Collaborative Innovation Living Lab

The Collaborative Innovation Living Lab provides a supported environment where partners can explore challenges, develop ideas, test them with the people affected, and understand what works, what doesn’t, and why. The Lab is part of the Faculty of Health, Innovation, Technology and Science and works across health, care, technology and wider civic and public service contexts.

It brings together people who experience a problem, those who deliver or commission services, and those who design solutions. The Lab supports partners at different stages of innovation and change. This includes helping organisations clarify a challenge, shape an idea, test early concepts, or evaluate something already in use.

The Living Lab works with: researchers; public sector bodies; NHS organisations; local authorities; community and voluntary organisations; SMEs; academic teams.

Areas of work:

• Education and/or Vocational Training
• Emerging Technologies (e.g. AI, AR/VR)
• Environment/Climate Change
• Health and Well-being
• Regulatory Learning
• Smart Cities and Regions
• SME and Start-ups
• Social Innovation and Inclusion
• Water (Blue Economy)
• Zero Pollution and Decarbonization