Give & Take Designing service infrastructures for a good senior life Lone Malmborg malmborg@itu.dk +4526165031 IT University of Copenhagen Denmark JP Call 6 InfoDay - Brussels, 6 February 2013
Give & Take: Designing service infrastructures for a good senior life Motivation Rethinking civil engagement in elderly care by retaining knowledge, expertise and abilities of older people in the workforce or among semi-retired in a Give & Take infrastructure will have positive effects on demographic ageing and economic development in society (Malmborg & Yndigegn, forthc.) Social interaction through being involved and feeling of belonging are crucial aspects of a good (senior) life. (Malmborg 2012, Kierkegaard 1843) Living Labs as open platforms for social and technological innovation. (Binder et al 2011) Idea Designing a service infrastructure facilitating the reciprocal exchange of ‘favors’ in local communities. How should the underlying technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, ‘payment’, and interaction devices be designed? JP Call 6 InfoDay - Brussels, 6 February 2013
Who we are Academic partners Lead partner: IT University of Copenhagen Lone Malmborg & Tomas Sokoler - well established research group Design in the area of everyday aging Welfare technology Living Lab and co-design approach SeniorInteraktion - LevVel Technical University of Vienna Geraldine Fitzpatrick & Özge Subasi The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design Eva Brandt & Thomas Binder Users Larger Danish Municipality Project experience from welfare innovation Access to citizens across age, occupation and life situation JP Call 6 InfoDay - Brussels, 6 February 2013
Looking for Industry Users - in living labs Research xx [social media platform developer] xx [service provider in the aging area] Industry Looking for Citizens in larger Danish municipality Citizens in European municipality National age associations Users - in living labs Lead partner: IT Uni. of Copenhagen Tech. Uni. of Vienna School of Design xx [technical infrastructure] Research JP Call 6 InfoDay - Brussels, 6 February 2013