Collaborations and research
Partnerships
2026-2028
Olivestone Retreat joined the DEEP Startup Ecosystem Accelerator AgriFood track to develop its agrifood Living Lab ecosystem, strengthen international connections and build credible routes to implementation and funding.
Open DEEPSEA AgriFood
Joined 2026
Olivestone Retreat Living Lab participates in the European Rural Pact Community Group on Rural Tourism, connecting its work in hospitality, landscape, agriculture and heritage with a wider European rural community.
Open the Rural Tourism groupSister Living Labs
Olivestone and COBANA are connected as sister Living Labs, linking two rural hospitality and learning settings in Greece and Romania.
The relationship establishes a practical route for peer exchange around regenerative hospitality, bioregional learning and small rural Living Lab methods.
Open the COBANA partner pageResearch Activities
OpenLivingLab Days 2026
The paper documents the seven place-based labs and their shared governance, data-stewardship, learning, safety and evaluation backbone.
It presents a design-stage blueprint and does not report completed pilots or measured impact.
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