1 Collin, P., Notley, T. & Third, A. (2018) Cultivating (Digital) Capacities: A role for Social Living Labs?’ in Dezuani, Foth, Mallan, Hughes (eds) Digital Participation through Social Living Labs, Chandos pp. 19 – 36. Abstract Digital divide, digital inclusion and digital participation: these and many other terms have been used to name, identify and address technology access and use as a perceived problem, need or opportunity. In this chapter we first reflect on what the development of these terms has achieved, and consider the specific implications of their uptake in the Australian context. We then present a concept of ‘digital capacities’. We argue that this concept can usefully shift the focus from individuals to communities, from fixed to dynamic needs and contexts, and from personal deficits to shared strengths and opportunities. Moreover, the concept puts forward an understanding of ‘the digital’ as socio-technical relations, thus challenging the idea present in much popular and policy discourse that ‘the social’ and ‘the digital’ are separate realms. In the final section of the chapter we explore the ways social living labs might operationalise and cultivate capacities to thrive in a digital age. Keywords: Digital participation, digital capacities, digital inclusion, cybersafety, living labs