01840nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245006900055210006700124260004200191300001100233490000700244520120100251653002601452653001601478653002201494653001501516653002101531100002201552700001801574856003001592       2021                        eng d  a1927-032100aA Review of Living Lab Research and Methods for User Involvement0 aReview of Living Lab Research and Methods for User Involvement  aOttawabTalent First Networkc12/2021  a88-1070 v113 aLiving lab initiatives attempt to solve challenges by stimulating innovative collaboration and outcomes, which unfold in multifarious activities. This study investigates the progress of Living lab research over time. It explores its current trends, along with methods and tools used by Living labs for user involvement. By employing a two-step approach, the study first presents a bibliometric analysis of 535 publications, including detection of convergence towards areas like the aging problem of societies, smart cities, Urban Living labs, and overall sustainability. Urban Living lab clusters have been growing rapidly and forming their own research domain. Subsequently, a review of 42 empirical papers explores the methods and tools adopted by Living labs for user involvement during the innovation process. We categorize the methods into the following eight groups: 1) Structured interaction, 2) Flexible interaction, 3) Extended network, 4) Special actors, 5) Learning and engaging, 6) Design approaches; 7) Techniques, 8) Operational guidelines. The study contributes both to theoretical and practice-oriented Living lab research and offers potential support especially to practitioners.10abibliometric analysis10aco-creation10aliterature review10aLiving lab10auser involvement1 aHuang, Judy, Hong1 aThomas, Elisa  utimreview.ca/article/1467