RT Article
T1 Developing a living lab in ethics: Initial issues and observations
JF Bioethics
VO 38
IS 2
SP 153
OP 163
A1 Racine, Eric
A1 D'Anjou, Bénédicte
A1 Dallaire, Clara
A1 Dumez, Vincent
A1 Favron-Godbout, Caroline
A1 Hudon, Anne
A1 Montreuil, Marjorie
A1 Olivier, Catherine
A1 Quintal, Ariane
A1 Chenel, Vanessa
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2024
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1878042912
AB Living labs are interdisciplinary and participatory initiatives aimed at bringing research closer to practice by involving stakeholders in all stages of research. Living labs align with the principles of participatory research methods as well as recent insights about how participatory ways of generating knowledge help to change practices in concrete settings with respect to specific problems. The participatory, open, and discussion-oriented nature of living labs could be ideally suited to accompany ethical reflection and changes ensuing from reflection. To our knowledge, living labs have not been explicitly trialed and reported in ethics literature. In this discussion paper, we report and discuss four initial issues that marked the process of setting up a living lab in ethics: (1) determining the goals and expected outcomes of an ethics living lab; (2) establishing operational procedures; (3) selecting communities and defining pilot projects; and (4) adopting a lens to tackle emerging questions and challenges. We explain these four issues and present the paths taken based on the novel and specific orientation, that is, living ethics, at the basis of this project. In alignment with living ethics and É-LABO, we approach challenges as learning opportunities to ask not only “how” questions but also “why” questions. We hope that this discussion paper informed by our experience helps to clarify the theoretical, methodological, and practical approaches necessary to successfully adopt and employ living labs in ethics.
K1 Pragmatism
K1 participatory research
K1 living lab
K1 living ethics
K1 health ethics
K1 É-LABO
DO 10.1111/bioe.13246