Jointly experimenting for transformation? Shaping real-world laboratories by comparing them
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In: GAIA, Vol. 27, 01.01.2018, p. 85-96.
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T1 - Jointly experimenting for transformation?
T2 - Shaping real-world laboratories by comparing them
AU - Schäpke, Niko
AU - Stelzer, Franziska
AU - Caniglia, Guido
AU - Bergmann, Matthias
AU - Wanner, Matthias
AU - Singer-Brodowski, Mandy
AU - Loorbach, Derk
AU - Olsson, Per
AU - Baedeker, Carolin
AU - Lang, Daniel J.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Real-world laboratories (RwLs, German Reallabore) belong to a family of increasingly popular experimental and transdisciplinary research approaches at the science-society interface. As these approaches in general, and RwLs in particular, often lack clear definitions of key characteristics and their operationalization, we make two contributions in this article. First, we identify five core characteristics of RwLs: contribution to transformation, experimental methods, transdisciplinary research mode, scalability and transferability of results, as well as scientific and societal learning and reflexivity. Second, we compare RwLs to similar research approaches according to the five characteristics. In this way, we provide an orientation on experimental and transdisciplin ary research for societal transformations, and reveal the contributions of this type of research in supporting societal change. Our findings enable learning across the different approaches and highlight their complementarities, with a particular focus on RwLs.
AB - Real-world laboratories (RwLs, German Reallabore) belong to a family of increasingly popular experimental and transdisciplinary research approaches at the science-society interface. As these approaches in general, and RwLs in particular, often lack clear definitions of key characteristics and their operationalization, we make two contributions in this article. First, we identify five core characteristics of RwLs: contribution to transformation, experimental methods, transdisciplinary research mode, scalability and transferability of results, as well as scientific and societal learning and reflexivity. Second, we compare RwLs to similar research approaches according to the five characteristics. In this way, we provide an orientation on experimental and transdisciplin ary research for societal transformations, and reveal the contributions of this type of research in supporting societal change. Our findings enable learning across the different approaches and highlight their complementarities, with a particular focus on RwLs.
KW - Living labs
KW - Real-world laboratory
KW - Reallabor
KW - Societal transformations
KW - Sustainability transitions
KW - Transdisciplinarity
KW - Transformation labs
KW - Urban transition labs
KW - Sustainability Science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046150920&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.14512/gaia.27.S1.16
DO - 10.14512/gaia.27.S1.16
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85046150920
VL - 27
SP - 85
EP - 96
JO - GAIA
JF - GAIA
SN - 0940-5550
ER -