Table 3.

Replicability checklist for a curriculum-integrated circular living laboratory

RequirementMinimum arrangement
Productive environmental assetA farm, garden, laboratory, food system, energy system or other identifiable material stream capable of generating operational data and material inputs
Credit-bearing curriculum mechanismAn existing unit with authentic assessment, explicit learning outcomes and sufficient flexibility to work with live operational uncertainty
Operational-academic agreementNamed representatives responsible for data sharing, site access, safety, timelines, ownership and decision-making
Structured client handoverA briefing containing material-flow, harvest or operational data, quality constraints, current waste streams and commercial expectations
Student project structureDefined team responsibilities for analysis, prototype development, business modelling and commercialisation planning
External validationParticipation by SMEs, community stakeholders, technical specialists or industry panellists able to evaluate feasibility
Risk and governance arrangementsProcedures for safety, ethics, intellectual property, product testing, data governance and reputational risk
Feedback and continuity mechanismsA process for returning student findings to operational managers, coupled with post-semester ownership, incubation or longitudinal tracking arrangements
Source(s): Authors’ compilation

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