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Accepted Paper:
Pathways to building a Living Lab in a cross-country technology-driven field trial in the Global South
Marianna Coulentianos
(Loughborough University)
Stuart Cockbill
(Loughborough University)
Val Mitchell
(Loughborough University)
Jon Leary
(Gamos)
Paper short abstract:
Increasing access to modern energy in the Global South necessitates human-centred approaches. The authors will share their experience implementing a Living Lab with Country Partners in East Africa, where human-centered and participatory methods were trialed.
Paper long abstract:
The Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme aims to increase access to clean cooking fuels in the Global South by leveraging progress in electrification. Human-centered design (HCD) methods are effective in identifying local needs and contextual constraints, for studying technology uptake, and are increasingly being used in Global South contexts. Under the HCD umbrella, Living Labs (LL) provide a methodological framework - based on co-creation - for enabling end users to participate in the design and evaluation process of products and services in their context of use over time.
To support the growth of HCD in the MECS programme, this research aimed to develop and iterate a LL framework interwoven within a live technology-driven field trial of battery-supported electricity-based cooking. The objectives of this research were twofold: (1) to construct a vision of what an ideal LL in the context of the MECS programme would look like, grounded in past experiences with HCD in the programme, and (2) to reflect on the implementation of the LL framework to contribute guidelines for facilitating LL in the context of modern energy cooking in the Global South.
We present the learnings from the LL approach implemented during this field-trial in selected on- and off-grid settings of Kenya and Tanzania. The authors describe the various challenges faced to creating and following a holistic LL framework. This paper aims to guide future implementations of LL to enable the goals of stakeholder empowerment and co-creative innovation.
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Accepted Paper:
Paper short abstract:
Paper long abstract:
The Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme aims to increase access to clean cooking fuels in the Global South by leveraging progress in electrification. Human-centered design (HCD) methods are effective in identifying local needs and contextual constraints, for studying technology uptake, and are increasingly being used in Global South contexts. Under the HCD umbrella, Living Labs (LL) provide a methodological framework - based on co-creation - for enabling end users to participate in the design and evaluation process of products and services in their context of use over time.
To support the growth of HCD in the MECS programme, this research aimed to develop and iterate a LL framework interwoven within a live technology-driven field trial of battery-supported electricity-based cooking. The objectives of this research were twofold: (1) to construct a vision of what an ideal LL in the context of the MECS programme would look like, grounded in past experiences with HCD in the programme, and (2) to reflect on the implementation of the LL framework to contribute guidelines for facilitating LL in the context of modern energy cooking in the Global South.
We present the learnings from the LL approach implemented during this field-trial in selected on- and off-grid settings of Kenya and Tanzania. The authors describe the various challenges faced to creating and following a holistic LL framework. This paper aims to guide future implementations of LL to enable the goals of stakeholder empowerment and co-creative innovation.
Equitable South-North collaborations for just energy transitions
Session 1 Wednesday 6 July, 2022, -