REPORT FROM MOBILE LAB IN GOTHENBURG

A report from a mobile research lab on sharing in Gothenburg is now available. It is based on the findings from the mobile research lab, which Sharing and the City researcher Yuliya Voytenko Palgan organised in October 2018. The purpose of the mobile research lab was to explore sharing services, politics and the development of the sharing economy in Gothenburg. Mobile research labs bring together a group of researchers and investigators who conduct interviews and site visits together following a structured process. During the mobile lab in Gothenburg, the team visited the Consumer and Citizen Service Administration at the City of Gothenburg and the City Hall, and went on a guided tour in the newly developed area, Södra Älvstranden. The team interviewed a founder of a bicycle repair workshop, the Bike Kitchen (Cykelköket), a civil servant and a leader of the Circular Gothenburg (Cirkulära Göteborg) project, a deputy-mayor of Gothenburg, and a founder of the platform for sharing of urban land for gardening (Grow Gothenburg). After the mobile lab, all participants documented and shared their reflections of the day, which formed the basis for this report.