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153 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,588 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • However, little is known about how public governance can prompt, support, and scaffold the local co-creation of green solutions.

    Metagoverning the Co-Creation of Green Transitions: A Socio-Political Contingency Framework · 2024 · DOI

  • Research on using novel techniques for agricultural development in practice is lacking.

    Promoting innovations in agriculture: Living labs in the development of rural areas · 2024 · DOI

  • The variety of perspectives on what is most important shows there is no agreement among stakeholders about a fixed route toward innovation readiness.

    Perspectives on managing innovation readiness in long-term care: a Q-methodology study · 2024 · DOI

  • Future research should continue to explore how programs designed to support underrepresented students can catalyze organizational change in durable ways. Researchers might further explore how programs can influence institutional cultures and logics, resource distribution, and norms of shared equity leadership.

    Designing for Change: Principles for STEM Programs That Foster Organizational Transformation · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in existing STEM initiatives, which have largely focused on individual student outcomes while overlooking the organizational conditions that perpetuate inequity. The study notes that STEM education and organizational change theory have evolved in silos, rarely informing each other in substantive ways.

    Designing for Change: Principles for STEM Programs That Foster Organizational Transformation · 2026 · DOI

  • The study is limited to two case studies of UK civic universities. The paper acknowledges concerns about generalisation, addressing them through Yin's (2018) assertion of the robustness of analytical generalisation.

    Campus development as civic interface: bridging rhetoric, practice, buildings and civic capital · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore the application of the Civic Interface model in different contexts and sectors. The paper suggests that further study is needed to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between civic engagement, social responsibility, and campus development.

    Campus development as civic interface: bridging rhetoric, practice, buildings and civic capital · 2026 · DOI

  • The challenge of applying linear, closed methods in park design projects. The challenge of understanding users' needs, desires, and pain points in the design process.

    Applying design thinking as an analytical framework No.1 Ly Thai To Park, Ho Chi Minh City · 2026 · DOI

  • The study lacks direct input from users as well as from designers and investors. The data used are entirely secondary, from newspapers and media. The project was only inaugurated in February 2026, and the park had been operating for only about three months at the time of the study.

    Applying design thinking as an analytical framework No.1 Ly Thai To Park, Ho Chi Minh City · 2026 · DOI

  • Living labs face challenges such as sustainability, management, and funding. They also face challenges such as human resources turnover and lack of funding. Additionally, living labs may run against the grain of established habits and practices.

    Learning from Experiences of 10 Canadian Living Labs · 2026 · DOI

  • Living labs face challenges such as sustainability, management, and funding. The vision or mandate of funding organizations may not always correspond to living labs evaluation methods. Lack of funding affects the sustainability of human resources.

    Learning from Experiences of 10 Canadian Living Labs · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of case study research and its relationship to other research methods. It highlights the need for further clarification on the use of variables in case study research.

    Transformative governance for complex environmental problems: evidence from iran’s urban air pollution · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the use of LLs as enablers of education and training. The gap is that active support for learning is neither perceived nor operationalized as an intrinsic objective of the LL's mission.

    Living labs: from pedagogy to heutagogy · 2026 · DOI

  • To test the proposed model in practice and evaluate its effectiveness. To refine the model and identify areas for improvement. To explore the potential of AI technology in policymaking and its implications for democratic governance.

    A Study on an AI-Service Design Thinking Integrated Policy Living Lab for Solving Community Problems · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of effective policymaking approaches that can address complex community challenges. The need for a more integrated approach that combines human-centered design and AI technology. The limited use of AI technology in policymaking, despite its potential to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

    A Study on an AI-Service Design Thinking Integrated Policy Living Lab for Solving Community Problems · 2026 · DOI

  • Monitoring Progress This pathway utilises CS to produce granular, trustworthy data in areas where official statistics are lacking, adding nuance, or cross-verifying government data to enable accurate policy evaluation.

    D4.7 IMPETUS Toolkit · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper does not yet establish causal efficacy through independent multi-site comparison. Latency, coverage, energy use, device accessibility, sensing error, semantic interoperability, governance and economic concentration remain constraints.

    SMILE — Sustainable Methodology for Impact Lifecycle Enablement (v6.4.3): Operational Grammar for Auditable, Shared and Forkable Reality · 2026 · DOI

  • The concept of participation is often taken for granted, despite varying interpretations. The conceptions and perceptions of those involved in community initiatives are underexplored.

    Meanings of participation in a community initiative: a discourse analysis at Complejo SACUDE (Montevideo, Uruguay) · 2026 · DOI

  • Enhance the transformative potential of Living Labs in a network of networks, - Raise their transformative ambitions, - More carefully consider their composition to include stakeholders that can help to achieve change

    The transformative potential of Living Labs for biodiversity recovery · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the ability of Living Labs to challenge or disrupt existing structures and practices. The paper notes that Living Labs have a limited focus on shifting structures. The paper suggests that the nature of Living Labs will inherently limit their transformative potential.

    The transformative potential of Living Labs for biodiversity recovery · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the conceptual and methodological challenges arising from combining agroecology with living labs and research infrastructures. The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the tensions that arise when transdisciplinary knowledge co-creation methods are applied to achieve agroecology transitions. The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the opportunities for mutual learning between agroecology and other fields of sustainable food system transition research.

    Bridging agroecology and food system transition frameworks: identifying shared methodological and conceptual tensions · 2026 · DOI

  • Current deliberative democratic theories have not fully integrated the transformative potential of digital technologies. There is a lack of understanding of how collective intelligence can enhance deliberative democracy and participatory governance. The study seeks to address this gap by examining the potential of collective intelligence to enhance deliberative democracy and participatory governance.

    Integrating Paths: Enhancing Deliberative Democracy Through Collective Intelligence Insights · 2024 · DOI

  • The preva- lence of fatigue varied widely across studies; including studies assessed as lower quality, prev- alence estimates ranged from 5 to 100%, whilst higher quality studies only reported a reduced prevalence range from 14 to 72% based on total identifiable levels of fatigue.

    The Collaboration Pyramid – Inspiring Radical innovation That People are More Willing to Adopt · 2023 · DOI

  • Whilst the majority of studies included an investigation of correlates of fatigue, this was only explored in this review alongside prevalence reports. Based on the findings of this review, it is highly recommended that future research systematically investigates the relationship be- tween fatigue and biological, psychological, and social factors in children and young people with chronic health conditions. Understanding this will allow for potential transdiagnostic inter- ventions within healthcare services. In addition, this review noted discrepancies between child and parental reports of fatigue; further understanding of the variation in symptom reporting may benefit services in gathering information and utilising outcome measures. It is also important to ensure that young people’s voices are heard within the evidence-base, therefore qualitative and mixed-method studies will be important to capture the perspectives of children and young people regarding fatigue and its impact on their lives. In future, systematic reviews may look at synthe- sising mixed-methods or qualitative studies to gain a more thorough understanding of the nature of fatigue within this population.

    The Collaboration Pyramid – Inspiring Radical innovation That People are More Willing to Adopt · 2023 · DOI

  • The paper suggests that future research should focus on the potential of NGOs in achieving policy and institutional reforms. It highlights the need for further research on micro-policy reforms and social learning.

    Third generation NGO strategies: A key to people-centered development · 1987 · DOI

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