{"id":46,"date":"2026-03-23T10:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueprint.gnist.dev\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2026-05-26T08:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:09:20","slug":"phase-1-co-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/phase-1-co-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-design phase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Co-design phase<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-2-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">A shared purpose, a clear understanding of challenges, and the right people are critical for driving ambitious transformations through collaboration. In just three steps, you\u2019ll craft a compelling common vision to align efforts, uncover issues and tackle root causes, and harness diverse expertise to design solutions that can drive change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/05\/Co-design-1024x932.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/05\/Co-design-1024x932.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/05\/Co-design-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/05\/Co-design-768x699.png 768w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/05\/Co-design-1536x1397.png 1536w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/05\/Co-design-2048x1863.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5a30f31b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-left\">Co\u2011design&nbsp;steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0fc01cbd wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-phase-1-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7c7fb8f8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c2c025f0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1\">1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/1_Setup.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1262\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/1_Setup.png 800w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/1_Setup-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/1_Setup-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/1_Setup-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98bb686d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-6-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livinglab.info\/phase-1-co-design\/step-1-set-up\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"48\">Set up your Living Lab<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this step you will launch your <abbr title=\"Collaborative environments that enable communities to drive socioecological transformations by sharing ideas, knowledge, and solutions, leveraging real-world experiments, continuous learning, reflection, and adaptation. \" data-link-text=\"\" data-link-url=\"\" class=\"custom-abbr\">living lab<\/abbr> by&nbsp;deciding&nbsp;its purpose, shaping its governance, engaging the right people, and mobilising the resources and timelines needed to turn ideas into transformative action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-phase-1-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7c7fb8f8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c2c025f0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1\">2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/2_Understand.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1263\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/2_Understand.png 793w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/2_Understand-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/2_Understand-768x779.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98bb686d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-6-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livinglab.info\/phase-1-co-design\/step-2-understand-the-system\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"50\">Understand the system<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This step enhances your understanding of complex <abbr title=\"Complex networks of interactions between social and ecological components, where different actors perceive and delineate the boundaries and critical actors of the system in varied ways, influencing their attitudes and interactions within the system.\" data-link-text=\"Source\" data-link-url=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/social-sciences\/socio-ecological-system\" class=\"custom-abbr\">socioecological <\/abbr>challenges and the issues people care about. It enables your living lab to play a transformative role by collaboratively exploring <abbr title=\"An underlying cause, either natural or human-induced, that initiates change in environmental or socioecological systems. Drivers can lead to pressures on socioecological systems. \" data-link-text=\"Source\" data-link-url=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0301479716303139\" class=\"custom-abbr\">drivers<\/abbr>, <abbr title=\"A direct impact on the environment, natural or anthropogenic, that imposes stress on an ecosystem and results from drivers, causing changes in the ecosystem\u2019s state or functioning.\" data-link-text=\"Source\" data-link-url=\"https:\/\/news.sustainability-directory.com\/news\/ecological-pressure\/#:~:text=Definition,strategies%20are%20becoming%20increasingly%20necessary.\" class=\"custom-abbr\">pressures<\/abbr>, and interactions to&nbsp;effectively tackle&nbsp;root causes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-phase-1-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7c7fb8f8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c2c025f0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1\">3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/3_Identify.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1264\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/3_Identify.png 800w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/3_Identify-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/livinglabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/543\/2026\/04\/3_Identify-768x726.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98bb686d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-6-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livinglab.info\/phase-1-co-design\/step-3-identify-solutions\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"52\">Identify solutions<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the insights from Step 2, you will identify, creatively explore, and prioritise solutions that hold the greatest potential to address the challenges and inspire <abbr title=\"A fundamental, system-wide reorganisation across technological, economic, and social structures, including paradigms, goals, and values, that addresses the root causes of environmental and societal challenges and leads to long-term, sustainable outcomes. \" data-link-text=\"Source\" data-link-url=\"https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/gbf\/introduction\" class=\"custom-abbr\">transformative change<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shared purpose, a clear understanding of challenges, and the right people are critical for driving ambitious transformations through collaboration. 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