Living Labs

Governments, businesses, research institutes and society are increasingly working together to enable a transition to such sustainable systems, for example how dairy farming in low-lying peatland areas can deal with climate change or how to make the production of French fries more sustainable. Such collaborative platforms are often called living labs. In living labs, stakeholders learn together by exploring the barriers and possibilities for transition and to co-create appropriate and viable solutions. Participants of these living labs would like to assess the performance of their living labs while they evolve and whether they still meet the needs and expectations of the participants. Others, such as the financiers, would also like to know how the living lab performs.