic and personal challenges, barriers and opportunities that our awesome guests are facing to do this. You can reach out through mission-zero@hhs.nl to respond or connect to any of the episodes!
The Regeneration Lab
What if students already have wings? A Conversation with Robin van Oorschot
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Robin's metaphor says it all: students come to class with wings—some bigger, some smaller—and as the "guardian of the winds," Robin's role is simply to provide the conditions they need to fly. This episode explores Robin's emergent teaching philosophy, shaped by student-driven inquiry and a commitment to designing for neurodiversity. Robin shares innovative approaches like creating theatrical dialogues between interview subjects who've never met, and discusses the theory-practice gap that frustrates so many academics. With an optimistic outlook and belief that entrepreneurship and regeneration naturally go hand-in-hand, Robin challenges us to trust students' inherent capacity and focus less on content delivery and more on creating the winds of possibility.
Key themes: Student agency, neurodiversity, innovation in methods, theory-practice integration, optimism
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