Living Lab projects

For us, treating the University as a Living Lab means using our own student and researcher capabilities to solve social responsibility and sustainability issues relating to our infrastructure and practices.

Living Labs are student research projects embedded in the curriculum, generating evidence-based recommendations to support the University’s social and civic responsibility goals.

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Explore Living Lab opportunities by browsing our list of available projects, each designed to support sustainability and real-world impact.

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Have a dissertation idea to support social responsibility and sustainability at the University of Edinburgh? We welcome postgraduate proposals that align with the University’s strategic commitments.

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Discover how past Living Lab projects have led to positive impacts, delivered results, and influenced policy changes. Read about the valuable insights others have gained from their Living Lab experiences.

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To support academic staff and students, we have made available data sets across a range of social responsibility and sustainability themes.