Balancing Potential and Risk: The Living Lab Approach in Mobile Participation Research
(2017) 10429. p.12-23- Abstract
- Living labs as a research approach have been said to hold many promises regarding the evaluation of state-of-the art technologies in real-world contexts, for instance by allowing close cooperation with various stakeholders. At the same time, a living lab approach is connected with substantial complexity and increased risk. This paper elaborates on a conducted living lab with the objective to explore challenges and opportunities of mobile participation. For this purpose, a novel mobile application enabling interaction between citizens and city authorities was tested over a period of five months in Turku, Finland. In this paper, we describe identified risks associated with a living lab approach to mobile participation research. We conclude... (More)
- Living labs as a research approach have been said to hold many promises regarding the evaluation of state-of-the art technologies in real-world contexts, for instance by allowing close cooperation with various stakeholders. At the same time, a living lab approach is connected with substantial complexity and increased risk. This paper elaborates on a conducted living lab with the objective to explore challenges and opportunities of mobile participation. For this purpose, a novel mobile application enabling interaction between citizens and city authorities was tested over a period of five months in Turku, Finland. In this paper, we describe identified risks associated with a living lab approach to mobile participation research. We conclude with an overall evaluation regarding the appropriateness of the living lab approach within the e-participation research field and provide recommendations on how to balance potential and risk in future projects. (Less)
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- Adenskog, Magnus LU ; Åström, Joachim ; Ertiö, Titiana ; Ruoppila, Sampo ; Karlsson, Martin and Thiel, Sarah-Kristin
- publishing date
- 2017-09-25
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- host publication
- Electronic Participation. ePart 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- editor
- Parycek, P.
- volume
- 10429
- pages
- 12 - 23
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- Springer
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- scopus:85028959886
- language
- English
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- no
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abstract = {{Living labs as a research approach have been said to hold many promises regarding the evaluation of state-of-the art technologies in real-world contexts, for instance by allowing close cooperation with various stakeholders. At the same time, a living lab approach is connected with substantial complexity and increased risk. This paper elaborates on a conducted living lab with the objective to explore challenges and opportunities of mobile participation. For this purpose, a novel mobile application enabling interaction between citizens and city authorities was tested over a period of five months in Turku, Finland. In this paper, we describe identified risks associated with a living lab approach to mobile participation research. We conclude with an overall evaluation regarding the appropriateness of the living lab approach within the e-participation research field and provide recommendations on how to balance potential and risk in future projects.}},
author = {{Adenskog, Magnus and Åström, Joachim and Ertiö, Titiana and Ruoppila, Sampo and Karlsson, Martin and Thiel, Sarah-Kristin}},
booktitle = {{Electronic Participation. ePart 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science}},
editor = {{Parycek, P.}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{09}},
pages = {{12--23}},
publisher = {{Springer}},
title = {{Balancing Potential and Risk: The Living Lab Approach in Mobile Participation Research}},
url = {{https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-64322-9_2}},
volume = {{10429}},
year = {{2017}},
}