Living labs around the world

Abstract

Innovation is a central element for solving the world’s challenges of today, whether it is in the industry, the academia or the society. The concept living labs provides opportunities to accelerate and improve the innovation of today. This report aims to map some of the living labs in the world with the goal to identify success factors for the living lab that will be opened at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, which is a ten year project.

The literature study is divided into two parts, a general mapping of living labs and four case studies. The former deals with several living labs around the world and aims to show the differences in the concepts. The case studies consider four selected living labs in more detail with respect to the purpose, the methodology and the track record among others.

The study establishes three main factors for success in a living lab; cross-sectional work as a collaboration model, cooperation and common goals among the key actors and continuous financial support.

Andy Hanna and Ninos Arsalan

KTH - School of Industrial Engineering and Management
Energy Technology EGI-2016

Download the thesis in Swedish Living labs världen runt (pdf 1.1 MB)