Urban Transformations Network Urban Transformations (UT) is an ESRC network, coordinated from the University of Oxford, showcasing research on cities. The UT portfolio represents over 80 research projects that engage with the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly urban world. The programme aims to address a wide range of stakeholders with a professional, public or […]
Co-production and social injustice (2018-19) Co-production implies a collaborative approach to public service reform, whereby service-users and citizens are regarded as equal partners in each stage of the process. Underpinned by a philosophy which values individuals, communities and the virtues of social capital and reciprocity; co-production contrasts starkly with traditional, service-led, top-down ways of public […]
Inside co-production: ruling, resistance, and practice Social Policy and Administration Special Issue: 53:2, March 2019 Mark Bevir, Catherine Needham, Justin Waring (eds) It might be argued that a narrative of co-production has come to redefine contemporary social and public policy. It is found in the co-design of local public services and the co-formulation of care […]
How can co-production contribute to good governance? In co-production, one organisation or person invites others to come together. Each person takes responsibility for themselves (and their organisation, if they are part of one) and, within the relevant legal and physical constraints, they make decisions only for themselves (or their organisation). How can we coach […]
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