{"id":17548,"date":"2022-03-15T09:34:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T08:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naider.com\/naiderlab\/living-labs-o-laboratorios-vivientes-como-ecosistemas-abiertos-para-la-innovacion\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T11:36:17","slug":"living-labs-or-living-laboratories-as-open-ecosystems-for-innovation","status":"publish","type":"naiderlab","link":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/naiderlab\/knowledge\/articles\/living-labs-or-living-laboratories-as-open-ecosystems-for-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Living labs or living laboratories as open ecosystems for innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/living-labs-1024x774-1.png\" alt= \"\" class=\"wp-image-17842\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent decades, <em>Living <\/em><em>Labs<\/em><em> <\/em>have emerged\ninternationally as research and open innovation infrastructures\nand collaborative, in real life settings. Their goal is\nsustainable creation of new adapted products, spaces or infrastructures\nto the needs of the society and territory in which they are established. For it\ninvolve different agents, both public and private, that make up\nthe so-called quadruple helix (citizens, organizations of\nresearch, business and government agencies\/levels) in a\nopen, iterative and user-centered ecosystem. They encourage co-creation in an environment\nreal, being its function to act as\nintermediaries\/orchestrators thereof. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the fundamental keys that a <em>Living <\/em><em>Lab<\/em> must comply with\nare:\n\n\u2022Orchestration:\nacts as an orchestrator within the ecosystem to connect and partner with relevant stakeholders.\n\n\u2022Stake\nmulti stakeholder\n\n\u2022Stake\nactive users\n\n\u2022Co-creation, understood\nas a <em>bottom-up<\/em> process.\n\n\u2022Around\nreal: operates in the real environment of the\nend users, incorporating innovations into their real lives instead of\nmove the user to test sites to explore innovations.\n\n\u2022Multi-method approach: each\nLiving Lab activity is based on a problem. Therefore, the\nmethodological approach for each activity will be selected based on the\nexpected results of the activity and the interested parties that should\nparticipate.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under this premise, there are different types of <em>living <\/em><em>labs<\/em><em>. <\/em>The <strong>living<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>labs<\/strong><strong>\nterritorial <\/strong>are\ncommitted to local development, the promotion of digital culture and the\ninnovation, entrepreneurship at a local scale, the creation of networks of\ndigital citizens, citizen participation in local government, the\ndiscovery of new technologies and the uses they may have for the\ncitizenship. One of the functions of territorial <em>living<\/em><em> <\/em><em>labs<\/em><em> <\/em>\nis to promote coordination between territorial agents to improve the\nwell-being, the quality of life of the population and thus contribute to the\ndevelopment and sustainability of the territory. An example of this could be <em>Living <\/em><em>Labs<\/em><em> <\/em>of Smart cities, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los<strong> <\/strong><strong><em>living<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>labs<\/em <\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong>scientific-technological <\/strong>originate in\nanother conceptual framework, that of the competitiveness and sustainability of\nbusiness. Some are companies that offer product validation services\ntechnology during the design and development phases of products to companies\nfrom different sectors. Others arise in science park settings.\nand technology to help researchers from universities, startups\nand companies linked to them and, furthermore, to facilitate the transfer of their\ntechnologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that these living laboratories have come to stay and replace the old and obsolete structures of innovation and, thus, involve the different agents of society in the search for efficient formulas for problem solving, based on active participation of the agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sara Soloaga<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ecologist and MSc in Ecosystem Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NAIDER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent decades, Living Labs have emerged internationally as research and open innovation infrastructures and collaborative, in real life settings. 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