We work with people to solve
complex social challenges
Living Lab UB is the University of Barcelona‘s Social Innovation Laboratory,
which offers innovative solutions through a user-centred methodology
based on the active involvement of all social agents
—companies, clients/users, the administration, and UB researchers—
What we do
We provide feedback
We offer solutions
We innovate socially
Methodology
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Exploration
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Co-creation
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Experimentation
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Evaluation
How we work
At Living Lab UB we set up a multidisciplinary team of UB research staff
for each challenge, engaging the relevant actors, and creating an experimental environment
where they can explore, co-create, and evaluate according to the needs of the project.
Living Lab UB has the best human, material, and knowledge resources for tackling social challenges:
+6.000
Over 6,000 researchers
Prestige
Supported by the prestige of the UB, the leading research university in Spain
Transfer
The experience of the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation in managing knowledge transfer
Facilities and tools
Research facilities and tools suitable for social research
Impact
Featuring a double approach – innovative and educational – to generate more social impact
Our collaborators
Private companies
Public Administration
Researchers
Projects
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Are you looking for an innovative solution to a social challenge in your company or institution?
Contact us at livinglabub@fbg.ub.edu and we will advise you.
We offer an innovative methodology focused on your users and clients
Some of our experts
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Sergio Villanueva
Co-creation methods
«A Living Lab offers exceptional, comprehensive, rigorous, impacting, and socially consensual results».
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Juli Ponce
Good Governance
«Collaboration between stakeholders is an essential feature».
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Jordi Suriñach
Socio-economic impact analysis
«Data must be analysed in order to draw conclusions and to be able to act in an informed way».
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María del Carmen Llasat
Extreme Events
«To face the challenges of climate change and natural hazards it is necessary to integrate science, society, industry and government».
Our collaborators
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