Innovation: A question of fit - the living labs approach

In the recent years Living Labs managed to draw a significant amount of attention to both the different flavours of its methodology and to the organizations that put it into practice it. Because of that, a significant amount of effort has been diverted to its understanding. However, very little in assessing its contribution and in comparing it to existing methodologies. This work aims to cover that gap by summarizing the most common European Living Labs methodologies and positioning them in the user-contributed innovation methodology landscape. And by doing so, assess its merits and appropriateness together with policy implications.