The Institute for Advanced Study in PBL (IAS PBL) is a cross-faculty unit that aims to strengthen the quality and development of PBL research and practice across AAU. 

IAS PBL functions as a hub for research, knowledge sharing, competence development, collaboration and experiments with PBL. As a hub for research, development and knowledge sharing, a central task for IAS PBL is to engage and work closely with local environments in all faculties, departments, and organisational units.  

AAU’s pedagogical approach is firmly rooted in PBL and we share a commitment to maintain, strengthen and develop the Aalborg PBL model to benefit students, researchers, staff and the surrounding community. By linking and bringing together researchers, research groups, pedagogical development, support and strategic initiatives, IAS PBL will be at the centre of the ongoing facilitation of this ambition in close collaboration with the rest of AAU.   

In the autumn of 2022, IAS PBL moved into the new AAU INNOVATE - Science and Innovation Hub, and we are excited that some of the staff members of IAS PBL have now been brought physically together.  

IAS PBL brings together researchers and staff from all faculties and includes several research groups and organisational units: UCPBL, KiLD, SHARE-PBL, HEALTH-PBL, CDUL and Learning Lab.