Living labs as an innovative form of co-creation challenges public professionals in their daily work when they represent the local government in the living lab. Aiming to distinguish perspectives...Show moreLiving labs as an innovative form of co-creation challenges public professionals in their daily work when they represent the local government in the living lab. Aiming to distinguish perspectives of public professionals on their roles and tasks in the living lab, Q-methodology was used and resulted in three perspectives: The representing professional, the online professional and the participating professional. The perspectives provide insight in the relation between the local government and the living lab and the research uncovered a small gap between theoretical knowledge about possible roles and how public professionals themselves identify them, empirically. The results of Q-methodology are not generalizable and therefore it could be interesting to further study the institutional context of living labs and how this context affects the roles and tasks of the public professional.Show less
