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by Lisa Heschong. Routledge, 2021. ISBN 9780367563233
By Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn. Triarchy Press, 2021, ISBN: 9781913743260
By Patrick M. Condon. Springer, 2019, ISBN: 9781610919616
Edited By Michael Schley and Alexi Marmot. IFMA, 2021, ISBN: 9781737903222
by Phillip Jones. Crowood Press, 2021, ISBN: 9781785008986
By Rob Harris. Routledge, 2021, ISBN: 9780367646721
by Sophia Psarra. UCL Press, 2018, ISBN: 9781787352391
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By Michael Harris. Routledge, 2019, ISBN: 9781138708808
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By Daniel A. Barber. Princeton University Press, 2020, ISBN: 978-691170039.
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While Living Labs are often framed as structured, institutionalised spaces for innovation, Sadia Sharmin (Habitat Forum Berlin) reinterprets the concept through the lens of grassroots urban practices. She argues that self-organised knowledge spaces can function as Living Labs by fostering situated learning, collective agency, and community resilience. The example of a Living Lab in Bangladesh provides a model pathway to civic participation and spatial justice.