Cultural Hubs and Living Labs

2024-12-02

Speakers

  • Dimitri Schuurman
  • Kim Holflod

Abstract

This workshop session will introduce Living Labs and Cultural Hubs and demonstrate examples. It will be then followed by an interactive mapping study with the participants, to dive deeper into understanding and discovering the key elements that constitute a Living Lab and Cultural Hub.

Speaker biographies

Dimitri Schuurman holds the position of university business development manager at research group imec-MICT-Ghent University where he is responsible for research on inclusive design, impact via Living Labs and design for futures, all in the context of new and emerging technologies. He is also a visiting professor strategic design and innovation management at Ghent University in the industrial design studies and partly works for the European Network of Living Labs as senior research strategist.

Kim Holflod is a postdoc at The Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, and an assistant professor at University College Copenhagen, Denmark. He holds a PhD in playful higher education, and researches playful and relational methodologies and pedagogies, speculative futures in higher education, and collaborative practices across disciplines and sectors.

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