Coupling living labs and economic experiments: a research agenda for scaling sustainable agri-food systems

Yann Raineau (), Cécile Aubert and Marianne Lefebvre ()
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Yann Raineau: UR ETTIS - Environnement, territoires en transition, infrastructures, sociétés - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, BSE - Bordeaux sciences économiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Cécile Aubert: BSE - Bordeaux sciences économiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, TSE-R - TSE-R Toulouse School of Economics – Recherche - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes
Marianne Lefebvre: GRANEM - Groupe de Recherche Angevin en Economie et Management - UA - Université d'Angers - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, UA - Université d'Angers

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Abstract: Economic experiments and living labs operate under different methodological assumptions. However, they can complement each other by establishing robust mechanisms for designing and testing innovations that are likely to contribute to more sustainable and resilient agri-food systems, accounting for behavioral issues and levers to large-scale adoption. Two examples illustrate how combining a living laboratory and economic experiments in a dynamic process generates original innovation. The first concerns green insurance, as a new tool for reducing the use of fungicides in French vineyards; the second concerns water governance in agriculture.

Keywords: Living Labs; Experimental economics; Agriculture; Innovation; Scaling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-05-15
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