The research within this project shall be conducted in an environment called Living Lab. In the planed Living Lab ecotoxicological results will be connected to medical results in the field of CKD.
In publications by Holst, Ståhlbröst & Bergvall-Kåreborn (2010) and Eriksson, Niitamo & Kulkki (2005) the concept called Living Lab is described. According to this concept a Living Lab is an environment, a system and a systemic approach to develop innovations. Research and development strategies are used for the creation as well as for the development and validation of certain services and products. The innovations in the Living Lab are developed in cooperation between different institutions involved in the Living Lab, called stakeholders, and the population. The innovations are developed under realisitc conditions in the familiar sourrounding of the population (Geerts, 2011). Eriksson, Niitamo & Kulkki (2005) describe this method as a “ method for the acquisition, prototyping, validation and development of complex solutions in diverse and changing contexts of real life”. The consumer can be called a “coproducer” through the involvement of the intended consumer of the product or service in the development process (Ballon, Pierson & Delaere, 2005).
The method Living Lab is widely used in developing and developed countries. In 2006 some Living Labs located in Europe founded European Network of Living Labs (EnoLL), which consists at the moment of about more than 300 Living Labs. According to EnoLL a Living Lab is a environment for test and experiments, in which innovations are developed in collaboration between the stakeholders and the Living Lab inhabitanats under realistic conditions (European Network of Living Labs, 2013).
In Southern Africa Living Labs were connected together to a network called LLiSA - Living Labs in Southern Africa. In these Living Labs research is conducted inter alia to study the usage and the application of information and communication technology in rural areas of southern Africa (Herselman, 2011). The Siyakhula Living Lab (Eastern Cape , South Africa) can be regarded as a successful Living Lab, in which research, development and training in the area of communication technologies for rural areas is conducted (Gumbo, Thinyane, Thinyane , Terzoli & Hansen, 2012).
In short terms a Living Lab can be seen as an environment for user driven innovation to solve a specific problem. A group of persons or a community work together with different stakeholders, like representatives from the politics, industry, authorities, scientists, NGOS, educational facilities. The stakeholder can deliver possible solutions to solve the problem whereby in a process the community members can decide what solution might help them or how a solution can be improved.
In publications by Holst, Ståhlbröst & Bergvall-Kåreborn (2010) and Eriksson, Niitamo & Kulkki (2005) the concept called Living Lab is described. According to this concept a Living Lab is an environment, a system and a systemic approach to develop innovations. Research and development strategies are used for the creation as well as for the development and validation of certain services and products. The innovations in the Living Lab are developed in cooperation between different institutions involved in the Living Lab, called stakeholders, and the population. The innovations are developed under realisitc conditions in the familiar sourrounding of the population (Geerts, 2011). Eriksson, Niitamo & Kulkki (2005) describe this method as a “ method for the acquisition, prototyping, validation and development of complex solutions in diverse and changing contexts of real life”. The consumer can be called a “coproducer” through the involvement of the intended consumer of the product or service in the development process (Ballon, Pierson & Delaere, 2005).
The method Living Lab is widely used in developing and developed countries. In 2006 some Living Labs located in Europe founded European Network of Living Labs (EnoLL), which consists at the moment of about more than 300 Living Labs. According to EnoLL a Living Lab is a environment for test and experiments, in which innovations are developed in collaboration between the stakeholders and the Living Lab inhabitanats under realistic conditions (European Network of Living Labs, 2013).
In Southern Africa Living Labs were connected together to a network called LLiSA - Living Labs in Southern Africa. In these Living Labs research is conducted inter alia to study the usage and the application of information and communication technology in rural areas of southern Africa (Herselman, 2011). The Siyakhula Living Lab (Eastern Cape , South Africa) can be regarded as a successful Living Lab, in which research, development and training in the area of communication technologies for rural areas is conducted (Gumbo, Thinyane, Thinyane , Terzoli & Hansen, 2012).
In short terms a Living Lab can be seen as an environment for user driven innovation to solve a specific problem. A group of persons or a community work together with different stakeholders, like representatives from the politics, industry, authorities, scientists, NGOS, educational facilities. The stakeholder can deliver possible solutions to solve the problem whereby in a process the community members can decide what solution might help them or how a solution can be improved.