Living Labs are spaces for innovative and participative research, development and activities that use multidisciplinary approaches and promote the co-creation paradigm. Our specific interest lies in exploring the value of the Living Lab concept for creating environments that enable equal opportunities for people living in rural and urban areas, and for making rural areas attractive places to live. Moreover, through the existing practices and research results available, Living Labs are seen as one of the important building blocks of smart rural development and an important step towards establishing a Smart Village environment. Living Labs are a valuable player in enhancing circular economy, digital transformation, local self-sufficiency and other elements of sustainable living. The main aim of this paper is therefore to put Living Labs in the context of rural areas and evaluate their possible contributions for sustainable rural development. This paper argues that the element of community and social change should be considered as a key element in enabling sustainable living.
Pobuda, imenovana Demola, je nastala v finskem mestu Tampere. Kdor mesto pozna, ve, da je to zelo inovativno okolje, kjer ima sedež veliko naprednih in visokotehnoloških podjetij. Prav ta podjetja so spodbudila nastanek prvih projektov v okviru Demole. Zanimalo jih je, kako na njihove storitve in rešitve, ki jih ponujajo na trgu, gledajo mladi ter kako bi se z njihovimi vsakodnevnimi problemi in izzivi spopadli posamezniki, ki niso obremenjeni s tem, kaj »se da« in česa se »ne da«, ter ob tem tudi ne poznajo zgodovine podjetja, panoge in podobno. Podjetja so opisala svoje izzive in jih predala v reševanje multidisciplinarnim ekipam študentov.
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