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This workshop is a participant-led knowledge sharing platform for digitally-oriented labs in the humanities and social sciences. The workshop will provide the opportunity to share experiences and learn from others on the intellectual and operational function of labs, and to exchange good practices for successful and sustainable digital labs.

This report explaines a set of inclusion criteria for becoming a member of a European network of living labs and research infrastructures for agroecology transition. These criteria were defined to make sure that all relevant organisations are included in the network, even if they do not identify themselves as living labs or research infrastructures.

This document lists criteria and indicators to identify organisations for possible inclusion in the future Network of living labs and research infrastructures for an agroecology transition in Europe. The criteria and indicators seek to be applicable to a range of organisations that could strengthen the transition to agroecology in Europe.

This paper, prepared by the ALL-Ready consortium, has the aim to lay a conceptual and operational framework for the future European partnership entitled: “Accelerating farming systems transition: agroecology living labs and research infrastructures”. It sets out the key principles, concepts, and criteria featuring the role of place-based open innovation arrangements as exemplified by living labs (LL) and shared research infrastructures (RI) to accelerate agroecology transition. As such, it is the foundation for the preparation of the partnership and for the partnership itself.

This report serves as deliverable D3.4 of the SmartCulTour ‘Horizon 2020’ project (grant agreement number 870708). The goal of SmartCulTour is to support regional development in all European regions with important tangible and intangible cultural assets, including those located in rural peripheries and the urban fringe, through sustainable cultural tourism. To fulfil this supportive role, SmartCulTour Work Package 3 aimed at providing more clarity and in-depth knowledge on the state of art of ‘cultural tourism interventions’, which was the main objective of SmartCulTour Deliverable D3.1. This deliverable is a continuation of SmartCulTour D3.1, which is also considered as an integral part of this deliverable. Deliverable D3.1 outlined and proposed a framework of different types of cultural tourism interventions, their impacts and success conditions. The framework represented more than just a summary but can be seen as a tool to start engaging stakeholders in conversations or decision-making processes concerning cultural tourism interventions. Based on the experiences of the SmartCulTour Living Labs, this deliverable contains an update of the framework proposed in D3.1, Therefore, this report considers the experiences of the Living Labs and specifically the type of interventions that have been identified, discussed, planned or initiated within each of the Living Lab, as already introduced in the Deliverable D6.2 ‘Production of abstracts and practice videos on tested interventions’. Those insights have been compared with the ‘Framework of cultural tourism intervention’ provided with Deliverable D3.1, to identify similarities and differences among the Living Labs experiences and the proposed framework. Where necessary and reasonable, the framework has been revised, proposing a final framework of interventions, impacts and success conditions, updated with experiences from the Living Labs.

This Report provides both a summary and a review of the SmartCulTour LLs’ experiences. It moves from an assessment of the specific context dynamics, resources and values of the six destinations, and it spans processes, tools and methods therein adopted towards instilling a sustainable, critical thinking into key tourism stakeholders and shareholders, including actual and potential cultural tourists. Deliverable 6.5 comprises two distinct, though strictly interrelated components. The first component concerns the overall SmartCulTour Living Labs’ experience, and starts with an Introduction that provides a concise overview of the project’s journey within the demanding and inspiring realm of the LLs. The conclusive section of the first component is broad in scope, comprising Final Recommendations that are derived from the knowledge gained during the project, and the Conclusions, which draw upon the main transversal findings from the LLs’ processes and experiences, and seek to outline what future Lab Managers should know about participatory approaches to sustainable cultural tourism development. More specifically, the Final Recommendations target researchers and practitioners that plan either to establish new LLs, mainly in the context of – but not limited to – an EU-funded and multi-partner project, or to existing LLs that wish to improve their performance towards achieving medium- to long-term objectives of sustainable cultural tourism development. The Conclusion’s main outcome is that the SmartCulTour Living Labs (LLs) demonstrate the success of using such a tool for creating multi-stakeholder networks for sustainable cultural tourism development and planning, allowing for multiple perspectives and collective intelligence. Indeed, the process of collaboration and networking during the LLs was considered more important than fully achieving the initial objectives, as it led to improved cooperation and boosted the LL’s innovative co-creation potential. The use of tools and methods provided by Work Package 7 (WP7) enhanced participants’ engagement and local ownership, creating a safe environment for equal expression and reducing power imbalances. Different approaches were adopted for long-term sustainability, either by establishing physical venues for the LL or by integrating its legacy into existing networks and projects. UNESCO's capacity-building activities were highly valued since they addressed local skills gaps while promoting integrated cultural tourism management and sustainable development processes. Exchange visits among the LLs facilitated learning from international good practices, while offering opportunities for testing and validating the interventions co-created within LLs. Practice abstracts and videos were produced to provide practical information and inspiration for other destinations. It is concluded that the SmartCulTour LLs' experiences, tools, and findings have the potential for scalability and diffusion, linking theoretical and practical components to positively impact local communities. In addition, funding, stakeholder engagement, scalability and generalisability, regulatory barriers, knowledge sharing, and intellectual property were identified as common challenges for future Lab Managers. This General part is complemented by five Annexes, respectively presenting: The Template that was provided to the Lab Managers to support them in the drafting process of their respective LLs’ reports within D6.5 (Annex 13); An An overview of different EU funding schemes and their potential links with interventions identified and designed in the context of the SmartCulTour project, providing LLs’ participants and regional authorities with insights for potential afterlife funding strategies (Annex 15); The results of the SmartCulTour Living Labs’ evaluation conducted by Modul University (Vienna, Austria), whose main goal was to uncover factors contributing to success and value co-creation in the six different LLs, as well as to identify the challenges faced in and by the LLs in order to gain insights and provide guidance on what shall be improved for future LLs to ensure high-quality outcomes (Annex 16); and The Deliverable’s Reference list (Annex 17). The second component of the Deliverable consists of contributions from each Lab Manager, offering an overview of the six LLs’ experiences, namely: A brief summary of the LL’s workflow introduces each section, followed by an explanation of the main activities (compared to the original workplan outlined in D6.1, i.e. the Specific Terms of Reference for the SmartCulTour LLs), key LL participants, including related internal dynamics, as well as service-design methods and art-based tools used to improve stakeholders’ engagement and networking. A presentation of the results and impacts of each LL, including main challenges encountered throughout the process, and key goals achieved compared to the set objectives. A section reflecting on sustainability aspects and follow-up actions, both in terms of outcomes from the LLs’ experiences, and with a view at the afterlife strategy of the LLs themselves (where applicable) as entities that can be catalyst for sustainable change in cultural tourism. In addition, each Lab Manager proposes follow-up recommendations for the LL based on his/her specific knowledge of the context and its recognised and potential impact, identifying strategic axes to be potentially explored and leveraged in the future.

Combining eye tracking and virtual reality (VR) is a promising approach to tackle various applied research questions. As this approach is relatively new, routines are not established yet and the first steps can be full of potential pitfalls. The present paper gives a practice example to lower the boundaries for getting started. More specifically, I focus on an affordable add-on technology, the Pupil Labs eye tracking add-on for the HTC Vive. As add-on technology with all relevant source code available on GitHub, a high degree of freedom in preprocessing, visualizing, and analyzing eye tracking data in VR can be achieved. At the same time, some extra preparatory steps for the setup of hardware and software are necessary. Therefore, specifics of eye tracking in VR from unboxing, software integration, and procedures to analyzing the data and maintaining the hardware will be addressed. The Pupil Labs eye tracking add-on for the HTC Vive represents a highly transparent approach to existing alternatives. Characteristics of eye tracking in VR in contrast to other head-mounded and remote eye trackers applied in the physical world will be discussed. In conclusion, the paper contributes to the idea of open science in two ways: First, by making the necessary routines transparent and therefore reproducible. Second, by stressing the benefits of using open source software.

Urban labs are arenas for fostering urban sustainable transitions, where different actors experiment and learn together how to create inclusive and sustainable cities. A key aspect of these processes is social learning, which is the collaborative learning process through which new understandings and practices emerge from the activities of urban labs. Social learning also includes the process through which these understandings and practices are further anchored and can transform the organizations participating in urban labs. Social learning is seen as key to tackling polarization and creating transformational capacity at different levels. This article explores how social learning can strengthen urban labs’ democratic ambitions. Building on the insights emerging from a collaborative learning process with civil servants within an urban lab, it highlights the need for ensuring plurality and challenging privilege in social learning. It also emphasizes the importance of nurturing a listening capacity within urban labs and municipal organizations.

This report explains the approach and methodologies employed by the ALL-Ready project in the mapping and analysis of agroecology initiatives, agroecology Living Labs and agroecology Research Infrastructures in twenty-three countries in Europe.

Higher Education is a pivotal time for students todevelop their capacities to contribute to human flourishing in their life and work. It is well established that creativity, thinking critically and problem-solving are some of the most ‘in demand’ skills – both for the jobs market and in projects that aim to increase human flourishing. These skills call for expertise and skills in multidisciplinary reasoning. Knowledge Labs: 21st Century HE pedagogy - Ambition: Generate interdisciplinary approaches across Faculties and Schools within the University (Example: Dance and Computer Science) Implement an innovative Framework for Developing Research Informed, Research Engaged Practitioners (A beacon and model of Higher Education best practice Implemented through application of the Epistemic Insight framework and strategies, which have been disseminated and embedded in all the teacher trainee programmes (PGCE Secondary, PGCE Secondary, BA Primary Education) at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Responsible Innovation (RI) offers Sustainability Transitions (ST) research methodologies a pathway to enable more inclusive, responsive, and sustainable transitions. Specifically, Living Labs (LLs) can benefit from RI scholarship in the scope of their sustainability research designs, as they may thereby be able to better foster critical thinking, inclusivity, and reflexivity. Drawing on a review of LLs literature and the self-reported assessments of researchers, experts and stakeholders involved in 12 LLs experiences, this research article sets out to explore how RI dimensions might serve to advance the practice of LLs in the context of ST research. The 12 LLs from seven European countries were centred on renewable energy prosumer initiatives. This analysis looks into how stakeholders were identified and involved, what inclusivity issues were addressed and what challenges were identified, to draw key lessons learned for advancing with RI in the scope of transdisciplinary energy transition studies.

Steeds vaker worden complexe vraagstukken uit de samenleving, ook wel ‘wicked problems’, met verschillende disciplines en stakeholders opgepakt. Deze samenwerking werkt als een vliegwiel om tot nieuwe kennis en oplossingen te komen als er geen eenvoudig antwoord is. Labs, hybride leeromgevingen, bieden studenten de kans om hier ervaring mee op te doen. Zo worden ze voorbereid op toekomstige samenwerkingen als professional. Welke vormen van samenwerken kom je tegen in labs? Welke competenties hebben studenten nodig in een samenwerking met verschillende disciplines? Leidt het deelnemen aan labs automatisch tot effectief samenwerken met andere disciplines? Hoe ontwikkelen studenten de competenties voor deze vormen van samenwerking? Wat vraagt dat van het ontwerp van een lab als leeromgeving? Antwoord op deze en andere vragen vind je in deze publicatie van het lectoraat Teaching, Learning & Technology zodat je in zeven minuten weer bent bijgepraat over samenwerken in een lab.

Steeds vaker worden complexe vraagstukken uit de samenleving, ook wel ‘wicked problems’, met verschillende disciplines en stakeholders opgepakt. Deze samenwerking werkt als een vliegwiel om tot nieuwe kennis en oplossingen te komen als er geen eenvoudig antwoord is. Labs, hybride leeromgevingen, bieden studenten de kans om hier ervaring mee op te doen. Zo worden ze voorbereid op toekomstige samenwerkingen als professional. Welke vormen van samenwerken kom je tegen in labs? Welke competenties hebben studenten nodig in een samenwerking met verschillende disciplines? Leidt het deelnemen aan labs automatisch tot effectief samenwerken met andere disciplines? Hoe ontwikkelen studenten de competenties voor deze vormen van samenwerking? Wat vraagt dat van het ontwerp van een lab als leeromgeving? Antwoord op deze en andere vragen vind je in deze publicatie van het lectoraat Teaching, Learning & Technology zodat je in zeven minuten weer bent bijgepraat over samenwerken in een lab.

Scholars have argued that transdisciplinary experimentation processes in Labs which include societal stakeholders in research and innovation might help to create meaningful societal impact. At the same time, there is ample room to explore the practice of ‘doing’ Labs in relation to the transformative impacts that Labs aim to create. We present a case study of the FIT4FOOD2030 project (2017–2020) aimed at contributing to food system transformation in the EU through setting up 25 multi-stakeholder Labs. We aimed to gain insight into how transdisciplinary Labs with transformative ambitions try to create impact, and which challenges that brings along. For “capacitating change”, Labs built agency by focusing on creating (1) new relations through network mobilization, network consolidation and network coordination; (2) new knowledge through knowledge sharing and social learning; and (3) new competences for Lab coordinators and engaged stakeholders. For “creating change” Labs focused on (1) transforming networks – the Lab as catalyst; (2) transforming practices – the Lab as concretizer; (3) transforming structures – the Lab as construction site; (4) transforming cultures - the Lab as critical mass. We observed complex (reciprocal) relations between processes of capacitating and creating change. Finally, we present intrinsic challenges in the practice of ‘doing’ Labs regarding the evaluation of single-Lab impacts, and the political dynamics of transformative Labs.

The population density in urban areas is rapidly rising, leading to a constant need for new infrastructure and services for citizens. To reduce the time to implementation and optimise the monetary cost of various solutions, the plans and policies of local authorities and stakeholders would benefit from undergoing a series of virtual stress tests. To this end, prescriptive and predictive technologies are widely adopted to optimise city planning and to understand the urban processes and environment such as air pollution and transportation. Nevertheless, holistic sandboxes tightly integrated with cities are still largely lacking. The city digital twin is a promising concept that provides a tool for exploration of new solutions in a controlled environment before their deployment. The digital twin is a virtual replica of the real city, which collects data from the infrastructure, processes and services using not only the available systems, but also purposely built connected devices and sensors. In this context, the establishment of urban living labs facilitates the monitoring and understanding of urban processes and enriches the digital twin with highly-relevant data. This paper presents an urban living lab, under deployment in the district of Lozenets in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is part of a larger initiative for developing a city digital twin of Sofia to support the design, exploration, and experimentation of different solutions. The living lab is equipped with sensors for monitoring air quality, atmospheric parameters, noise pollution and pedestrian flows. In addition, a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system is realised as an edge computing facility at one of the busiest intersections of the district. Along with the equipment, the paper describes the architecture and components of the platform for data collection, storage, processing, and visualization. Finally, high-priority studies are presented, and their demographic and economic impact is discussed.

This report presents the awareness raising and capacity building actions implemented by UNESCO in the six SmartCulTour Living Labs, namely the Split Metropolitan area (Croatia), the Utsjoki (Ohcejohka in North Sami) Municipality (Finland), the Huesca province (Spain), the Rotterdam Metropolitan Region (Netherlands), the Scheldeland region in Flanders (Belgium), and the city of Vicenza (Italy). In the context of SmartCulTour, and as Leader of Work Package 6, UNESCO is responsible for the overall coordination of the Living Labs, as well as for raising awareness and developing capacities of concerned stakeholders to harness the collective benefits of culture and tourism for society. This was pursued by presenting and promoting participatory, inclusive, people-centred, needs-driven and context-specific approaches to the sustainable integration of culture and tourism into local development practices. This report presents, in a chronological order, the relevant activities organized in and with the six LLs throughout 2022, as follows: Split Living Lab: 4 appointments, online and in-person, between February and April; Utsjoki Living Lab: 3 appointments, online and in-person, between April and October; Huesca Living Lab: 2 appointments, online and in-person, in October; Rotterdam Living Lab: 1 in-person appointment in October; Scheldeland Living Lab: 1 in-person appointment in October; Vicenza Living Lab: 1 in-person appointment in November. The presentation of the actions stems from the background situational analysis of each destination, including potential entry points with regards to the LLs’ workplan implemented so far. This combined elements spurred the choice of specific training topics, while representing the underlying reasons for the adoption of context-sensitive approaches to each LL. The central role of stakeholders was a cross-cutting consideration in the design of the capacity building programmes, and it constitutes a focus across the reports, in terms of expressed interests, identified knowledge gaps, and suggested tools and methodologies that may support the sustainable development of the local tourism supply, leveraging the role of culture and tourism for sustainable growth at regional level. Preliminary results of the actions are also showcased, though recognizing that the impact will be more visible in the medium term, especially in view of the “soft” capacity-building approach adopted, aimed at stimulating dialogue, fostering exchange, and supporting networking, while not intending to fulfil all the identified knowledge gaps and needs. For each Lab, follow-up actions are proposed for the consideration of the broader tourism sector, and especially DMOs, as well as of relevant governmental and non-governmental actors, including managing authorities of cultural heritage sites (and notably UNESCO designated sites), in cooperation with ICH practitioners and local communities. Similarly, Academia and cultural tourism experts might take inspiration from the preliminary results and recommendations presented in this report to provide every LL with advice and knowledge support towards the sustainable exploitation of the destination’s potentials. Lab Managers and their local networks are therefore the core target audience of the present report. Participants’ feedback was gathered for each activity, aiming to conduct an honest assessment of the overall relevance of each action to the specific LL. This also allowed to draw lessons for the potential replication of the same format in other contexts, making the proposed approach to tailored and people-centred capacity building programme design a scalable formula for other destinations that seek to sustainably improve their cultural tourism performance.

Dementia is a growing societal challenge putting pressure on care systems across Europe. Providing supporting technology for people living with dementia, referring to both people with dementia and their caregivers, is an important strategy to alleviate pressure. In this paper, we present lessons learned from the Interreg NWE Project Certification-D, in which we evaluated technological products with people living with dementia, using a Living Lab approach. Living Labs were set up in five different countries to conduct field evaluations at the homes of people living with dementia. Via an open call products from small to medium enterprises across northwestern Europe were selected to be evaluated in the Living Labs. In this paper, we describe the setup of and reflection on Living Labs as multi-stakeholder collaboration networks to evaluate technological products in the context of dementia. We reflect on the experiences and insights from the Living Lab researchers to execute and operate the Living Labs in such a sensitive setting. Our findings show that Living Labs can be used to conduct field evaluations of products, that flexibility is required to adopt a Living Lab in various care settings with different stakeholder compositions and expertise, and that Living Lab researchers serve as both a linking pin and buffer between people living with dementia and companies and thereby support the adoption of technological products. We close the paper with a proposal of best practices to encourage inclusivity in, and scalability of, Living Labs in the context of dementia. ispartof: International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health vol:20 issue:3 pages:1673- ispartof: location:Switzerland status: published

The ultimate goal of water resource management is the efficient allocation of increasingly scarce water resources. One of the most crucial and often obscure aspects of water resource management pertains to the behavioural particularities of the societal relationship with water; how people value the resource, how utility companies price the resource, and how policy makers derive financial instruments to address social dilemmas associated with common pool resources and public goods. This chapter explores the use of two complimentary approaches to derive both quantitative and qualitative data within an iterative process to provide evidence-based decision support in the sustainable management of water resources. Within this integrated approach, participatory Living Labs use small focus group settings to collect qualitative data about key phenomena. This qualitative evidence provides foundation for theoretical models that produce testable suggestions for economic experiments. The economic and behavioural experiments focus on gathering quantitative data to test a prediction, subsequently raising further questions – such as heterogeneity of behaviour, causal relationships between factors - that can be explored deeper by living labs qualitative angle. The Living Labs and Experimental Economics approaches have an iterative relationship, examples of which will be highlighted in this article.

Funding Information: This study was supported by the Center of Technology and Systems (CTS-UNINOVA). Funding Information: European Commission ERASMUS + through grant number ° 2021-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000032176 LLSF. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. Globally, educational institutes are trying to adapt modernized and effective approaches and tools to their education systems to improve the quality of their performance and achievements. However, identifying, designing, and/or developing promising mechanisms and tools that can impact class activities and the development of students’ outputs are critical success factors. Given that, the contribution of this work is to propose a methodology that can guide and usher educational institutes step by step through the implementation of a personalized package of training Toolkits in Smart Labs. In this study, the package of Toolkits refers to a set of needed tools, resources, and materials that, with integration into a Smart Lab can, on the one hand, empower teachers and instructors in designing and developing personalized training disciplines and module courses and, on the other hand, may support students (in different ways) in developing their skills. To demonstrate the applicability and usefulness of the proposed methodology, a model was first developed, representing the potential Toolkits for training and skill development. The model was then tested by instantiating a particular box that integrates some hardware to be able to connect sensors to actuators, with an eye toward implementing this system mainly in the health domain. In a real scenario, the box was used in an engineering program and its associated Smart Lab to develop students’ skills and capabilities in the areas of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The main outcome of this work is a methodology supported by a model able to represent Smart Lab assets in order to facilitate training programs through training Toolkits. publishersversion published

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Today, Living Labs are increasingly promoted as innovative tools to deal with urban regeneration in Europe. In this contribution, we look at their potential in the context of the regeneration of large-scale social housing estates. Starting from the results of the research project SoHoLab (2017–2020) and building on the contributions of this book, we identify Living Labs as practices that are at the margin of key regeneration processes and actors but that nonetheless play an important, enabling role in triggering a more broadly supported approach to regeneration. We use the metaphor of the ‘interstice’ to identify Living Labs’ role of mediating across different social, institutional, disciplinary, departmental, and policy realms. Nevertheless, caution is warranted. Living Labs should not be considered the approach towards the urban regeneration of marginalized areas; their potential lies precisely in their hybrid and constantly transforming character. In order to steer regeneration practices and policies that are actually more inclusive, they should be accompanied by a critical and self-reflexive research attitude.

U ovom diplomskom radu analizira se učinkovitost i efikasnost ručnog i automatiziranog testiranja na primjeru web aplikacije „Swag Labs“ korištenjem alata za automatizirano testiranje „Playwright“. Daje se prikaz testnih slučajeva za ručno testiranje i testnih skripti za automatizirano testiranje. Temeljem rezultata istraživanja jasno se ističe razlika između navedenih vrsta testiranja te se daje zaključak o najboljim praksama za osiguravanje kvalitete proizvoda. Time se ističe važnost testiranja softvera kao primarnog koraka za osiguravanje kvalitete programskog proizvoda. Osim toga pojašnjavaju se različite metodologije i tehnike testiranja, kao što je testiranje crne, bijele i sive kutije te unakrsno testiranje, jedinično testiranje i regresijsko testiranje. Kako bi se važnost testiranja softvera u potpunosti razumjela prikazana je evolucija testiranja softverskih proizvoda kroz povijest. Time se ukazuje na razliku u testiranju softvera nekad i danas te se zaključuje da osiguravanje kvalitete programskog proizvoda ovisi o uključivanju testiranja od najranijih faza razvoja softvera. This thesis analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of manual and automated testing on the example of the web application "Swag Labs" using the automated testing tool "Playwright". Test cases for manual testing and test scripts for automated testing are presented. Based on the results of the research, the difference between the mentioned types of testing is clearly highlighted, and a conclusion is given on the best practices for ensuring product quality. This highlights the importance of software testing as a primary step for ensuring the quality of a software product. In addition, various testing methodologies and techniques are explained, such as black, white, and gray box testing, as well as cross-testing, unit testing, and regression testing. In order to fully understand the importance of software testing, the evolution of software product testing throughout history is presented. This indicates the difference in software testing then and now, and it is concluded that ensuring the quality of the software product depends on the inclusion of testing from the earliest stages of software development.

Una de las soluciones que muchos medios periodísticos adoptaron para adaptarse mejor a la disrupción digital fue la creación de laboratorios de innovación. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo conocer la organización y la estructura de los labs en medios en lengua española, así como la importancia adquirida en los procesos de innovación por nuevos perfiles profesionales no periodísticos que se han incorporado a sus redacciones. Se desarrolla un estudio de caso múltiple que compara labs de cinco organizaciones periodísticas: RTVE y El País (España), El Colombiano (Colombia), La Diaria (Uruguay) y Ojo Público (Perú). A través del análisis de sus innovaciones y de entrevistas a sus responsables, los resultados evidencian la existencia de dos tipos de laboratorios: los concebidos para renovar los formatos narrativos de medios tradicionales y los que nacen en medios jóvenes, que innovan en cualquier punto de la empresa e interactúan con públicos objetivos para generar nuevos proyectos, a veces independientes de la labor periodística. En estos labs son mayoritarios los perfiles no periodísticos, que aportan el potencial tecnológico-visual de las nuevas narrativas, extraen el máximo partido a los datos generados en las plataformas digitales y orientan con más precisión los nuevos productos a las necesidades del mercado. One of the solutions that many journalistic media have embraced in order to adapt more effectively to the digital disruption is the creation of innovation labs. The aim of this paper is to gain knowledge regarding the organisation and structure of such labs among Spanish-language media, as well as the impact on innovation by the new, non-journalistic professionals who have joined their newsrooms. This research involves a multi-case study that compares the laboratories of five journalistic organisations: RTVE and El País (Spain), El Colombiano (Colombia), La Diaria (Uruguay), and Ojo Público (Peru). By analysing their innovation projects, and through interviews with their managers, the results indicate two different types of laboratories: those designed to renew the narrative formats of traditional media; and those that originate in the new media. Both engage in innovation at all levels of the company and interact with the target audience to generate new projects, which are sometimes unrelated to journalistic work. The majority of the professionals in these labs have a non-journalistic profile, which enhances the technological and visual potential of the new narratives, making the most of the data generated on digital platforms, and accurately aligning new products with the needs of the market.

Innovation Labs als Räume für experimentelle Interaktions- und Forschungsprozesse haben sich zu einem prominenten Instrument für universitäre Wissens- und Technologietransferprozesse entwickelt. Als Gelegenheitsstruktur für kollaboratives Forschen und transformatives Experimentieren betrachten einige Universitäten und Hochschulen Innovation Labs als ein aussichtsreiches und zeitgemäßes Transferinstrument. Diese Räume sollen dabei behilflich sein, intensiver mit unterschiedlichen Stakeholdern zusammenzuarbeiten und gezielter Problemstellungen auf praktischer Ebene zu adressieren. Während zu Innovation Labs in verschiedenen Anwendungsfeldern inner- sowie außerhalb des universitären Wissens- und Technologietransfers umfangreiche Erkenntnisse erarbeitet wurden, ist wenig darüber bekannt, wie existierende Transfereinheiten zu Organisationen mit einer transformativen Ausrichtung weiterentwickelt werden können. Dahingehend verfolgt TransLab das Ziel den Bedarf an Methoden für eine gezielte Weiterentwicklung von Transferorganisationen an der Schnittstelle zwischen Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft zu adressieren. Als anwendungsorientierte Methode für die organisationale Weiterentwicklung von Transfereinrichtungen, umfasst TransLab praktische Handlungsschritte für die systematische Erarbeitung von organisationalen Kapazitäten, welche auf die Umsetzung von Transferaktivitäten mit einer transformativen Ausrichtung ausgelegt sind. Die Methode besteht aus vier Phasen, die in einer iterativen Schleife mündet. Auf der Grundlage der Erfassung und Bewertung existierender organisationaler Kapazitäten erfolgt die Ableitung von Handlungsmaßnahmen für eine Anpassung an eine transformative Ausrichtung. Daraufhin werden die erarbeiteten Handlungsmaßnahmen für eine gezielte Anpassung in Transferprojekten umgesetzt. Die vierte Phase mündet zugleich in einer iterativen Umsetzung der genannten Phasen. Dadurch ist die organisationale Weiterentwicklung langfristig auf dynamische Phasen einer koordinierten Veränderung und Anpassung ausgerichtet. Neben einer prozessorientierten Anwendungsbeschreibung liefert TransLab zudem inhaltliche Ressourcen für die Erfassung, Bewertung und systematische Erweiterung organisationaler Kapazitäten.

The present Deliverable 6.3 - “Report on the exchange visits learnings in the six SmartCulTour Living Labs” focuses on the hosting and travelling exchange experiences that have been undertaken among the six SmartCulTour Living Laboratories between May and October 2022. The main objective of such activities was to strengthen international cooperation between researchers, advisors and local stakeholders participating in the network of the Labs, develop opportunities for further international cooperation and learning, and support the transfer of knowledge on practical initiatives that could positively influence sustainable cultural tourism development at destination level. In order to boost the relevance of the learning experience, the Living Labs were divided into two groups, based on their typological and geographical coverage: the Split, Rotterdam and Vicenza Living Labs were gathered in an “urban cluster”, while the Utsjoki, Scheldeland and Huesca Living Lab were combined in a “rural cluster”. The exchange reports herein presented are divided per cluster and according to the chronological order of the visits. From a content-wise perspective, the exchange programmes of the Labs within the same cluster - urban or rural - have been designed with a view to maximising overall coherence and complementarity between the different strands of the activity. This report aims at presenting the objectives and results of the exchange programme hosted by each Living Lab, in light of its linkages with the experiences offered by the other two Labs of the same group, as well as the key persons met and potential opportunities for future development and cooperation. Overall, the exchange visit learnings were considered successful from both hosting and travelling Living Labs’ participants, as they proved to be helpful for LLs to test pilot and prototype interventions, exchange good practices on common challenges, and further delve into the potential for cultural tourism development linked to territorial resources, by also relying upon the feedback and inputs of other Labs’ academics and professionals from the cultural and tourism sector.

10Be is an important isotope for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) because of the demand for cosmogenic radionuclide dating methods in the earth science and paleo-sciences community. At the iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Science (iThemba LABS) we implemented full suppression of the interfering isobar 10B using a silicon nitride foil-stack, utilizing the 2+ charge state for high efficiency. We demonstrate the performance of this newly established AMS system using standards and test samples. We further present the results of an inter-comparison between iThemba LABS and the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, on AMS samples prepared from purified quartz at the University of Vermont. The results for 10Be from the laboratories are in close agreement, fully consistent with cross-calibration between them. AMS results for 26Al are in similarly good agreement, demonstrating the performance and accuracy of iThemba LABS for the most commonly measured in situ produced cosmogenic nuclides.

At first glance, Public Sector Innovation (PSI) Labs are gaining prominence within academic literature, the European Union (EU) and beyond. However, because of the relative newness and conceptual ambiguity of this concept, the exact contribution of these labs to theory and practice is still unclear. In addition, most research has been looking at case studies. This publication breaks new ground by elaborating on the concept and also by looking at the perception of these labs in different contexts, by comparing multiple labs in multiple countries. In doing so, we raised the question: ‘What is the perceived added value of Public Sector Innovation labs for further developing theory as well as for society?’ In order to answer this question, by way of an experiment, we combined theoretical research together with focus groups with members of the EU funded project Multi Disciplinary Innovation for Social Change (SHIINE) in combination with questionnaires to selected PSI labs, thus providing us with rich data. Our experimental methodology uncovered a conceptual bias that is probably existent in similar studies and needs to be acknowledged more. In addition, we found that PSI labs have developed over time into an amalgam of two competing concepts. To conclude, we believe that the specific potential of PSI labs as an internal space for innovation within institutions is underutilised. We believe this could be improved by acknowledging the specific aim of PSI labs in a co-creative setting between relevant stakeholders, such as Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted higher education worldwide. Higher education institutions needed to adapt very rapidly to the crisis and a new environment, and also needed to revise their role in society. Higher education institutions can contribute to social innovation through research, education and helping to address citizens’ issues and communities’ needs, which is why the creation of social labs by higher education institutions has increased in the last decades. Social labs are spaces where higher education institutions experiment and test new ideas. However, social labs at higher education institutions are still a relatively new phenomenon and have not yet been examined sufficiently. Moreover, it is not fully known how COVID-19 affected social labs’ activities and impacted their establishment. To reflect on the current reality, this article focuses on two research questions: (1) How were social lab activities and partnerships affected during the pandemic? and (2) What impact has COVID-19 had on social labs? To answer these questions, a quantitative survey was conducted, and the data was analysed by quantitative and qualitative methods. The results showed that the biggest challenge lies in organisational processes and human resources management. Yet, it should be noted that COVID-19 also provided opportunities. They are mainly linked with an impulse to develop innovations and increase digitisation in social labs. The study showed that social labs with flexible organisational processes and human resource management were more successful in their adaptation to crisis conditions caused by COVID-19. In summary, this article provides insight into social labs in higher education institutions by bridging an existing knowledge gap in scientific literature, and expands on it by investigating pandemics as having a crisis impact on social lab development.

The CREATE labs, a hybrid laboratory experience suitable for remote learning was developed at Imperial College in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To facilitate the transformation from traditional to remote labs, a systematic review of offered projects was carried out to identify where learning objectives could be met using remote-friendly options such as simulations. Essential physical experiments were performed through the use of various technologies including online collaboration software and first-person point of view cameras to enable a high level of student involvement. Student surveys and interviews confirmed a positive experience comparable to previous years with an improvement in feedback provision.

Climatic parameters need to be measured and necessary arrangements should be made according to these observations in order to be suitable for greenhouse climatic conditions in agricultural production. In agricultural production, it is important to know the temporal change of climatic values belonging to different locations of the greenhouse in order to ensure the comfort of plant growing environment. Today, the use of sensors determining various climatic parameters is becoming widespread. The design of the sensor system to include battery and wireless communication technology makes it easier to position the sensor in the desired position in the greenhouse. In this study, it was tried to determine the daily battery consumption of Silicon Labs Si7021 sensors used to determine temperature and humidity values in a greenhouse according to temperature and humidity values. In this study, 18 sensors were used and placed in different locations in the greenhouse. Temperature, relative humidity and sensor battery voltage measurements were carried out for twelve months between 2016-2017 in five minute intervals. From these values, daily average temperature, relative humidity and battery voltage changes were determined. Data were tested by ANOVA, regression and correlation analyzes. According to the results, it was investigated whether there was a significant relationship between the daily battery level change in the sensors used and the daily average temperature and humidity values. It is concluded that there is no strong relationship to create regression model between daily battery voltage change and two environmental parameters for all sensors., Tarımsal üretimde sera iklim şartlarına uygun olması için iklimsel parametrelerin ölçülmesi ve bu gözlemlere göre gerekli düzenlemelerin yapılması gerekmektedir. Tarımsal üretimde, bitki yetiştirme ortamının konforunu sağlamak için seranın farklı yerlerine ait iklim değerlerinin zamansal değişimini bilmek önemlidir. Günümüzde çeşitli iklim parametrelerini belirleyen sensörlerin kullanımı yaygınlaşmaktadır. Sensör sisteminin pil ve kablosuz iletişim teknolojisini içerecek şekilde tasarlanması, sensörün serada istenilen konuma konumlandırılmasını kolaylaştırır. Bu çalışmada, bir serada sıcaklık ve nem değerlerinin belirlenmesinde kullanılan Silicon Labs Si7021 sensörlerinin günlük pil tüketiminin sıcaklık ve nem değerlerine göre belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada 18 adet sensor kullanılmış ve serada farklı yerlere yerleştirilmiştir. 2016-2017 yılları arasında on iki ay boyunca beş dakikalık aralıklarla sıcaklık, bağıl nem ve sensor pil voltajı ölçümleri yapılmıştır. Bu değerlerden günlük ortalama sıcaklık, bağıl nem ve akü voltaj değişimi belirlenmiştir. Veriler ANOVA, regresyon ve korelasyon analizleri ile test edildi. İstatistiksel analiz sonuçlarına göre, kullanılan sensörlerde günlük pil seviyesi değişimi ile günlük ortalama sıcaklık ve nem değerleri arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olup olmadığı araştırılmıştır. Tüm sensörler için günlük pil voltajı değişimi ile iki çevresel parametere arasında regresyon modeli oluşturmak için güçlü bir ilişki olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır.

Until recently, it had not been certain to what extent the integration of SMEs in Living Labs, as a special form of open innovation ecosystems, actually leads to successful commercialization of (sustainable) products and/or services. Today, while the effectiveness of publicly funded innovation projects is increasingly being debated, especially by European policymakers, who once hoped to solve the European paradox through this type of public-private-people partnership, this article can prove that in parts of the innovation process—and this includes, in particular, the sustainable innovation output—an increase in innovation performance on the site of the SMEs can be detected. Based on the concept of program evaluation, the effects on SMEs’ innovation are determined with a preliminary qualitative study. The impact of Living Lab projects on innovation output, activities, capabilities, and knowledge flows of 12 European SMEs are then empirically tested in a quantitative study. Significant effects on the innovation performance of SMEs resulting from participation in Living Labs are identified. According to this study, Living Lab projects mainly influence the sustainable innovation output and knowledge flows of SMEs.

Until recently, it had not been certain to what extent the integration of SMEs in Living Labs, as a special form of open innovation ecosystems, actually leads to successful commercialization of (sustainable) products and/or services. Today, while the effectiveness of publicly funded innovation projects is increasingly being debated, especially by European policymakers, who once hoped to solve the European paradox through this type of public-private-people partnership, this article can prove that in parts of the innovation process—and this includes, in particular, the sustainable innovation output—an increase in innovation performance on the site of the SMEs can be detected. Based on the concept of program evaluation, the effects on SMEs’ innovation are determined with a preliminary qualitative study. The impact of Living Lab projects on innovation output, activities, capabilities, and knowledge flows of 12 European SMEs are then empirically tested in a quantitative study. Significant effects on the innovation performance of SMEs resulting from participation in Living Labs are identified. According to this study, Living Lab projects mainly influence the sustainable innovation output and knowledge flows of SMEs.

The challenges to public policy brought by climate change are some of the biggest challenges for cities around the world. These challenges are costlier and more substantial for low-income communities given the existence of their greater social and economic vulnerability. Among the existing tools, this paper highlights the role played by urban living labs (ULLs), which have been discussed in the literature as a booster of urban resilience in a more sustainable direction. By considering ULLs as strategic institutional arrangements that seek resilience for the critical urban infrastructure challenges of climate change, the main target of this paper is to analyze ULLs as a strategy for increasing critical infrastructure resilience in the region of the Global South. These labs were initiated in developed countries, so we can ask: How are developing countries adapting this strategy in order to mitigate the problems of climate change? To achieve this goal, we reviewed previous literature on ULLs, specifically looking for case studies with ULL projects and highlighting the processes of public innovation policies and transfers of knowledge between countries; in order to complement our empirical analysis, we carried out a case study on Brazil. Despite the limitations of the sample, the data suggest the existence of different barriers to the implementation of ULL projects in Brazil compared to those in European cities.

Could it be said that you are encountering any illnesses or desolations in the body? Is it true or not that you are having issues nodding off around evening time? Most people take appropriate consideration of their actual wellbeing and fail to remember their clairvoyant wellbeing. Be that as it may, our emotional well-being is similarly fundamental as our actual wellbeing. There are people who are into cannabidiol use as the utilization of drug medications can cause fixation or reliance on the routine. So important to follow better choices diminish all the pressure, tension, misery, constant agony, joint pain, and numerous other medical problems.

Research has provided ample evidence for the performance-enhancing effect of diversity on a wide range of organizational outcomes (Terjesen et al. 2009). The positive effects are manifold and range from better decision-making and corporate governance through better financial performance (Post and Byron 2015), more creativity and innovativeness to more responsible and ethical business conduct (Pechersky et al. 2016). In the context of Research & Innovation (R & I), the cooperation of a diversity of stakeholders has been shown to promote more responsible or ethical business practices (Wood 2002).

Data Laboratories (Data Labs)—by which we mean a collaborative, group-based research program that can be conducted inside and/or outside of the classroom and is designed to generate observational datasets—have numerous advantages for undergraduate learning and scholarly research. Undergraduate researchers in Data Labs learn about the actual process of collecting and constructing research-quality data—a skillset that is relevant for both academic and workplace opportunities but otherwise under-covered in most undergraduate political science degrees. This article discusses our experiences in founding and running Data Labs, general guidelines for effective lab structure, positive impacts on undergraduate learning and research output, and challenges to consider.

The growing importance of public innovation has been manifested through the creation of policy labs: spaces for policy experimentation and innovation that work for or within a government entity. The rise of this phenomenon in Europe was evidenced by the creation of a policy lab by the European Commission (EC) in 2016 and the publication by the EC of a report identifying policy labs and their influencers in Europe. Public innovation is increasingly based on national and international networks, giving rise to complex ecosystems involving participation by multiple actors from countries with different administrative approaches. Our study uses social network analysis of these labs’ Twitter profile data to map the European Union’s (EU) public innovation ecosystem and identify the major influencers. Policy labs and their influencers are analyzed by administration style by using a large geographical database. The results reveal a complex global network of influencers and a strong predominance of the Anglo-Saxon administration style. From an EU perspective, our systematic analysis of influence is particularly important in the post-Brexit context, helping to foster a genuine public innovation ecosystem that is both autonomous and interconnected with the aim of facing challenges such as the Sustainable Development Agenda and COVID-19 crisis recovery.

Presentatie "Living labs: past, present & future" tijdens meeting van Knowledge alliance for Social Innovation in Shrinking villages (KINESIS)