Welcome to the YES!
In 2022, we offer several topics in English to our teams within the German YES! competition. Please check the list below and click on the topics to read details on it.
The registration deadline is December 22, 2021 for taking part in the German competition.
We will also have a YES! competition in the UK in 2022 with five teams that can participate and select their favourite solution during a British Final in July.
Details on the topics and the proceedings will be available here by December.
Topics 2022
Latest Update: November 24, 2021
- Digital Lifelong Learning: How can we future-proof all generations?
- Electronic waste: Too valuable for the trash can – What can solutions for sustainable consumption look like?
- Facing the challenges of discrimination and migrant integration
- How can global food become more sustainable?
- Inflation – What are the consequences of the ECB’s monetary policy?
- Paris climate targets–how can negative emissions and climate engineering help limiting temperature rise?
- Project 100% – How Can We Make the COVID Vaccination Campaign Successful?
- The future of aviation – Sustainable flight with hydrogen?
- Urban life – What does the city of tomorrow look like?
- A New Era After Corona – what has changed sustainably in education?
- If it costs nothing, you are the product – how does that change us and how can we change that?
- It always matters – How budget allocations depend on the context
- Multicultural community – How can intercultural communication be promoted in school?
- Raising children and working at the same time? How the reconciliation of family and work can succeed through family policy projects.
- Hands-on: How can young people be inspired to take up an apprenticeship?
- Sharing the Future – Growing Sustainable Communities: How can Local Networks help Exchange Information and Support Sustainable Living
- Climate change and global development: How can the European “Green Deal” make the global economic system sustainable and climate neutral?
- How can public demand for environmentally friendly products be promoted?
- Taxing the digital economy: does it matter to you?
- Myopic management: Why is corporate management obsessed with quarterly earnings and what should be done about it?
- School for digital natives – How can app, laptop, tablet and smartphone digitalise learning and communication?
- Tipping points: Smart & digital ideas how to reduce our CO2 Emissions
- University-industry knowledge transfer: How to bridge the gap?
- District development in times of structural change & climate change
- Diversity: How can schools strengthen social cohesion?
- Floods, Droughts, and Wildfires: How do we adapt to extreme weather events?
- Gender gaps: Are all men created equal?
- Primary School – Check! What’s next?
- How can we set Taxes, instead of Lockdowns, in order to Reduce Deaths during Pandemics?
- Sustainable reconstruction of communities after flood events
- Tipping points: Smart & digital ideas how to reduce our CO2 Emissions
Anmeldung (only in German)
Do you have any more questions?
We would love to answer you any questions, via phone at 0431-8814 664 or email via yes@zbw.eu.
Terms of participation
A YES! school team must consist of at least 5 students from grades 10-12. It is also possible to participate with a whole class. The pupils may also come from different grades and focus areas.
Important: A team must consist mainly of pupils who have not yet participated in YES!
Each team needs at least one teacher for supervision. Thematically, the supervising teachers usually come from the fields of English, economics, politics, social studies or civics. However, this is not a mandatory requirement for registration and successful participation. Supervision is a prerequisite, especially for the trips to our events.
When registering, you will choose your top 3 themes (ranked by preference) from the list of themes for your region. Teams that register as Early Birds will immediately be assigned their preferred theme. All themes can be assigned a maximum of two times, so during the registration process some themes will already be out of stock. If the topics for your region have not yet been decided at the time of your registration, the Early Bird teams will be given first right of choice on the topics in the order in which registrations are received. We will inform you as soon as the topics have been submitted by the scientific partners.
The letter of motivation is a decisive factor! If more than 12 teams apply for a region, we have to make a selection. So convince us why you definitely want to take part in YES! What makes your team stand out? Do you have a connection with the theme? A letter of motivation or a video, it’s up to you! We are happy to be surprised.
If we are convinced by your application, you can participate in the YES! as a team, work together with researchers and present your own solution idea at the regional final. Unfortunately, only 12 teams per region can participate, as the maximum number of teams is reached in a one-day regional final.
