iscn 2015: wg 3, james evans
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Transforming universities through co-
production? Shared territories and living
labs
James Evans
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Key points
• Campuses are being reframed as living labs for sustainability
• Living labs provide framework to strategically align co-
production activities temporally and thematically
• Projects act as shared territories around which actors
coalesce and critically reflect
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The opportunity: academic resource
3500
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EPS
Humanities
FLS
Interdisciplinary
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•85 hectare campus
•Over 300 buildings
•Over 45,000 students
and staff.
•£1bn to be spent on
capital projects in the next
decade
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
before
1840
1840-
1914
1915-
1939
1940-
1959
1960-
1979
since
1980
The opportunity: campus test bed
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EPS Biomedical
Humanities
North
campus
New Campus
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Living lab approach
Institutionally bounded
environment in which
to make material
interventions in the
(real) world and learn
from them in a
rigorous way’
Monitor
Experiment
Learn
Evans, J. and Karvonen, A. (2014) Give me a laboratory and I will lower your carbon footprint!’ – Urban Laboratories and
the Pursuit of Low Carbon Futures. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 38 (2), 413-430
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• Geographically and/or
institutionally bounded space
• Conduct intentional
experiments designed to
enable innovation and
iterative learning
• Involve users in knowledge
co-production
•Promise useful and/or
generalisable knowledge
BUT hard to assess actual
impacts
Characteristics of lab style governance
Silver, J. and Marvin, S. (Forthcoming) Emerging Styles of Urban
Experimentation. In: Evans, J., Karvonen, A. and Raven, R. (Eds.) The
Experimental City. Routledge, London
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University Living Lab: goals
• Collate existing and potential research and teaching activities for the UoM
campus
• Collate current and planned Estates activities (new build, retrofit and
management) and relevant data
• Establish venues for constructive collaboration between researchers and
Estates
• Apply for long-term funding from the public and private sectors
• Produce a roadmap for future UoM living lab activities
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Temporal coherence - dissertation projects
• Building refurb:
http://static.universitylivinglab.org/si
tes/default/files/Student%20Dissert
ation%20Opportunities.pdf
• Sustainable procurement:
http://static.universitylivinglab.org/si
tes/default/files/Student%20Dissert
ation%20Opportunities%20procure
ment.pdf
• Living Lab enabling design
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Public Sector Government
People Civic Society
Academia Higher Education Private Sector
Businesses
Thematic coherence: Manchester Cycling Lab
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Velocity
2025
Develop a strong shared vision
TfGM Cycling Strategy
1. Identify citizen’s needs & ideas
Test & demonstrate for
continuous learning
Monitor & evaluate for
continuous improvement
Programmes,
Infrastructure &
Regulation
2. Smart Infrastructure Planning
3. MCR’s Green Economy
Baseline to measure
potential & progress
Explore new ideas
and opportunities
Role of universities in supporting transition
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Shared Territory: Triangulum
• Horizon 2020 Project, €25m
• Manchester, Eindhoven, and Stavanger
• Develop low-carbon smart districts
• Integrated approach to Energy, Transport and ICT
• Key roles for cities and industries… AND universities
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Manchester actions
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Transforming Universities?
• Co-production needs coordination
- Living labs?
• Project-based actions bring new
actors together to work in new
ways
- Shared territories?
- Transformation as re-
subjectivation
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Thank you
Seite: 15
@jzcos
http://universitylivinglab.org/manchestercyclinglab
@mcrcyclinglab
www.universitylivinglab.org
@ULLManchester
www.Triangulum-project.org
@Triangulum_EU