Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren
Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer
Experimental governance : the role of municipalities in urban living labs
Author
Summary, in English
Innovations in urban governance such as Urban Living Labs (ULL) are expected to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable and climate-resilient cities. This article reviews different ULL across Europe and explores the role and potential capacity of municipalities in the development of and/or facilitation of ULL as a form of experimental governance. It focuses on the role of the public sector in the multi-actor collaborations that often characterize experimental governance. The article draws on literature on cities in sustainability, climate and environmental governance, and bridges this with political science literature on governance. Based on institutional theory that emphasizes roles, identities, and perceived and actual acting space, three functional roles for the municipality are singled out – promoter, enabler and partner – in a framework with a set of indicators that are used to analyse 50 case studies of ULL (http://www.urbanlivinglabs.net). The aim is to advance knowledge on how municipalities can facilitate urban sustainability through experimental governance.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
Publishing year
2018-05-04
Language
English
Pages
988-1007
Publication/Series
European Planning Studies
Volume
26
Issue
5
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Topic
- Public Administration Studies
Keywords
- collaboration
- enabler
- Meta-governance
- partner
- promoter
- roles
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0965-4313