Conference Agenda

Living labs have become a common format for shaping transdisciplinary research on environmental issues. Living labs are places where researchers from a wide range of disciplines engage with societal stakeholders to better understand environmental issues, and to co-design and implement experimental strategies to solve these issues. In spite of the popularity of the living lab approach, realizing productive interactions and shaping transdisciplinary research remains challenging. In this innovative and hybrid session we aim to draw lessons from experienced gained with transdisciplinary research in living labs. Representatives of living labs for biodiversity restoration; soil, water and drought; and flood risk management will kick-off with short pitches in which they present key issues they are struggling with, such as: how to bridge agendas and frames of researchers and practitioners; how to sustain living labs (after funding ends); and how to upscale the innovations developed within the living lab. After the pitches these issues will be discussed in a world café setting with different tables. Some of these tables will be physically at the Radboud University, others online. Online group discussion will be facilitated by using Miro Software. After a break the results of the group discussions will be briefly summarized and presented, after which there is room for physical and online Q&A.