Today only an exclusive group of citizens is represented in most energy transition projects.
Adoption patterns are substantially shaped by gender, ethnic identity, education level …

Real-world labs aim to enhance societal impacts and advance sustainability
transformations. Based on the empirical analysis of 48 urban research projects and six in …

Empowering citizens to take on new, more active roles is a central element in a successful
energy transition. Yet, models that allow direct involvement and prosumer practices on the …

Real-world labs make the mobility transition tangible for residents. However, these
experiences are not always positive, and often local conflicts arise. Based on in-depth …

Urban experiments intervene in selected sites to initiate transition processes. But how do the
socio-spatial characteristics of these sites affect urban experiments and vice versa? We …

Real-world laboratories (RwLs) provide research settings to develop and test sustainability
solution options and have gained considerable attention in the field of sustainability …

To address the evaluation of the societal impact of real-world labs, we present a framework
developed for the analysis of structure-agency dynamics: structuration theory. Using this tool …

There are few approaches to evaluating the societal impact of transdisciplinary research that
assess and promote impact orientation while the project is still running. In this Design …

Unterschiedliche globale Umweltveränderungen stellen die Menschheit vor
Herausforderungen, die nur durch die Große Transformation hin zu Nachhaltiger …

Real-world laboratories (RwLs) are gaining further traction as a means to achieve systemic
impacts towards sustainability transformation. To guide the analysis of intended impacts, we …