@inproceedings{01H2WEJMG6X1HGG3Y3D80EA25B,
  abstract     = {{Over the past decade, Open Innovation (OI) literature has extended its scope beyond
strictly economical contexts to the context of societal value creation. This has given rise to the notion
of distributed knowledge as drivers for sustainable innovation development. In the past 15 years, the
concept of Urban Living Labs has gained popularity to put the social open innovation paradigm into
practice. Hence this project format is being embedded within city environments aimed to support
transition processes that try to tackle wicked problems. However, today, a fuzzy understanding exists
regarding the concept of ULLs, due to an unclear understanding on its value creation within
ecosystem environments. Therefore, this paper aims to conceptualise and gain more understanding
on how ULLs are instrumentalized and create value, according to the perspective of ecosystem
stakeholders who participated in such a project. To gain these insights, this study starts from a single
case study in which a multimethod qualitative research design was conducted. This research design
consisted of 20 semi-structured key-informant interviews, 4 focus groups and a participatory
observation. The results show that there is a clear value for the participating stakeholders which can
be summarised in two main clusters:1) the ULL as a way to build and strengthen the capacities of
participating stakeholders; and 2) the ULL as a way to facilitate meaningful interaction in urban
transition processes.}},
  author       = {{Robaeyst, Ben and Baccarne, Bastiaan}},
  booktitle    = {{XXXIV ISPIM Innovation Conference, Proceedings}},
  isbn         = {{9789526506937}},
  keywords     = {{Social Open Innovation,Urban Living Labs,Urban Innovation development,Value,creation,Urban Transition,Qualitative research,key-informants,semi-structured interviews, focus,groups, participatory observation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{Ljubljana, Slovenia}},
  pages        = {{1--14}},
  title        = {{A qualitative analysis of the value creation of urban living labs}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}