Urban Arena Testbeds
Urban Arena Testbeds is a collaborative initiative that leverages transdisciplinary processes for Lund University researchers and non-academic partners to co-produce knowledge and create a community of learning and action.
The researchers have established several pilot projects (testbeds) with local governments to test and implement ideas and theories. Current collaboration partners include:
- Helsingborg Municipality
- Höganäs Municipality
- Lomma Municipality
- Lund Municipality
- Malmö Municipality
- Trelleborg Municipality
- Ängelholm Municipality
The researchers have also attracted external funding to conduct research on a wide range of sustainable urban development topics. The following is a list of projects that are affiliated with Urban Arena Testbeds:
EmbedterLabs: Better Embedded Labs for More Synergistic Sustainable Urban Transformation Planning
The project is translating urban living lab outcomes into more synergistic policy mixes and support urban sustainable transformations.
Funder: JPI Urban Europe
Partners: 12 partners from Sweden, the Netherlands and Poland
LU Researchers: Andrew Karvonen
LU Living Lab: A testbed for research on future student housing and Social Sustainability
The project team is developing methods, products, and processes to
foster community, health and social sustainability in student housing.
Funders: Vinnova and Akademiska hus
Partners: 9 Swedish partners from the academic, public and private sectors
LU Researchers: Ivette Arroyo, Mattias Kärrholm, Johan Rahm
Bicycle Logistics in Urban Environments
The project is exploring how to expand freight and goods transport by bicycle in urban areas while protecting social sustainability goals.
Funder: Swedish Transport Administration
Partners: 6 Swedish partners from the academic, public and private sectors
LU Researchers: Alexander Paulsson, Till Koglin
CO-HOPE: Collaborative Housing in a Pandemic Era: cross-country inter-and
The project is examining the role of collaborative housing in relation to
the right to the city and evaluate collaborative housing projects in five European countries to create a participatory process and policy recommendations.
Funder: JPI Urban Europe
Partners: 18 partners from Sweden, Spain, Austria, France and Finland
LU Researchers: Anders Lund Hansen, Ivette Arroyo, Norma Montesino
Housing for More People in Existing Housing: A Testbed for Sharing and Reducing Loneliness
This project is developing an increased understanding and knowledge of the social, economic and environmental effects of shared housing.
Funder: Vinnova
Partners: 6 Swedish partners from the academic, public and private sectors
LU Researchers: Ida Sandström
TRANS-LEARN: Ecosystems of Learning for Urban Sustainability Transformations
The project is investigating the creation of ecosystems of learning in
sustainable urban development to support urban sustainability transformations.
Funder: Formas
Partners: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Gothenburg University, Lund University, National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, Gothenburg Region, The Swedish Centre for Innovation and Quality in the Built Environment (IQS), Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, Viable Cities, Vinnova
LU Researchers: Andrew Karvonen
The Syntax of Equality: A Tool for Expressing and Implementing Equality and Inclusion
The project is developing and testing a tool to express and implement equality and inclusion in the physical environment, allowing municipalities to focus on equality goals and how to reach them through their development processes.
Funder: Vinnova
Partners: Lund University, Gothenburg University, Lund Municipality, Kalmar
Municipality, City of Gothenburg, Östersund Municipality
LU Researchers: Ida Sandström
Please contact us to suggest projects and collaborations or if you need help in finding researchers in the field of sustainable urban development.
Urban Arena Testbeds Team
Andrew Karvonen
andrew.karvonen@abm.lth.se
Ida Sandström
ida.sandstrom@abm.lth.se