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Campus Setting as Living Labs: Lessons from IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia

Arif Satria  -  Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia, Indonesia
Alim Setiawan Slamet  -  Faculty of Economics and Management, IPB University, Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia, Indonesia
Akhmad Kosasih  -  Directorate of General Affairs & Infrastructure, IPB University, Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia, Indonesia
Agus Purwito  -  Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia, Indonesia
Iskandar Z Siregar  -  Faculty of Forestry & Environment, IPB University, Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia, Indonesia
*Heriansyah Putra  -  Office of Sustainable Campus Development, IPB University, Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia, Indonesia
Open Access Copyright 2023 Journal of Sustainability Perspectives
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IPB University in Bogor, Indonesia, has developed its campuses as living laboratories for education, research, community outreach, innovation, and business. The university's infrastructure under the living lab concept, such as forestlands, farmlands, wetlands, teaching factories, and business units, offer real-life opportunities for students and staff to create greater impacts to societies from their academic activities. This paper presents the lessons learned from IPB's campus setting as a living lab, focusing on how students and stakeholders can learn from the existing infrastructure and facilities, how research can benefit from a natural setting, and how the campus can serve as a model for sustainable living. Implementing living lab concept faces challenges as other new initiatives, particularly on the aspects of effective interdisciplinary works, formalizing the community of practices in which pool of experts are organized and knowledge management system is developed. In conclusion, in the era of emancipated learning implementation in Indonesia, IPB University's campus setting could provide a platform for facilitating activities related to science-practices/policy interface.
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