Within CUCo, research may fail, as long as it is unusual and educational

A CuCo work meeting. Photo: EWUU - Researchers from TU/e, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht come together within the Centre for Unusual Collaborations to seek answers to societal issues from uncommon perspectives. Research is always exceptional, but not always unusual. That is precisely why that extra dimension is sought within CUCo (Centre for Unusual Collaborations), where - as the name suggests - unusual research collaboration takes center stage. Learning from each other is the core and the interdisciplinary process leads. Groundbreaking results are therefore not the primary goal, competition loses to cooperation, and failure is absolutely allowed, because that is an important way to learn. No fewer than 22 TU/e researchers are involved in CUCo, including Yali Tang and Yoeri van de Burgt from the department of Mechanical Engineering .