Johannes Oberzaucher
+43 (0)5 90500 3234
j.oberzaucher@fh-kaernten.at

prolida

Professional Living, Innovation
and Development Lab for an Ageing Society

PROLIDA supports quadruple-helix stakeholders in the field of Health and Wellbeing (AAL/AHA) in the participative development, multiperspective (real-life) evaluation and longterm anchoring of innovations in the market. We focus on technological innovations related to an active and healthy lifestyle, formal and informal care services and holistic health and wellbeing approaches.

Participative development

Active user involvement
Quadruple-helix approach
Multistakeholder participation
Tracing user needs

Multi-method approach

Knowledge transfer
Efficiency to cost and benefit
Usability and aceptance
Innovation life cycle

Anchoring in the market

Business models
Ecosystem anchoring strategies
Near-to-the market
Ethical guidelines

PROLIDA provides companies (social providers, entrepreneurs, SMEs and industry) with an innovation environment in which they can extensively develop and try out innovative solutions together with end users and related stakeholders – supported by a multi-disciplinary Living Lab team. The approach therefore can create value for the different stakeholder groups related to their need situation in a very modular, effective and near-to-the market way.