Bike Off 2 – Catalysing Anti Theft Bike, Bike Parking and Information Design for the 21st Century: An Open Innovation Research Approach

This paper outlines the issue of bicycle theft as it affects the achievement of sustainable transport objectives relating to increased cycle use. It describes the research activities of the AHRC-and D21C-funded Bikeoff Research Initiative and its methodology. It also discusses the relationship between this methodology and Chesbrough’s model of ‘open innovation’ as a way of articulating the ‘emergent’ nature of the research process and its generative capacity.