International project studies
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Demola offers university students the opportunity to do meaningful project studies as part of interdisciplinary team and international community.
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Why international project experience is valuable?
Gaining practical experience
By working on real-world projects, you can apply your theoretical knowledge in practical settings and develop valuable skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration.
Expand Your Network
Collaborating with diverse peers broadens networks and establishes valuable connections across disciplines.
Enhancing Your Resume
International project experience is highly valued by employers, and can help you stand out in a competitive job market.
Exploring the Working Mechanism of Demola
Join co-creation process and tap into the collective intelligence of a diverse community. Collaborate remotely with other students worldwide, or meet your local team on campus. All teams have a designated Demola co-creation expert to support them.
Global distributed teams
Experience a truly international collaboration with diverse remote teams, backed by expert support and Demola online platform.
Hybrid teams in locations
In addition to platform, you can take advantage of local events and work with your team in-person as well.
Discover Your Demola Project
Student, do meaningful project studies as part of interdisciplinary team.
Tampere
Byte-powered Future
Gamifying Politics
Broadcasting any activity without interaction is a tradition of the past. It applies also to politics, which is not too easy to approach for general public in the first place. To bring politics closer to people, one identified approach is to gamify it, and that is exactly what we are doing in this project. Various sports have gained a major boost thanks to some gamified approaches that promote commitment in a long-lasting effort. Examples can be found from Finnish Ice hockey league and its gamified platform Liigapörssi, or american football league NFL and the game made for that: fantasy football. How should such gamified platform be like when adapted to the world of politics? This project gets its inspiration from various interaction mechanics from all walks of life and mashes them up for elevated experience when it comes to politics. Join the project to play around and create the true interest for the politics of tomorrow!
Apply by 04 May
Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere, Vaasa
Healing the Planet
Green Ticket Options
In this project we want to focus on sustainable consumer decision-making. As a context we are interested in cruise industry. On cruises, most of the sustainability burden comes from the fuel used by the ship. There are many options nowadays for different bio-based fuels, hydrogen or even ammonia, which are much less polluting than diesel. Still, cruise companies are not purchasing the new engines or the sustainable fuels for their existing engines. The main concern is that consumers are not willing to pay extra for the sustainable options. At the same time the companies are not even trying to communicate or offer these sustainable options. What would be the sustainable ticket type for Helsinki-Stockholm route cruise in the future? How should we visualize the information for the customer when they are buying the tickets? What kind of promises we should make and what kind of data could be useful for the customer? This project is for you, if you are interested in business models, sustainability, consumer behaviour, new technologies or online commerce!
Apply by 04 May
Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere, Tokyo, Vaasa
Human Beings in the Modern World
VIP Event Experience
Event experience is extremely standardized nowadays. Everyone who buys a ticket gets same experience during the event. 5G Advanced and 6G positioning paired with “superplatform” of personal information could be used to tailer event experience to another level. What if you don’t have to show your ticket to anyone, but the gates recognize you and you can just walk in? What if the bartender at the venue knows already what you would like to drink? The opportunities are limitless, and we are eager to explore them with you. How to build personalized VIP experience for every visitor by utilizing location data? How can we streamline the visitor experience to know what we have, what we want and what we would like? Let’s assume we have the exact location of the visitors at our disposal and visitor’s personal information and utilize that to personalize the experience for the users. Join the project to create the demonstration of next-generation personalized event experience. If you are interested in events, software, positioning tech, data analytics, UX or visual visual design, this is the project for you!
Apply by 04 May
Helsinki, Ostrava, Oulu, Prague, Tampere, Tokyo, Vaasa
Human Beings in the Modern World
Journalism In Metaverse
In the never-ending fight against mis- and disinformation, reliable news and quality journalism are more important than ever. The problem for traditional news is the interface; whether digital articles or physical news papers, it is extremely hard to offer the reader enough context and sources to fully validate the authenticity and trustworthiness. This leaves lots of space for mis- and disinformation to look just as convincing as the real news. What if we could offer near limitless amounts of sources, background and context for the readers? We want to build demos in metaverse environment to see what kind of user experience would enable transparent journalism in the future. How would a news article in metaverse look like? How much can we utilize the limitless space and different dimensions to visualize the news for the readers? Can we mix different mediums (text, audio, video, etc…) together to create completely new kind of news reading experience? We are looking for students interested in software engineering, game design, journalism, metaverse or UX design.
Apply by 04 May
Glasgow, Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere, Tokyo, Vaasa
Byte-powered Future
Sports That Jump Out Of The Screen
Many sports broadcasts are produced with very high quality compared to times a few decades ago. Fans at home can enjoy their experience through advanced statistics, multi-camera feeds and other delicacies delivered real-time. Simultaneously, XR (extended reality) technologies and AI have taken a major leap, so could they be harnessed for even further immersive viewing experience? What if your living room was turned into a proper “war room” with XR? see example: https://demola.net/link/sportsxr. What kind of value-adding visualizations could be made for fans who want to take the viewing experience to the next level? This project continues from a concept by a previous Demola team, whose concept is illustrated in the picture above. Aim is to create tangible concepts for sports broadcasts and take the demonstration as far as the team’s ambition reaches. Join us to make the future of sports come alive!
Apply by 04 May
Helsinki, Ostrava, Oulu, Prague, Tampere, Tokyo, Vaasa
Human Beings in the Modern World
Smart Audio
Proper audial experiences have turned from luxury to anyone’s joy. High-quality sound is easily within reach and e.g., genius noise cancelling technology is a household feature in today’s headphones. However, novel technologies such as 3D-audio and AI-powered earbuds are on the market, and they might change the way we hear things in the future. How should the smartness be harnessed? What kind of concepts could be breaking the bank with precision audio direction detection, AI-processing and delivery to eardrums as intended? In which contexts audio is still underutilized and could provide a notable increase to consumer’s experience? Where might smart filtering of desired audio vs. noise be delivering added value? Are you passionate about the sounds you hear? If yes, join us in this project to create concepts that resonate!
Apply by 04 May
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Glasgow
Milestone Event
15/05/2024
Demola Glasgow: Finals 2024
Tampere
Coaching program
29/05/2023
MYLLY Group Coaching Program
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IP Portalegre
Boot camp
08/05/2023
Demola Portugal: Facilitator Training Boot Camps
IP Bragança
Boot camp
05/06/2023
Demola Portugal: Final Facilitator Training Boot Camps in June
Oulu
Milestone Event
29/04/2025
Demola Oulu Finals Spring 2025
Helsinki
Milestone Event
12/12/2024
National Demola Finals 2024
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20/04/2023
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Excellent
20/04/2023
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Sofia Kasari
Master’s Student in Sustainable Digitalisation
Excellent
20/04/2023
“I wanted more experience in interdisciplinary project work and real-life, tangible development of solutions with external stakeholders. I also wanted to practice what the design process is like in the real world and how to present novel ideas in an attractive, business- oriented way. And Demola delivered!”
Dário Santos
Master’s Degree Student in Engineering and Technology
Excellent
10/06/2022
“In Demola we focused on creating solutions that can and should be applicable and should happen in real life, concrete and implementable solutions that can have an impact. Those type of solutions that go way beyond than just making a new website or a nice social media page.”
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Master of Business
Excellent
17/04/2023
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While Demola's online platform is accessible to university students worldwide, students who join the international Demola Hubs can take advantage of in-person collaboration opportunities, events, and interaction with team members and company partners.
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Kuka? Mikä Demola? Missä?
(ENG: As our hubs in Finland are growing in numbers, we thought it would be nice to give a brief introduction to Demola’s innovation projects also in Finnish. Please click "In English" for the English translation.) Demola-projekteja on tehty Suomessa jo vuodesta 2008, ja kansainvälisen osallistujajoukkomme ansiosta työkielemme on aina ollut englanti. Vaikka työkieleemme ei ole tullut muutosta, Suomessa olevien hubiemme eli paikallisten toimipisteidemme kasvaessa ajattelimme, että pieni paketti Demolasta suomeksi olisi paikallaan. Tässä siis lyhyt katsaus Demola-projekteista toisella kotimaisella kielellämme.
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