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Living labs deploy contemporary open and user-centred engagement processes in real-world contexts where all relevant stakeholders are involved and engaged with the endeavour to create and experiment with different innovations. The approach is evidently successful and builds on the perspective that people have a democratic right to have influence over changes that might affect them, such as those brought about by an innovation. In this article, we will reflect on and discuss a case in which end users took part in the development of a method that stimulates learning and adoption of digital innovations in their own homes while testing and interacting with it. The results show that, when end users were stimulated to use the implemented innovation through different explicit assignments, they both increased their understanding of the situation as well as changed their behaviour. Living lab processes are complex and dynamic, and we find that it is essential that a living lab have the capability to adjust its roles and actions. We argue that being reflective is beneficial for innovation process managers in living labs because it allows them to adjust processes in response to dynamic circumstances. ; Validerad; 2017; Nivå 2; 2017-04-03 (andbra) ; Enabling Crowd-sourcing based privacy protection for smartphone applications, websites and Internet of Things deployments, PrivacyFlag ; User Engagement for Large Scale Pilots in the Internet of Things, U4IoT

Top experts in Living Lab research and practice from the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) have contributed to the Living Lab Methodology Handbook by sharing their knowledge on the most recent findings on the topic. This handbook introduces research background and serves as a practical guidance for researchers and practitioners on Living Lab methodologies, co-creation and user engagement. It also aims to inspire the reader with the lessons learned from thorough research together with practical experiences from real-life cases. The handbook is specifically focusing on the topical area of Internet of Things, and explains how the Living Lab approach can greatly support the research and development activities in that area. This handbook was initiated under the coordination and support action "User Engagement for Large Scale Pilots in the Internet of Things" (U4IoT) that provides online and offline toolkits, workshops and other forms of support to actively engage end-users and citizens in the pilot projects of European IoT Large-scale pilots programme. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation under grant agreement No 732078.

Environmental issues are a reoccurring discussion topic among politicians, researchers and citizens all around the world. Climate changes and pollution are both important issues that need to be dealt with to slow down their impact. Within the IS area, the acknowledgement of these issues has been slow, and it is now time to start contributing. In this paper an illustration of an approach to user interaction for energy saving is given. We present a research project in which a visual energy information system has been co-created and installed in an elementary school. The effects of the system on the pupils and staff energy consumption behaviour are evident. The school have save approximately 20% on lightning in their classrooms. Based on the pupil's feedback during the project, we present five factors that are important to consider when designing energy visualisations. ; Godkänd; 2012; 20121123 (joslas)