%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2020 %T “I Stood By and Watched”: An Autoethnography of Stakeholder Participation in a Living Lab %A Samuel Schrevel %A Meralda Slager %A Erwin de Vlugt %K dementia %K health technology %K living labs %K nursing home %K psychogeriatric care %K situated practice %K stakeholder participation %X An emerging and innovative way of organizing projects in health technology and innovation is the so-called "living lab" Because of their characteristics, living labs may provide a solution to a very old problem: how to facilitate the meaningful participation of stakeholders in science and technology? In this article, I (we use a first-person perspective in the paper) aim to contribute to the literature by providing an account of my experiences as a participation researcher with stakeholder participation in a living lab in the Netherlands. I participated in a yearlong project on ensuring freedom for residents in a closed psychogeriatric ward. Using three key moments from that experience, I illustrate why participation was the intention, but was harder to achieve in practice. Participation processes and living labs are situated in specific social and physical contexts. I discuss the "situatedness" of living labs and propose to reconceptualize them as "situated practices" the value of a living lab lies in the processes of work it conducts on specific innovations situated in its local context. A key conclusion is that providing narrative descriptions of living lab projects, with attention to situatedness and stakeholder participation, can provide invaluable examples, insights, and inspirations for other researchers in the field. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 10 %P 19-30 %8 11/2020 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1400 %N 11 %1 Hague University of Applied Sciences Dr. Samuel Schrevel works as a researcher and senior lecturer for the bachelor program of Nursing at the Hague University of Applied Sciences. He has a background in qualitative methods in health research. He earned his PhD at the VU-University in 2015 on the experiences and desires of adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with the Dutch mental health system. His current research focuses on the participation of patients and health care staff in health innovation. %2 The Hague University of Applied Sciences Dr. Meralda Slager is a health scientist and works at The Hague University of Applied Sciences as senior researcher and Education manager in Nursing. Her main interest and area of research is participative health care, involving how patients are able to participate in research, policy-making, and in the quality of healthcare. She has published various articles and books on this topic. Furthermore, her services are regularly sought as a consultant in connection with participation issues. Currently, she works on health technology and robot care. How health professionals next to patients are involved in the development and innovation of health care, and how novel products are made in tandem together with them, instead of only for them, are central questions in her research. %3 The Hague University of Applied Sciences Prof. Erwin de Vlugt studied Mechanical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology, where he was employed for twelve years as a researcher and associate professor in Biomechanics and Biorobotics. He has also worked in the Rehabilitation Medicine unit at the Leiden University Medical Centre on the development of diagnostic devices for clinical decision making. Prof. de Vlugt earned his PhD on human-machine interaction focusing on the role of the human proprioceptive system (human movement sensors) during different movement tasks. A passion for robotics and their resemblance to the human musculoskeletal system prompted him to start applied research developing healthcare devices based on user needs. He was appointed head of the Technology for Health research group at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in September 2015. Prof. de Vlugt is co-founder of the Medical Delta Living Lab Care Robotics, which provides a real-life setting for elderly care to accelerate meaningful technological innovations. %& 19 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1400