How can transdisciplinary projects carried out by architecture and design students as part of their studies create a lasting impact on society? This question is at the heart of the international Erasmus+ project «Impact of Transdisciplinary and Transformative Teaching (ITTT)», led by the University of Liechtenstein and running from February 2026 to January 2028.

The project grew out of the partnership between the University of Liechtenstein and the Stiftung Lebenswertes Liechtenstein, which supports the University’s Pro Bono projects and aims to strengthen their impact on society. This collaboration provided the impetus to systematically examine and further develop the experience gained through these projects together with other European universities.

The project focuses on investigating the long-term societal impact that transdisciplinary teaching formats can achieve. One of its starting points is the University of Liechtenstein’s many years of experience with its Pro Bono format, in which students work with external partners on concrete societal and spatial challenges.

The perspectives of students, universities, project partners, funding institutions and users are taken into account. The aim is to develop recommendations for embedding transdisciplinary teaching in curricula and for collaborating with external partners, thereby strengthening the lasting societal impact of such educational projects.

«With this project, we want to gain a better understanding of what remains in the long term after transdisciplinary teaching projects – for the students, for the institutions involved and, above all, for the people and communities for whom these projects are developed,» explains project lead Bmstr. Mag. arch. Cornelia Faisst-Mätzler, lecturer at the University of Liechtenstein.

Alongside the University of Liechtenstein, the project brings together the Technical University of Munich, the Free University of Bolzano and Hasselt University. Cornelia Faisst-Mätzler and Daniel Haselsberger serve as co-project leads for the University of Liechtenstein.

The project is carried out as part of the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme.