Llio – Living lab en innovation ouverte

The Open Innovation Living Lab (LLio) is a centre for research and transfer of open innovative practices. Its mission is to facilitate the adoption of open innovation practices, in particular those involving users. The LLio’s field is a research centre that intervenes in innovative social practices, both in the context of social and technological innovation. As its specialty concerns the adoption of open innovation practices, it explores, experiments, adapts, develops, and applies methods, devices, and tools such as Fab Lab, Design Thinking/Service Design, co-creation, empathy, serious games, and prototyping. LLio mainly uses the Living Lab approach to oversee the deployment of these tools and principles. The Centre does research and intervention in open innovation. To succeed in this transfer role, the LLio is interested in: i) OI practices, actors, spaces, and scales; ii) the capacity to innovate of people, organizations, and territories; iii) the evaluation of this capacity and its impact.

Areas of work:

• Agriculture and (Agri-) Food
• Circular Economy
• Culture and Creativity (Creative Sectors)
• Education and/or Vocational Training
• Emerging Technologies (e.g. AI, AR/VR)
• Energy
• Environment/Climate Change
• Health and Well Being
• Industries and Manufacturing
• Regulatory Learning
• Smart Cities and Regions
• SME and Start-ups
• Social Innovation and Inclusion
• Urban