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

Exploration

Co-creation

Experimentation

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

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

Sergio Villanueva
Co-creation methods
«A Living Lab offers exceptional, comprehensive, rigorous, impacting, and socially consensual results».

Juli Ponce
Good Governance
«Collaboration between stakeholders is an essential feature».

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».

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




