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Joëlle Mastelic

Living Lab Manager, Researcher, and Full Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais-Wallis)
Dr. Joëlle Mastelic is an experienced Living Lab manager, researcher, and Full Professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais-Wallis), with a background in social marketing. She is the author of the Living Lab Integrative Process (LLIP), further developed and applied in multiple projects, educational activities, and Living Labs worldwide.  She is a founding member and Vice President of the Energy Living Lab Association and coordinator of the SWEET Lantern project (2021–2029), a Swiss consortium of more than 20 institutions advancing energy transition through co-created and evidence-based solutions. A former council member of ENoLLand co-organiser of the Open Living Lab Days in Switzerland, she is also developing initiatives at the intersection of regenerative innovation, medicinal plants, and the transmission of traditional herbal knowledge through participatory and community-based approaches.