Living Labs for rural areas : contextualization of Living Lab frameworks, concepts and practices

Zavratnik, Veronika (author), Superina, Argene (author), Stojmenova Duh, Emilija (author)

Living Labs are spaces for innovative and participative research, development and activities that use multidisciplinary approaches and promote the co-creation paradigm. Our specific interest lies in exploring the value of the Living Lab concept for creating environments that enable equal opportunities for people living in rural and urban areas, and for making rural areas attractive places to live. Moreover, through the existing practices and research results available, Living Labs are seen as one of the important building blocks of smart rural development and an important step towards establishing a Smart Village environment. Living Labs are a valuable player in enhancing circular economy, digital transformation, local self-sufficiency and other elements of sustainable living. The main aim of this paper is therefore to put Living Labs in the context of rural areas and evaluate their possible contributions for sustainable rural development. This paper argues that the element of community and social change should be considered as a key element in enabling sustainable living.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Living Lab, rural areas, rural development, social innovation, Smart Villages
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: FE - Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 11.07.2019
• Year: 2019
• Number of pages: 17 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 11, iss. 14, art. 3797
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-128784
• UDC: 004:316
• ISSN on article: 2071-1050
• DOI: 10.3390/su11143797
• COBISS.SI-ID: 12574548
• Publication date in RUL: 29.07.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sustainability
• Shortened title: Sustainability
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2071-1050
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5324897

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 11.07.2019

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: živi laboratorij, podeželje, razvoj podeželja, družbene inovacije, pametne vasi

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: H2020
• Project number: 773757
• Name: Living Lab research concept in Rural Areas
• Acronym: LIVERUR

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: R544