Call for Applications: Regenerative Futures Lab
Application deadline: August 30, 5:00 p.m.
Creating something new with the tools of the old does not work. Our current systems are failing us. But what might a new, better system look like?
Regenerative Futures Lab (rLab) is the place where students collectively try to figure out how to navigate paths to a re-imagined future that prioritizes the well-being of humans and the planet.
rLab is seeking high-level thinkers, detail-oriented individuals, and all skillsets in between. Applicants should be reflective, thoughtful, curious, and collaborative.
Projects are semester-long commitments, with a stipend. All Duke undergraduate students are eligible to apply. The theme of Fall 2024 is What We Owe to Each Other, with a focus on Dignity. See below for project descriptions.
Dying with Dignity:
Researchers will take an ethnographic approach to explore what Duke students think about death and dying as well as the larger question “what is a dignified end-of-life?”. In a non-hierarchical cohort structure, researchers will host and participate in on-campus Death Cafes, interview cafe participants, and reflect on their own experience with their cohort.
Dignity for All:
The project seeks researchers who are both big-picture thinkers and detail-oriented executors to design and realize a semester-long, cradle-to-grave project addressing the question “What is necessary to lead a life with dignity?” The goal is to collect data around this question and ideate actionable strategies to foster a world where dignity is a right, not a privilege. The team will develop a measurable project idea and deliverable that identifies the elements of a dignified life and how we, as an individual and community member, may achieve it.