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Living labs para o desenvolvimento rural: co-construção participativa no município de Altônia, Paraná

Gabrielli Mascieri Lopes da Silva, Vinicius Rivelino Mendes, Felipe Minoru de Oliveira Inagaki, Millana Francisca Latchuk, Jean Fagner Pauly, Tiago Teixeira da Silva Siqueira · 2025 · SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository

Summary. Researchers in Altônia, Brazil established a living lab—a participatory innovation space—to strengthen local agricultural systems through co-creation with farmers, municipal officials, and university staff. Through workshops, participatory mapping, and facilitated dialogue, the team developed practical actions for rural development. The work shows that living labs shift development from top-down technology transfer to collaborative problem-solving that values local knowledge, offering a replicable model for rural innovation in agricultural regions.

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Silva, G. M. L. D., Mendes, V. R., Inagaki, F. M. D. O., Latchuk, M. F., Pauly, J. F., & Siqueira, T. T. D. S.. (2025). Living labs para o desenvolvimento rural: co-construção participativa no município de Altônia, Paraná. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. https://hal.science/hal-05571769

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Brazil
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South America
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regional-innovation-systems, agtech, innovation-networks
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2026-04-28