Restorative transitions at the crossroads: Multi-actor experiences of leveraging living labs

The research deepens on the notion of transformative governance as a means to enhance individual and collective responsibility towards positive climate change. It is rooted on two main frameworks: a) the triple transition – green, digital and social – with its multidimensional perspective to address the intricacies of evolving environmental and socio-economic and geopolitical challenges; b) the Anthropocene epoch that reflects and triggers the capacity of humans to imprint a deep impact on the planet. More holistic, multi-player and cross-level co-design strategies are proving to ease the upheaval of new forms of living labs and the readiness of regional innovation ecosystems for addressing triple transition interconnected challenges. The study examines solutions that generate negotiated visions and more proactive participatory multi-actor engagement. It argues that climate neutrality and regeneration require active quadruple helix community involvement and citizen-led action. This study uniquely positions individual and collective responsibility as the central drivers of sustainable change. The research deepens on more synergetic strategies for aligning transformative governance around ecosystem-based visions and layered, interactive and multi-helix participatory participation. The research reveals that harnessing and maximizing a systemic triple transition approach – (digital, social and green and) and multi-actor collaborative approaches, novel forms of living labs can be developed for achieving higher levels of sustainability, positive and even regenerative impacts able to shift towards more resilient future urban, peri-urban and rural settings.