Heleen Geerts is Liaison Manager Entrepreneurship, Researcher Designing Value Networks, and Coordinator of the Learning Community Haagse (Living) Labs at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS), Netherlands. She coordinates Living Labs & Triple Helix collaborations (Public-Private Partnerships) with a focus on educational innovation. As an External Relations Coordinator and lecturer, she has extensive experience in higher education and the Triple/Quadruple Helix context. Skilled in stakeholder management, international trade, marketing, 21st-century skills, and business strategy, Heleen holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Management and is author of ‘How to innovate with Living Labs’.