Living labsKES MCCORMICK

Assistant ProfessorAssistant ProfessorLund UniversityLund University

SwedenSweden

International FellowInternational FellowMelbourne UniversityMelbourne University

AustraliaAustralia

Urban growth, changing climate

and sustainable development

Living labs as catalysts

for thriving neighbourhoods

Defining Living Labs?

• Experiments in real-life settings

• User involvement and co-creation

• Public-private-people partnerships

• Useful knowledge and visible interventions

• Addressing specific local needs

• Creating platforms for visioning processes

ENoLL Member Map

Europe, then the world – Diversity of activities – Living labs not in network, not using term

Oxford Road CorridorManchester, UK

• City of Manchester collaborating with 2 universities, 5 hospitals and local business and community.

• Affordable and resilient low carbon economy.

• Testing energy, communications and transportation technologies, and monitoring impacts.

Western Harbour DevelopmentMalmö, Sweden

Ambitious goals – Design competitions – Collaborative models

Sweden

• Öresund Urban Tranisition (2011-2014)– 5 municipalities and 5 universities in Denmark and

Sweden– Planning, financing, building and collaborating

• Malmö Innovation Platform (2013-2015)– City of Malmö, 3 universities, 30 businesses– Renovating and redesigning existing buildings

• Study on living labs in Europe – 10 literature cases and 4 empirical cases

Australia

• The Low Carbon Living CRC brings together key property, planning, engineering and policy organisations with leading research groups to develop new social, technological and policy tools for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in cities.

• Projects across the key areas of buildings, districts and communities.

• Applying the living labs concept in projects.

Approach and arena• Product Living Labs

– More control, shorter, smaller– Products, services,

technologies

• Urban Living Labs– More facilitation, longer, larger– Geographical space

(buildings, streets, campuses, waterways, precincts)

• Real-life experimentation • User co-creation• Collaborative efforts

• Cycles of research• Novel business models

• Learning by doing• Learning by networking

Shake up an urban system!