Call for Chapters on Living Labs – Innovating by Co-Creating with Users in Real-Life Environments

This an open call for chapters on Living Labs in an upcoming book of Living Lab on Springer, an academic publisher, scheduled for publication in early 2015.

This an open call for chapters on Living Labs in an upcoming book of Living Lab on Springer, an academic publisher, scheduled for publication in early 2015.

The theme of this Living Lab book will be “Living Labs –Innovating by Co-Creating with Users in Real-Life Environments”. We invite you to propose a 4,500-6,500 words chapter on a topic you wish to write about. This edited volume brings together both academics and managers from fields of innovation and other fields applying living labs, living laboratories, and living labbing to explore the benefits and challenges living labs provide for variety of stakeholders. State-of-the-art research from different perspectives together with a sample of best living labs practices around the world will suit the needs of professionals and researchers alike.

Time is short. Please submit your chapter proposal by March 1st 2014 (max. 500 word abstract).

Find more information on the motivations, research methods and other supporting information concerning this book here.

We look forward to your contributions to the edited Living Lab book and hope you will help this publication make a global impact on the scholarly knowledge and practical growth of Living Labs. We especially encourage book chapters based on practical knowledge and experience on Living Labs. We also welcome your comments and questions. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions and would like to know about about this call:

Prof., Dr. Esteve Almirall
ESADE, Spain
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Adjunct Prof., Dr. (Econ.) Seppo Leminen
Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Aalto University School of Business, Finland
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Prof., Dr. (Econ.) Mika Westerlund
Carleton University, Canada
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