Cultural Adjustment Project for Improving Relations in Europe (CAPIRE)

People / organizations involved:
University of Twente

Locations:
Enschede, Netherlands

The CAPIRE project aims at creating a free digital intercultural training tool and by this means to enhance intercultural competences and an open mindset among students and teachers at institutions of higher education, as well as businessmen, professionals and private persons. The CAPIRE project aims at exchanging knowledge between the partners and jointly developing an innovative method: building a digital training tool that is called a Culture Simulator (or Culture Assimilator). This tool challenges students, businessmen and private persons with realistic intercultural situations on the work floor which they have to solve. It provides them with explanations and further cultural background information. With this (digital) tool we can provide university teachers with an easy method of introducing students to real cultural differences. Our experience is that students like to solve real-life situations more than deal with abstract theories. We expect that this tool will not only raise the knowledge about but also the interest in this important subject, both among teachers and students.

Duration: 01.11.2022 - 31.10.2025

https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/iebis/foe/OBCC/research/research-projects/CAPIRE/