Living Labs for Sustainable Development …
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Fig. 1 Evolution of a living labs approach
(d) by means of research meant to drive and support sustainable habits and
behaviours
(e) by means of demonstration activities which put principles into practice.
Living Labs should not only act as sources of information, but they should also
catalyse changes in the sense of societal transformation, and the fostering of more
sustainable life styles and practices. As mentioned by Evans et al. (2015), they may
be used as co-production and as platforms for sustainability science.
They should also provide a fertile ground to conceive, prototype and test sustainable living solutions, also facilitating cooperation and collaboration across various
sectors, hence catalysing the integration of sustainability and innovation.
Table 1 Illustrates some of the measures universities may deploy, with a view to
maximise their potentials as living labs.
By means of due consideration to these elements, a sound basis for the integration
of concurrent research and innovation processes.
2 The Benefits of Living Labs
Figure 2 describes the benefits from a living labs approach. It can be seen that there
are many, and that their nature suggest a living lab approach may be advantageous
to universities in many ways.
All in all, the many advantages suggest that the time and resources to be spent in
developing a living labs approach are worthy the investment.
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Fig. 1 Evolution of a living labs approach
(d) by means of research meant to drive and support sustainable habits and
behaviours
(e) by means of demonstration activities which put principles into practice.
Living Labs should not only act as sources of information, but they should also
catalyse changes in the sense of societal transformation, and the fostering of more
sustainable life styles and practices. As mentioned by Evans et al. (2015), they may
be used as co-production and as platforms for sustainability science.
They should also provide a fertile ground to conceive, prototype and test sustainable living solutions, also facilitating cooperation and collaboration across various
sectors, hence catalysing the integration of sustainability and innovation.
Table 1 Illustrates some of the measures universities may deploy, with a view to
maximise their potentials as living labs.
By means of due consideration to these elements, a sound basis for the integration
of concurrent research and innovation processes.
2 The Benefits of Living Labs
Figure 2 describes the benefits from a living labs approach. It can be seen that there
are many, and that their nature suggest a living lab approach may be advantageous
to universities in many ways.
All in all, the many advantages suggest that the time and resources to be spent in
developing a living labs approach are worthy the investment.