The Call for Papers for OpenLivingLab Days 2025 (OLLD25) is now open! If you are a researcher, practitioner, policymaker, or Living Lab expert, we invite you to submit your latest work and share your insights with the global Living Lab community.
OLLD25 promises to offer a platform for high-quality research sessions focused on “Living Labs for Regenerative Futures: Connecting Local and Global Innovation Ecosystems“.
Accepted papers will be presented at OLLD25 and included in the official Conference Proceedings with an ISBN number. Selected top papers may be invited to submit a revised version for publication in a selected journal.
Conference Research Tracks
This year’s conference explores the role of Living Labs in advancing regenerative futures. The conference tracks will guide discussions on key themes, highlighting how Living Labs contribute to innovation, policymaking, societal engagement, emerging technologies, and operational excellence. These tracks are reflected in the submissions, which should be aligned with the conference themes as follows:
This track would explore how Living Labs should serve as innovation platforms to address grand societal challenges. Submissions should examine how Living Labs contribute to tackling pressing issues related to:
- health and well-being
- climate change
- energy and transport
- agriculture
- natural resources
Contributions should highlight the transformative potential of Living Labs as drivers for systemic change. By fostering collaboration and innovation, Living Labs would offer opportunities to co-create, test, and implement innovative solutions. This track should investigate how Living Labs could support sustainable and inclusive development while addressing complex societal challenges.
This track would focus on the role of Living Labs in shaping policymaking and governance within innovation ecosystems. Submissions should explore how Living Labs:
- facilitate policy experimentation, enabling policymakers to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of new policies in real-world settings;
- contribute to the creation and governance of innovation ecosystems by fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders.
Living Labs should provide neutral and inclusive environments for co-creation and experimentation, supporting the development of innovative solutions and policy strategies to address complex societal challenges. Additionally, they could serve as mechanisms for evaluating the impact of policies and initiatives, ensuring governance structures remain adaptable and effective.
This track would examine the contribution of Living Labs to evidence-based, iterative, and collaborative approaches to policymaking and governance within innovation ecosystems.
This track would investigate how Living Labs should act as vehicles for fostering inclusive engagement across diverse groups, particularly in relation to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), gender, citizen engagement strategies, and citizen science.
Submissions should explore:
- how Living Labs should be designed, implemented, and evaluated to amplify voices that are often marginalized or underrepresented, ensuring outcomes reflect broader societal diversity;
- strategies for effectively engaging citizens, integrating their perspectives, needs, and feedback into the co-creation and testing of solutions;
- how Living Labs should contribute to breaking down gender barriers in innovation and fostering inclusive and accessible environments.
By promoting inclusivity in Living Labs, this track should examine their potential to drive systemic change, ensuring societal challenges are addressed in equitable, diverse, and inclusive ways.
This track would explore how Living Labs should act as critical platforms for businesses and society to adopt and adapt to emerging technologies.
Submissions should consider how Living Labs:
- should accelerate the development and implementation of emerging technologies, preparing for advancements such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT);
- should support business and industry by serving as platforms for innovation and collaboration among stakeholders;
- should contribute to derisking innovation and facilitating the early adoption of emerging technologies by providing controlled and collaborative environments for testing and validation.
This track would also examine the role of Living Labs as Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) and regulatory sandboxes, offering safe and controlled testing environments for emerging technologies in real-world settings.
This track would explore the operational aspects of Living Labs, including their tools, services, business models, and impact assessment.
Submissions should investigate:
- how Living Labs should be structured and managed;
- the types of services and tools Living Labs should provide and utilize;
- the business models Living Labs should adopt;
- how the impact of Living Labs on innovation, economic development, and society should be measured, including new methodologies and tools for impact assessment.
This track would also address the harmonization of Living Lab services to ensure compatibility and interoperability within broader innovation ecosystems.
By exploring these aspects, submissions should provide insights into how Living Labs function within the research and innovation landscape and their role in driving long-term societal impact.
Deadline - 15 May 2025 23:59 CEST
Submit your research contribution to olld@enoll.org
Contributing to OLLD25 Research Tracks
The OLLD25 Research Committee welcomes a wide range of contributions from academics, researchers, practitioners, private sector actors, NGOs, public agencies, policymakers, students, and anyone interested in co-creating innovation. Whether you are presenting completed research, sharing ongoing work, or showcasing practical applications, there is a submission category that fits your contribution.
To encourage broad participation, OLLD25 offers three submission categories: Full Research Papers (FRP) for completed studies with validated results, Research in Progress Papers (RIP) for ongoing work seeking discussion and feedback, and Innovation Presentations (IPO) for practice-based insights, including case studies and methodologies. The submission process is designed to be accessible, ensuring that both academic and practitioner contributions are recognised and valued.
Submission Categories
To ensure a structured and high-quality academic exchange, OLLD25 accepts submissions under the following categories:
Description: Completed studies that present a robust methodology and validated results. These submissions should contribute original insights to the field of Living Labs.
Length: 5,000 words
Instructions: Submissions must follow the official Full Research Paper Template, be written in UK English, and follow APA 6 referencing. Authors should select the most relevant conference track(s) for their submission. Papers must be in .doc or .docx format. Submissions must be original, not previously published, and should not be under review for another conference or journal at the time of submission.
Evaluation: Submissions go through a double-blind peer review process evaluating their methodology, significance, innovativeness and presentation.
Template: Full Research Paper Template
Description: Ongoing research presenting preliminary findings or innovative approaches. This category is reserved for studies that will not be completed before the conference. Rather than a formal presentation of finalized work, these submissions provide an opportunity for discussion and feedback on research in progress.
Length: 2,000 words
Instructions: Submissions must follow the official Research in Progress Paper Template, be written in UK English, and follow APA 6 referencing. Authors should select the most relevant conference track(s) for their submission. Submissions must be in .doc or .docx format. Submissions must be original, not previously published, and should not be under review for another conference or journal at the time of submission.
Evaluation: Submissions go through a double-blind peer review process evaluating their methodology, significance, innovativeness and presentation.
Template: Research in Progress Paper Template
Description: Conceptual or practice-based contributions, including case studies, Living Lab projects, implementations, methodologies, and best practices. This category is ideal for practitioners and researchers presenting applied insights from Living Lab experiences.
Length: 500 words
Instructions: Submissions must follow the official Innovation Presentation Template, be written in UK English, and follow APA 6 referencing. Authors should select the most relevant conference track(s) for their submission. Submissions must be in .doc or .docx format. Submissions must be original, not previously published, and should not be under review for another conference or journal at the time of submission.
Evaluation: Submissions go through a double-blind peer review process evaluating their significance, innovativeness and impact.
Template: Innovation Presentation Template
Submission Guidelines
For your submission:
- Submissions must be in UK English and formatted according to the template guidelines.
- References should be made according to APA 6-style and included at the end of the paper in alphabetical order.
- Length restrictions:
- Full Research Papers: 5,000 words
- Research in Progress Papers: 2,000 words
- Innovation Presentations: 500 words
- Submissions must be made in .doc or .docx format.
- Authors should select the conference track(s) to which their submission corresponds to.
- Submissions must be original and not previously published.
- Submissions must not be under review for another conference or journal at the time of submission.
- All authors must be properly credited, and any conflicts of interest must be disclosed.
Note: Accepted papers may be reassigned to a different track based on the reviewers’ recommendations.
Review and Selection Process
All submissions will be peer-reviewed by evaluators selected by the OLLD Research Committee. Papers will be assessed based on methodology, significance, innovativeness and presentation, while innovation presentations will be assessed based on significance, innovativeness and impact.
The final paper selection will be made in consultation with the Track Leaders that form the Research Committee chaired by Prof. Dr. Dimitri Schuurman, ENoLL Senior Research Strategist, Innovation Expert in Strategic Innovation Management & Living Labs, imec Living Lab expert within the ISPIM and ENoLL network. The selection will prioritise high-quality contributions from a diverse range of researchers and practitioners.
Conference Proceedings and Presentation
Accepted contributions will be:
- Presented in person at OpenLivingLab Days 2025.
- Published in the official OLLD25 Conference Proceedings with an ISBN number.
- Considered for submission to a selected academic journal (upon invitation).
At least one author of each accepted paper must register for OLLD25 in order to present their work during the research sessions. Accepted authors will have access to the discounted “Presenters/Organizers” conference fee. Further details on ticket pricing, discounts for speakers and moderators, and presentation guidelines will be available on the OLLD25 website.
Timeline
Deadline for Submissions
Start of Evaluation Process
Notification of Acceptance
Research Session at OLLD25
For any questions or assistance, please contact us at olld@enoll.org.
We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Andorra for OLLD25.