Abstract Urban Living Labs (ULL) are sites that allow different urban actors to design, test
and learn from socio-technical innovations. In this article, I investigate the epistemological …

In the current era, in which cities are considered key arenas for coping with a number of
societal challenges, there is also renewed interest in the mobilisation of experimental …

In order to study innovations of governance in cities and urban regions we have chosen to
do research on smart cities and policies in a comparative perspective. This research is an …

The concept of smart cities has been at the forefront of attention as regards policies,
innovations and scientific development for several years now. While the definitions and …

The smart city concept has become a ubiquitous policy agenda across the world. From the
Megacities of Asia to medium-sized cities across the Global North and South, politicians …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to rethink the focus of the smart cities debate and to
open it to policymaking and strategy considerations. To this end, the origins of what is …

The aim of the paper is to reflect on the link between social innovation and urban
development. Starting from the recognition of social innovations as collective energies and …

Over the past decade, smart urban technologies have begun to blanket our cities, forming
the backbone of a large intelligent infrastructure (Lara et al., 2016). Along with this …

The article explores the potential of urban living labs (ULLs) to achieve Sustainable
Development Goal 16 (SDG16) in the context of Istanbul, Turkiye. Focusing on the need for …

In a rapidly changing socio-technical environment cities are increasingly seen as main
drivers for change. Against this backdrop, this paper studies the emerging Urban Living Lab …