Investigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs : Insights from the Swedish Context

Urban Living Labs emerged in the past decade as spatially embedded multi-stakeholder integrating forms of urban experimentation. They pose as key-nodes for transforming urban governance and generating new, innovative responses to pressing wicked planning and sustainability issues for cities in trans...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iliopoulos, Spilios
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: KTH, Urbana och regionala studier 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278521
id ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-kth-278521
record_format oai_dc
spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-kth-2785212020-07-15T07:09:31ZInvestigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs : Insights from the Swedish ContextengEn undersökning av den transformativa kapaciteten hos urbana experiment : Lärdomar från urban living labs i svensk kontextIliopoulos, SpiliosKTH, Urbana och regionala studier2020Swedenurban experimentationliving labsurban governancesustainabilitytransitionsOther Social SciencesAnnan samhällsvetenskapUrban Living Labs emerged in the past decade as spatially embedded multi-stakeholder integrating forms of urban experimentation. They pose as key-nodes for transforming urban governance and generating new, innovative responses to pressing wicked planning and sustainability issues for cities in transition. In Sweden various such projects have been initiated in various locales as parts of European projects that connect different locales. The present Degree Project seeks to examine mechanisms through which Urban Living Labs seek the transformation of established structures towards a more sustainable future in the Swedish context. It does so by analyzing five such projects that have been established in different urban areas in Sweden. In this process it also examines the roles of main actors who play a prominent role in the framework of this form of urban experimentation. This is succeeded through employing a mixed-method approach as a response to the above questions. The main findings point towards the need for extensive networking and exchange of practices between different locales within Sweden and highlight the potentials of urban experimentation for the transformation of the role of main actors. The present Degree Project concludes by reflecting on the future of Urban Living Labs and urban experimentation. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278521TRITA-ABE-MBT ; 20606application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
collection NDLTD
language English
format Others
sources NDLTD
topic Sweden
urban experimentation
living labs
urban governance
sustainability
transitions
Other Social Sciences
Annan samhällsvetenskap
spellingShingle Sweden
urban experimentation
living labs
urban governance
sustainability
transitions
Other Social Sciences
Annan samhällsvetenskap
Iliopoulos, Spilios
Investigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs : Insights from the Swedish Context
description Urban Living Labs emerged in the past decade as spatially embedded multi-stakeholder integrating forms of urban experimentation. They pose as key-nodes for transforming urban governance and generating new, innovative responses to pressing wicked planning and sustainability issues for cities in transition. In Sweden various such projects have been initiated in various locales as parts of European projects that connect different locales. The present Degree Project seeks to examine mechanisms through which Urban Living Labs seek the transformation of established structures towards a more sustainable future in the Swedish context. It does so by analyzing five such projects that have been established in different urban areas in Sweden. In this process it also examines the roles of main actors who play a prominent role in the framework of this form of urban experimentation. This is succeeded through employing a mixed-method approach as a response to the above questions. The main findings point towards the need for extensive networking and exchange of practices between different locales within Sweden and highlight the potentials of urban experimentation for the transformation of the role of main actors. The present Degree Project concludes by reflecting on the future of Urban Living Labs and urban experimentation.
author Iliopoulos, Spilios
author_facet Iliopoulos, Spilios
author_sort Iliopoulos, Spilios
title Investigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs : Insights from the Swedish Context
title_short Investigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs : Insights from the Swedish Context
title_full Investigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs : Insights from the Swedish Context
title_fullStr Investigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs : Insights from the Swedish Context
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs : Insights from the Swedish Context
title_sort investigating the transformative capacity of urban experimentation . the case of urban living labs : insights from the swedish context
publisher KTH, Urbana och regionala studier
publishDate 2020
url http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278521
work_keys_str_mv AT iliopoulosspilios investigatingthetransformativecapacityofurbanexperimentationthecaseofurbanlivinglabsinsightsfromtheswedishcontext
AT iliopoulosspilios enundersokningavdentransformativakapacitetenhosurbanaexperimentlardomarfranurbanlivinglabsisvenskkontext
_version_ 1719329211176452096