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Innovation through the Quintuple Helix in living labs: lessons learned for a transformation from lab to ecosystem
INTRODUCTION: In the process of growing societies, and especially in the digital era we live in, there is a need for a strong push for innovation that puts citizens at the center of the process from the beginning to build more resilient, cooperative and flexible communities. Different collaborative...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10436200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37601223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1176598 |
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author | Merino-Barbancho, Beatriz Abril Jiménez, Patricia Mallo, Irene Lombroni, Ivana Cea, Gloria López Nebreda, Cristina Cabrera, María Fernanda Fico, Giuseppe Arredondo, María Teresa |
author_facet | Merino-Barbancho, Beatriz Abril Jiménez, Patricia Mallo, Irene Lombroni, Ivana Cea, Gloria López Nebreda, Cristina Cabrera, María Fernanda Fico, Giuseppe Arredondo, María Teresa |
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description | INTRODUCTION: In the process of growing societies, and especially in the digital era we live in, there is a need for a strong push for innovation that puts citizens at the center of the process from the beginning to build more resilient, cooperative and flexible communities. Different collaborative design approaches have emerged in recent decades, one of the most interesting being Living Labs, which involves user-centered design and co-creative innovation that bring together different actors and roles. However, although these new methodologies are harnessing creativity, some aspects of this new, more ecosystemic and complex vision are not clearly understood: possible barriers, how to facilitate local and operational solutions, overcoming institutional blockage, integrating new roles, etc. METHODS: The incorporation of the Quintuple Helix as a driver to ensure greater coordinated participation of local actors has proven its usefulness and impact during the re-adaptation of LifeSpace (previously named Smart House Living Lab), managed by the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain), a transformation based on the experiences and lessons learned during the large-scale ACTIVAGE pilot funded by the European Commission, more specifically at the Madrid Deployment Site. It involved more than 350 older adult people and other stakeholders from different areas, including family members, formal and informal caregivers, hospital service managers, third-age associations, and public service providers, forming a sense of community, which was called MAHA. RESULTS: The living lab infrastructure evolved from a single multi-purpose environment to incorporate three harmoniously competing environments: (1) THE LAB: Headquarters for planning, demonstration, initial design phases and entry point for newcomers to the process, (2) THE CLUB: Controlled interaction environment where returning users validate solutions, focusing mainly on AHA services (MAHA CLUB), such as exergames, social interaction applications, brain training activities, etc. (3) THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: Real-life environments for free and open interaction between actors and implementation of previously validated and tested solutions. CONCLUSION: The Quintuple Helix model applied in LifeSpace’s new vision allows a coordinated involvement of a more diverse set of actors, beyond the end-users and especially those who are not traditionally part of research and innovation processes. |
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spelling | pubmed-104362002023-08-19 Innovation through the Quintuple Helix in living labs: lessons learned for a transformation from lab to ecosystem Merino-Barbancho, Beatriz Abril Jiménez, Patricia Mallo, Irene Lombroni, Ivana Cea, Gloria López Nebreda, Cristina Cabrera, María Fernanda Fico, Giuseppe Arredondo, María Teresa Front Public Health Public Health INTRODUCTION: In the process of growing societies, and especially in the digital era we live in, there is a need for a strong push for innovation that puts citizens at the center of the process from the beginning to build more resilient, cooperative and flexible communities. Different collaborative design approaches have emerged in recent decades, one of the most interesting being Living Labs, which involves user-centered design and co-creative innovation that bring together different actors and roles. However, although these new methodologies are harnessing creativity, some aspects of this new, more ecosystemic and complex vision are not clearly understood: possible barriers, how to facilitate local and operational solutions, overcoming institutional blockage, integrating new roles, etc. METHODS: The incorporation of the Quintuple Helix as a driver to ensure greater coordinated participation of local actors has proven its usefulness and impact during the re-adaptation of LifeSpace (previously named Smart House Living Lab), managed by the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain), a transformation based on the experiences and lessons learned during the large-scale ACTIVAGE pilot funded by the European Commission, more specifically at the Madrid Deployment Site. It involved more than 350 older adult people and other stakeholders from different areas, including family members, formal and informal caregivers, hospital service managers, third-age associations, and public service providers, forming a sense of community, which was called MAHA. RESULTS: The living lab infrastructure evolved from a single multi-purpose environment to incorporate three harmoniously competing environments: (1) THE LAB: Headquarters for planning, demonstration, initial design phases and entry point for newcomers to the process, (2) THE CLUB: Controlled interaction environment where returning users validate solutions, focusing mainly on AHA services (MAHA CLUB), such as exergames, social interaction applications, brain training activities, etc. (3) THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: Real-life environments for free and open interaction between actors and implementation of previously validated and tested solutions. CONCLUSION: The Quintuple Helix model applied in LifeSpace’s new vision allows a coordinated involvement of a more diverse set of actors, beyond the end-users and especially those who are not traditionally part of research and innovation processes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10436200/ /pubmed/37601223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1176598 Text en Copyright © 2023 Merino-Barbancho, Abril Jiménez, Mallo, Lombroni, Cea, López Nebreda, Cabrera, Fico and Arredondo. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Merino-Barbancho, Beatriz Abril Jiménez, Patricia Mallo, Irene Lombroni, Ivana Cea, Gloria López Nebreda, Cristina Cabrera, María Fernanda Fico, Giuseppe Arredondo, María Teresa Innovation through the Quintuple Helix in living labs: lessons learned for a transformation from lab to ecosystem |
title | Innovation through the Quintuple Helix in living labs: lessons learned for a transformation from lab to ecosystem |
title_full | Innovation through the Quintuple Helix in living labs: lessons learned for a transformation from lab to ecosystem |
title_fullStr | Innovation through the Quintuple Helix in living labs: lessons learned for a transformation from lab to ecosystem |
title_full_unstemmed | Innovation through the Quintuple Helix in living labs: lessons learned for a transformation from lab to ecosystem |
title_short | Innovation through the Quintuple Helix in living labs: lessons learned for a transformation from lab to ecosystem |
title_sort | innovation through the quintuple helix in living labs: lessons learned for a transformation from lab to ecosystem |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10436200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37601223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1176598 |
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