Glossary¶

Real World Lab¶

A Lab is a collaborative 'space' created by scientists and actors from other societal domains to co-produce sustainability pathways or solutions. Within the lab, the processes governing its design, purpose, and organisation are continuously negotiated. It provides the structure and framing in which sustainability experiments are developed and carried out.

See also the lab definition in our protocol specification.

Experiment¶

Experiments are deliberately designed and evaluated interventions in real-world contexts and are the core research method of transformative lab approaches. They are collaboratively conducted and partially controlled within the lab space. They produce evidence, knowledge, and other outputs that are then evaluated and processed...

See also the experiment definition in our protocol specification.